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Tough Traveling: Flying Rides
Posted on July 30, 2015 10 Comments
The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan of Review Barn, who has come up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in (and inspired by) The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone […]
Ten Speculative Books Available through Kindle Unlimited
Posted on July 10, 2015 14 Comments
Kindle Unlimited, whether you love the service or you hate it, I think Amazon has pretty much decided that it’s here to stay. There are plenty of arguments for and against using the service including going more into the technical aspects of the service and how it relates to writers, but this is not one […]
Teaser Tuesday & Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Hyped Books I’ve Never Read
Posted on July 7, 2015 48 Comments
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! […]
YA Weekend: World After by Susan Ee
Posted on September 14, 2014 7 Comments
World After by Susan Ee Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult Series: Penryn & the End of Days #2 Publisher: Skyscape (November 2013) Author Info: http://www.SusanEe.com Wendy’s Rating ~ 3.5 of 5 stars It turns out that the angels descending upon the earth and ruining everything wasn’t actually the apocalypse. At least, that wasn’t the apocalypse the […]
YA Weekend: Angelfall by Susan Ee
Posted on August 31, 2014 19 Comments
Angelfall by Susan Ee Series: Penryn & the End of Days #1 Genre: Young Adult, Supernatural, Post-Apocalyptic Publisher: Feral Dream (May 2011) Author Info: http://www.SusanEe.com Wendy’s Rating ~ 4 of 5 stars Angelfall is a refreshing and welcome take on the end of the world. Young adult novels are not usually to my taste, mainly because […]
Sunday Musings
Posted on August 24, 2014 6 Comments
The sun is shining, the birds are singing. But it’s awfully humid, so I’m just going to muse in the basement where it’s nice and cool. CURRENTLY READING Apocalypse fiction has been a pretty big topic for me recently, and I suspect this great big conversation influenced my recent reading choice of Susan Ee’s Angelfall. I jumped […]
YA Weekend Book Review: Angelfall by Susan Ee
Posted on September 22, 2013 2 Comments
Angelfall by Susan Ee Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Fantasy Series: Book 1 of Penryn and the End of Days Publisher: Skyscape Date of Publication: August 28, 2012 Author Information: Website | Twitter I tend to go into young adult novels of this type with a fair amount of wariness and trepidation, so color me surprised […]











