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Friday Face-Off: Greek Mythology
Posted on March 2, 2018 30 Comments
Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy! Each Friday, we will pit cover against cover while also taking the opportunity to showcase gorgeous artwork and feature some of our favorite book covers. If you want to join the fun, simply choose a book each Friday that fits that week’s predetermined theme, […]
Book Review: Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
Posted on January 30, 2018 30 Comments
I received a review copy from the publisher. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. Iron Gold by Pierce Brown Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 4 of The Red Rising Saga Publisher: Del Rey (January 16, 2018) Length: 624 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter The Red Rising […]
Mogsy’s Bookshelf Roundup: Stacking the Shelves & Recent Reads
Posted on November 4, 2017 46 Comments
Bookshelf Roundup is a feature I do every other weekend which fills the role of several blog memes, like Stacking the Shelves where I talk about the new books I’ve added to my library or received for review, as well as It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? where I round up what I’ve read since the last update and […]
Waiting on Wednesday 01/04/17
Posted on January 4, 2017 22 Comments
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Mogsy’s Pick Iron Gold by Pierce Brown (August 22, 2017 by Del Rey) This summer, Pierce Brown will be following up his Red Rising trilogy with the first book a new series that’s […]
Book Review: Morning Star by Pierce Brown
Posted on February 19, 2016 15 Comments
Morning Star by Pierce Brown Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 3 of Red Rising Publisher: Del Rey (February 9, 2016) Length: 518 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter If you haven’t picked up Morning Star yet but you are reading this review, chances are you’re probably wondering if I think this final volume is worth […]
Tough Traveling: Military Genius
Posted on November 5, 2015 15 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 […]
Waiting on Wednesday 05/20/15
Posted on May 20, 2015 7 Comments
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Mogsy’s Pick: Morning Star by Pierce Brown: Del Rey (January 5, 2016) Hmm, how to describe how I felt after the ending of the last book? Now that’s a challenge. Probably […]
Tough Travelling: Chessmasters
Posted on February 26, 2015 15 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 […]
Book Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Posted on January 16, 2015 20 Comments
Golden Son by Pierce Brown Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian Series: Book 2 of Red Rising Trilogy Publisher: Del Rey (January 6, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Tales of courtly politics, noble house squabbles and the machinations of psychopathic lords and ladies have taken the epic fantasy genre by storm in recent years, and it looks […]
Lootz: Mogsy’s Book Haul
Posted on December 13, 2014 22 Comments
‘Tis the season when the upcoming new year’s books are starting to come in. More have arrived this week after I already cataloged this post , but first we have the exciting titles that were received in the previous few weeks that deserve attention: Master of Plagues – I was thrilled when this arrived! This book is […]









