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#WyrdAndWonder Fantasy 5 Tuesday: Training School

Posted on May 25, 2021 13 Comments

Back in November I ran a series of posts called “Sci-5 Tuesdays” to celebrate Sci-Fi Month, so for Wyrd & Wonder, I thought it would be fun to do something similar to highlight some of the fantasy tropes and themes that I find simply irresistible! In the last few years, I’ve also been fortunate to […]

Tough Traveling: Assassins

Posted on May 1, 2017 22 Comments

Back in 2014, the idea for Tough Traveling started with Nathan of Fantasy Review Barn who came 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, a tongue-in-cheek parody of the fantasy genre by Diana […]

Book Review: Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

Posted on April 4, 2017 37 Comments

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Red Sister by Mark Lawrence Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of Book of the Ancestor Publisher: Ace (April 4, 2017) Length: 432 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter Readers coming from Mark Lawrence’s The Broken Empire and […]

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

Posted on January 28, 2017 32 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 […]

Looking Ahead to the New Year: “Can’t Wait” Books of Early 2017

Posted on January 1, 2017 41 Comments

Happy 2017! As we get ready to begin another year, it’s time to look ahead and geek out over the Science Fiction and Fantasy reads I’m most excited about. Not only is it fun to organize my reading and to make lists, they also have the added benefit of focusing my attention to the highly anticipated […]

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

Posted on October 8, 2016 42 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 […]