I’ve finished my twelve books for the year for the 2010 YA reading challenge. I read: I have to admit, I didn’t go for much genre mixing this year: there are two historical fiction books, and the rest are all fantasy. But they were all great reads, so I’m not too sad about the lack […]
2010 YA Reading Challenge – 1/1/10 – 12/31/10 Read More »
Read for the YA 2010 Reading Challenge. Arriman the Awful is the Wizard of the North, and while he thoroughly enjoys advancing the dark arts, he’s getting on in years, and realizes that he needs someone to take over from him. So, he needs a son. Which means he needs a wife. And, of course,
Which Witch? – Eva Ibbotson Read More »
In 1913, a young girl is abandoned in London on a ship headed to Australia. She was brought there by a woman she knows only as the Authoress, who never comes back, despite having told the little girl to wait for her. Eventually, the little girl makes it to Australia, where the harbormaster of the
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Though I’m a huge fan of Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar books, I’ve not read much of the anthologies that have come out with other authors playing around in the world of Velgarth. This is mostly driven by my having read all of the anthologies connected to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover world, which had a very uneven
Sun in Glory and other Tales of Valdemar – ed. Mercedes Lackey Read More »
This book begins as a recollection typed out by Jake Mishkin, an intellectual property lawyer, who is holed up in a cabin on a lake in upstate New York, waiting for some very bad men to come and fetch something that must be very important. Mishkin’s story contrasts with the more straightforward narrative of Albert
The Book of Air and Shadows – Michael Gruber Read More »
With only one more full day to go in the month, I think I can safely say I’ve finished my RIP V reading. Once again, I really liked not having a preset reading list – I think this is the most I’ve ever managed to read for the challenge. My books were: The last two
RIP V Reading Challenge 9/1/10 – 10/31/10 Read More »
Read for the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. Sylvi is the fourth child of the king of Balsinland, a land that the humans there share with the pegasi that they found there when they discovered the country. The pegasi are fully intelligent beings with their own king and culture, but for some reason, only human magicians
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Read for the Graphic Novel Reading Challenge. Alex, Karolina, Gert, Chase, Molly and Nico have grown up knowing each other – they meet every year at the board meeting for the charity that their parents run. They’re getting to the age where they’re easily bored, and this year, they decide to spy on their parents,
Runaways: Pride and Joy – Brian Vaughn Read More »
Read for the RIP V Reading Challenge. A man is involved in a horrifying car accident, and is burned so badly he faces a long recovery in the burn ward of the hospital. While there, he meets a woman named Marianne Engel. Marianne insists that they’ve met before – that they were lovers in medieval
The Gargoyle – Andrew Davidson Read More »
Read for the RIP V Reading Challenge. Galina, Yakov, and Fyodor all live in Moscow, and are all broken in one way or another. For Yakov, it’s a failed marriage. For Fyodor, it’s fear – fear that has kept him living on the streets. And Galina has been hospitalized a number of times for schizophrenia.
A Secret History of Moscow – Ekaterina Sedia Read More »