The Little White Horse Add to Goodreads When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor, she feels as if she’s entered Paradise. Her new guardian, her uncle Sir Benjamin, is kind and funny; the Manor itself feels like home right away; and every person and animal she meets is… Read more »
Hounded Series: Iron Druid #1 on May 3, 2011 Pages: 292 Add to Goodreads Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish… January 10, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★★½
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Series: Kingkiller Chronicle Published by DAW Books on March 27, 2007 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 662 Format: Audiobook Source: purchased Add to Goodreads Told in Kvothe’s own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the… Read more »
Category: MG/YA Fantasy Series: The Chronicles of Kazam #1 Publication date: Oct. 2, 2012 (HC) Book source: Public library The Last Dragonslayer is a highly original fantasy chock-full of the sort of somewhat wacky humor that the British do so well. It’s light, easy to read, and a whole lot… Read more »
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale Series: Princess Academy #2 Published by Bloomsbury USA Children’s on August 21st 2012 Genres: Fantasy, MG Books, YA (Young Adult) Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters Also by this author: Princess… Read more »
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, this week’s topic: Top Ten Series I Haven’t Finished. My reasons for not finishing these series range from “eagerly awaiting the next title” to “distracted by other books” to “lost interest or declining quality.” You’ll notice that I intend to return to a number… Read more »
Libriomancer Series: Magic Ex Libris #1 on August 7th 2012 Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Codex Born Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach… Read more »
Several of the blogs I read have great giveaways going on this week: The Book Smugglers have two books available: an ARC of Libba Bray’s The Diviners (through Sept. 22) and an ARC of Phoebe North’s YA SF novel, Starglass (through Sept. 29.) The Midnight Garden is giving away… Read more »
Seraphina Series: Seraphina #1 on July 2012 Pages: 499 Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop Add to Goodreads Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational,… Read more »
Category: YA fantasy Series: Ascendance Trilogy # Book source: Public library THE FALSE PRINCE is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the… Read more »
