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Top Ten Tuesday: One to Ten
Posted on October 1, 2019 25 Comments
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, a weekly meme that now resides at That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme first came about because of a love of lists. Who doesn’t love lists? The original creators also wanted their lists to be shared with fellow book lovers and to ask that we in turn […]
Book Review: Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes
Posted on July 7, 2019 27 Comments
I received a review copy from the publisher. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of The Grave of Empires Publisher: Orbit (April 9, 2019) Length: 608 pages Author Information: Website | Twitter I […]
Mogsy’s Bookshelf Roundup: Stacking the Shelves & Recent Reads
Posted on March 16, 2019 37 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 […]
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Early 2019 Releases in the “Maybe” Pile
Posted on February 5, 2019 42 Comments
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, a weekly meme that now resides at That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme first came about because of a love of lists. Who doesn’t love lists? The original creators also wanted their lists to be shared with fellow book lovers and to ask that we in turn […]
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: Pathfinder Tales: Shy Knives by Sam Sykes + Book w/ Signed Bookplate Giveaway
Posted on October 18, 2016 13 Comments
***The giveaway is now over, thanks to everyone who entered!*** I received a review copy from the publisher. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. Pathfinder Tales: Shy Knives by Sam Sykes Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Genre: Fantasy, Media Tie-In Series: Pathfinder Tales Publisher: Tor (October 18, […]
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 […]
Book Review: The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes
Posted on February 6, 2015 10 Comments
The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of Bring Down Heaven Publisher: Orbit (January 27, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars The City Stained Red is the start of Sam Sykes’ new series called Bring Down Heaven and it takes place in the same “universe” as his Aeon’s Gate trilogy. Happily, […]
Lootz: Mogsy’s Book Haul
Posted on November 8, 2014 15 Comments

Welcome to this biweekly feature where I showcase all the books I bought/won/received for review in the past fortnight. First, the physical pile: Radiant – I’ve heard great things about this book. My thanks to Talos Press/Skyhorse Publishing for sending this one along, I’m reading this now and pretty excited to be able to feature it […]