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Tough Traveling: Dead Gods

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 who is […]

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Teaser Tuesday & Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books Which Feature Characters Who _____

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what […]

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Tough Traveling: Enforcers

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 […]

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Book Review: Awakening by Karen Sandler

Awakening by Karen Sandler Genre: Science Fiction, Biopunk, Young Adult Series: Book 2 of the Tankborn Trilogy Publisher: Tu Books (April 9, 2013) Author Information: Twitter | Website Tiara’s Rating: 3.5 out 5 stars First, I wanted to thank Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an advance reader copy of this book in […]

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Book Review: Tankborn by Karen Sandler

Tankborn by Karen Sandler Genre: Science Fiction, Biopunk, Young Adult Series: Book 1 of the Tankborn Trilogy Publisher: Tu Books (October 11, 2011) Author Information: Twitter | Website Tiara’s Rating: 3.5 out 5 stars Kayla is a GEN, a tankborn person whose purpose is to serve others. While in the tank, their DNA is sliced […]

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