The war for the Homelands has come in this collection, anchored by the narration of Boy Blue, who becomes the messenger for the rebels by virtue of his teleportation cloak. There’s a small interlude where Cinderella, superspy, is sent on a mission to pick up a very important package in Argentina. It’s easily the most […]
Fables 11: War and Pieces – Bill Willingham, et al Read More »
Read rather quickly for the Once Upon a Time V reading challenge, courtesy of the April Fool’s Nor’easter. In the previous books of this trilogy, Evie Scelan brought down a group of magicians that had been ruling Boston’s magical undercurrent for centuries, and then took control of the Wild Hunt to gain back something important
Soul Hunt – Margaret Ronald Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time V Challenge. Have you ever read a book, or series of books, because you just had to see what exactly the author was going to do next, because you never knew what would be? (Original Dune series, I’m looking at you!) This series, which began with A Princess
The Tourmaline – Paul Park Read More »
It’s officially Spring, so it’s time again for the Once Upon a Time reading challenge – for fantasy, fairy tale, folklore, and mythology. I’m going to do Quest the First, which is to read at least 5 books in any of the challenge categories. As I’ve done for the past couple of challenges, I’m not
Once Upon a Time V 3/21/11 – 6/20/11 Read More »
Eustacie has run away to become a governess, rather than marry her thoroughly unromantic cousin Sir Tristram. She falls in with a group of smugglers, including one of her other cousins, Ludovic, rightful heir to their grandfather’s barony, who has unfortunately fallen into a life of crime after being falsely accused of murder, and being
The Talisman Ring – Georgette Heyer Read More »
Grace was young during the time of World War I, and served as a housemaid at Riverton House, somewhere in the countryside of England. Lord and Lady Ashbury had two granddaughters, Hannah and Emmeline, and Grace’s life becomes entwined with theirs. In the present day, an elderly Grace is contacted by a young woman making
The House at Riverton – Kate Morton Read More »
Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. Claidi is about to marry her true love, Argul, but on the morning of her wedding, she’s kidnapped, and brought to a castle in far off land. It’s surrounded by impassable jungle, and the only person that lives there is Prince Venn, who looks a lot like Argul.
Wolf Star – Tanith Lee Read More »
Elantris was once a shining city, peopled by a race of near immortals, with white hair and nearly glowing skin. They ruled Arelon with wisdom and benevolence. The truly wonderful thing about Elantrians was that they could come from anywhere, noble or beggar – the Transformation happened overnight, and those lucky souls would leave their
Elantris – Brandon Sanderson Read More »
My reading of the Narnia books when I was young was a bit disjointed, because I relied on the library. This was the second of the books that I read, even though it’s fourth in the series (I consider the order of the books to be the published order – reading them chronologically is a
The Silver Chair – C.S. Lewis Read More »
This book is billed as a sequel to The Dying Earth, but unlike that book, follows a single narrative, instead of being a collection of unrelated short stories. In practice, its locations are so varied that it could be seen as a collection of short stories, but there is a single central character. That character
The Eyes of the Overworld – Jack Vance Read More »