In a former life, when I had much more free time, I was a language nerd. I’ve given up a fair amount of that these days, but do still enjoy the odd book about language. This one is by a linguistics professor who also writes a blog (Separated By a Common Language) that I’ve been […]
The Prodigal Tongue – Lynne Murphy Read More »
The second of the Family Spies books follows Mags and Amily’s middle child – daughter Abidela. Abi’s been training with her father in the spy business, but it’s a bit of a place holder, because she hasn’t found out if she has any Gifts. One day, she and her best friend Princess Katiana, are out
Eye Spy – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
We’ve got owl plates that apparently turn into owls, a whole British Romeo and Juliet-ish across classes love story in a cottage in Wales on summer break, and the ancient Welsh myth of Blodeuwedd. I suspect I would have gotten a lot more out of this story when I was in the midst of my
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It’s the part of the Kate Daniels story the whole series has been leading up to – Kate finally meets her father, Roland. Aka Nimrod – the biblical tower builder, all powerful being who built a magical civilization so advanced and powerful it triggered a tech revolt, and magic went into retreat for several thousand
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Penric’s back in the capital city visiting friends when he’s called to help investigate murder. The victim is another temple divine, who like him, carries a demon. However, in this case, she’s not had the demon long, and no one can think why she would have anyone that would want to kill her. And, there’s
Penric’s Fox – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
The last book in the Innkeeper series introduced us to Dina’s sister Maud. Maud had married a vampire knight, but was recently widowed when his machinations had gotten the three of them (including their five year old daughter Helen) exiled to one of the nastiest planets in the galaxy. She and Helen had managed to
Sweep of the Blade – Ilona Andrews Read More »
This is a nice survey of costumes through quite a bit of history, with a lot of period illustration. However, if you’ve read up on the subject before (which I have), you’re probably not going to run into anything substantially new. Not that this is a bad thing, but let’s just say I’m glad I
Corsets and Codpieces – Karen Bowman Read More »
Kern has been on the run for years, ever since he knew he was a werewolf. As the story starts, he’s being pursued by a harper who’s able to conjure a fearsome beast to come after Kern. He’s chased to the edge of a cliff, and falls into the river below. The river folk find
Wolf Moon – Charles de Lint Read More »
This is a kid’s book (I read it in a about twenty minutes, so I wouldn’t even give it full YA status). And it’s surprisingly dark. This is the story of the Frog Prince, while he’s a frog. He meets up with a lady frog in the pond near the house of the hag that
The Prince of the Pond – Donna Jo Napoli Read More »
I’m thoroughly enjoying the series about Mags and Amily – I’m so glad Lackey opened up a new period in Valdemar to write about. This latest series is a number of years after the events of the last – with Mags and Amily having had three children, and Sedric and Lydia taking over as King
The Hills Have Spies – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
