I saw this used, and snagged it because I like the author. It’s a fun enough book – presented as a dictionary of all the tropes you’d run into in a fantasy story. It was published in 1996, so it’s fun to think about how much things actually have changed in fantasy-book land since that
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland – Diana Wynne Jones Read More »
I have such a love hate relationship with the world of this series. I’m honestly not sure why I keep reading them. I feel like I need to do some sort of psychological deep dive into this. I like this kind of story, and the world building is pretty unique, but I think there’s something
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I cannot emphasize how little sun we’ve gotten for a good chunk of January. The sun actually came out today, for the first time in what seems like ages, so we braved the wind and went to the coast. We had two insane coastal storms the week of January 7th – the worst being the one
Two Lights and Kettle Cove – Cape Elizabeth, ME Read More »
I started the Boreas cross stitch about a year ago, and stalled out fairly quickly because it was just too big to do comfortably. So, I finally bought an embroidery stand with some birthday money I’ve been sitting on since April. I decided I needed something a little less large to get myself back into things,
This is the prequel to Legends and Lattes, when Viv is a young, dumb, mercenary, and gets herself injured. The merc company she’s running with leaves her in the town of Murk to recover. What follows is as much of a nice warm hug of a book as the last one, as Viv helps the
Bookshops & Bonedust – Travis Baldree Read More »
Dellaria Wells is just trying to make her rent, and keep her mother off the street. She’s a fire witch with some power, but it’s not like that’ll make her money. Until the day that she bumbles her way into a job as one of the bodyguards to a young lady who’s headed out to
The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry – C. M. Waggoner Read More »
I found the summer edition of this book first, and had this one on my list, but hadn’t ever seen it in stores. Well, it just achieved bargain book status – I grabbed it at the first store I saw it at, and then promptly saw it at several others. That said, I would have
Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast – Carol Gracie Read More »
This is a fun continuation of Indexing. What I was interested to read at the end was that the author hadn’t necessarily meant to write another set of stories about these characters, but people kept asking her what was going to come next. Having fairly recently read the original book, I’m not surprised. While that
Indexing: Reflections – Seanan McGuire Read More »
This is the second book in a series where the Godmother of this world may or may not be an evil enchantress – she’s constantly making deals with people that start out fine, quickly go downhill, but then turn out in such a way that everything will probably work out for the best. We met
The Demi-Wolf and the Hunter – Amberley Martin Read More »
I really enjoyed this book – it’s got a pretty unique magic system, with a religion that’s actually based on not having gods, and taking good works in your own hands. The two main characters are Alexei – a priest of this faith, and Kasia, who does tarot readings, and has an interesting past that
City of Storms – Kat Ross Read More »
