September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day, so here’s a list of pirate books to get you in the mood. Cover links take you to Goodreads. (Note: I haven’t read a lot of these, so read at your own risk, me hearties!) For children (of all ages): For older… Read more »
The Deepest Night Series: Sweetest Dark #2 on August 13, 2013 Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Sweetest Dark It’s 1915, and sixteen-year-old Lora Jones is finishing up her first year as a charity student at Iverson, a prestigious, gothic boarding school on England’s southern coast…. Read more »
I’m excited to be participating in the blog tour for The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic, by Emily Croy Barker, with a Q&A, a review, and a giveaway! Make sure you keep reading; my review follows the Q&A, and the giveaway is at the bottom. Q. Which of the… Read more »
Description: In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United… Read more »
Steadfast Series: Elemental Masters #9 on June 4, 2013 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Serpent’s Shadow, The Gates of Sleep, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable The new novel in Mercedes Lackey’s bestselling series… July 11, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★½
Changing the World is a collection of short stories set in and around Mercedes Lackey’s kingdom of Valdemar. I particularly enjoyed Lackey’s “The One Left Behind,” about a weaver whose father and lover both left to become Heralds (a young Sendar plays a role, too!), and “Softly Falling Snow,” by… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is free choice. I decided to share my Top Ten Favorite SF/Fantasy Worlds. The wizarding world of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. OK, I could do without Voldemort and the Death Eaters,… Read more »
My daughter Robin (not her real name) recently finished A Game of Thrones, and her observations on it amused me so much that I asked her to write a guest review. (Note: This review was first published on Goodreads.) WARNING: There are several spoilers here, none of them terribly detailed. … Read more »
The Chronicles of Prydain Series: Chronicles of Prydain Add to Goodreads Millions of young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his lively companions as they journey through the magical land of Prydain. First published more than thirty years ago and translated into twenty… Read more »
I really wanted to like The Rose Throne. I enjoyed Harrison’s The Princess and the Hound, which I found refreshingly original. But The Rose Throne disappointed me from the first page. While Harrison’s ideas are good, her somewhat lackluster execution made much of the book a chore to slog through,… Read more »
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