Due to a botched attempt on his mother’s life while she was pregnant, Miles Vorkosigan was born with severely weakened bones and unable to walk without extensive surgeries. He’s also born as a member of a warrior caste on a planet that’s just emerged from isolation, and only a generation ago would have exposed Miles […]
Young Miles – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding, but no money. When her father died, she was forced to live with her uncle, a cruel man who wants nothing to do with her, and whose sole efforts on her behalf are to engage her to a local mill owner. Lucy can’t see any ways
The Twelfth Enchantment – David Liss Read More »
This is the second book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, where we find Mendanbar, the King of the Enchanted Forest, in a bit of a pickle with the local wizards. In an attempt to enlist the help of the King of the Dragons, Mendanbar mets Kazul’s Princess, Cimorene, who is just about to go looking
Searching for Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede Read More »
I’d collected a number of Jane Austen knocks off a few years back, when they were especially popular, and I’m still working my way through that back log. While most were of Pride and Prejudice, this one is a take off of my second favorite Austen book – Persuasion. Set in the modern day, Annie
Persuading Annie – Melissa Nathan Read More »
So, what do you follow a deep, dark dystopian treatise on the human condition with? Soft core fantasy porn. I’ve decided that’s really the best way to characterize the Black Jewels books. They’re completely written from a women’s point of view, and are totally a guilty pleasure. It does help that they have a unique
Dreams Made Flesh – Anne Bishop Read More »
In this book, Britain has been divided into four separate countries, based on the old theory of body humors and the personalities associated with them – sanguine, melancholic, choleric and phlegmatic. There is no interaction between the new countries – you’re considered contaminated if you do. When the country is divided, every single person is
Divided Kingdom – Rupert Thomson Read More »
This book is from the 60s (genuinely – my mother snagged a copy for me at Goodwill). My mother had enjoyed it (probably for nostalgia’s sake). I will confess, I enjoyed it too, but more as a microcosm of a world most definitely gone by. This is both socially (the implication that you’re cooking because
The I Hate to Cook Book – Peg Bracken Read More »
I have long enjoyed the Valdemar series, so I’ve had this book on my radar for a bit, and managed to snag it from Bookmooch. I will say, I think I’m glad I didn’t really pay for it. It’s definitely the kind of thing that was much more useful before the internet came along. And
The Valdemar Companion – ed. John Helfers and Denise Little Read More »
Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. This book is madcap. Pretty much no other way to describe it. Mr. John Staple, lately returned from the Wars, where he was a captain, has been summoned with the rest of the family to celebrate his cousin’s engagement. Bored out of his skull, he decides to visit
The Toll-Gate – Georgette Heyer Read More »
I like Valdemar, and I like that the author has opened it up to other authors in the short story anthologies she’s been publishing. Some are definitely better than others. This is one of the others. None of the stories particularly stuck out at me, but I enjoyed my read. Definitely comfort food reading if
Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar – ed. Mercedes Lackey Read More »