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#FavFiveFriday: Audiobook Edition
Posted on June 10, 2016 5 Comments
#FavFiveFriday is a personal challenge that I’ll be doing just for the month of June in celebration of Audiobook Month. I’ll be using it as a way to highlight my favorite audiobook listens so far in 2016, and I’ve listened to quite a few of them this year. To find out a little more about Audiobook Month […]
Audiobook Review Bites: Here Be Dragons
Posted on June 9, 2016 15 Comments
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan Series: Memoir by Lady Trent #1 Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books (February 5, 2013) Tiara’s Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Lady Isabella Hendemore discovers a lifelong love of natural science, especially the study of dragons, at the tender age of seven-years-old. In her polite society, academics are […]
Book Review: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Posted on May 18, 2015 31 Comments
A review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Uprooted by Naomi Novik Genre: Fantasy Series: Stand Alone/Book 1 Publisher: Del Rey (May 19, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars I was excited when I learned that Naomi Novik would be […]
Tough Traveling: Beloved Mounts
Posted on March 26, 2015 33 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 The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone who is interested to […]
Mogsy’s Bookshelf Roundup: Book Haul, Backlist, What I’ve Read
Posted on March 14, 2015 22 Comments
Time for another Bookshelf Roundup! Here’s what’s been going on in the last two weeks: Received for Review Lots of new books this week, mostly unsolicited and some requested. First, this pretty gem arrived late last week: Knight’s Shadow by Sebastien de Castell – This one was on my most-anticipated list for 2015, and I […]
Book Review: His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Posted on February 19, 2012 2 Comments
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik If you’re looking for an action read involving war dragons, this isn’t it. There are a few skirmishes, but they are far between. Instead, this is a book about the relationship between a very unique dragon and a naval officer snatched out of the life he was used to […]
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