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Mogsy’s Bookshelf Roundup: Stacking the Shelves and Recent Reads

Bookshelf Roundup is a feature I do every other weekend similar to Stacking the Shelves where I talk about the new books I’ve added to my library or received for review, as well as what I plan to read soon. I also round up what I’ve finished reading and/or reviewed since the last update, and sometimes throw […]

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Book Review: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 2 of Imperial Radch Publisher: Orbit (October 7, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Looking back at my review of Ancillary Justice, it seemed that while I liked the book, it and I didn’t actually hit it off as well as I’d hoped. Mind you, I’m most definitely […]

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Tough Traveling: Drugs

The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan ofReview 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 The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone who is interested to […]

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Lootz: Mogsy’s Book Haul

Welcome to this feature where I showcase the books I bought or received for review in the past couple of weeks. First, the physical pile: The Mad Apprentice – *does a happy dance* This book is the second installment of the middle-grade series The Forbidden Library which isn’t coming out for a while yet (next April) but I’m so excited […]

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Book Review: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 1 Publisher: Orbit Date of Publication: October 1, 2013 Author Information: Website | Twitter There are so many things I want to say about this debut novel by Ann Leckie, but first I just have to express my awe and admiration for some of the […]

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