I get the feeling the author really wanted to stick to a trilogy with this series, but man did she pack a lot into this last book. In the first book, Diana Bishop, witch, and Matthew Clairmont, vampire, meet and fall in love. It’s forbidden. You get a little taste of why. […]
The Book of Life – Deborah Harkness Read More »
Read for Once Upon a Time X. Corie is the illegitimate daughter of a lord, but for most of her life has lived for each summer with that family. She adores her older sister Elisandra, who is engaged to marry Prince Bryan, who will one day be King. The story starts with Corie
Summers at Castle Auburn – Sharon Shinn Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time X Reading Challenge. (It’s become somewhat of a tradition to read a McKillip book for this challenge.) The boy called Rook was brought to the bards at Luly as a child, not remembering his own name, only that he had been born anew in the fire that
Song for the Basilisk – Patricia A. McKillip Read More »
I’m posting this a little late (so much to do last weekend), but it’s one of my favorite reading times of year again – my excuse to concentrate on all things magical in my TBR pile. Per usual, I’m doing Challenge the First, which is at least five books in the challenge categories of
Once Upon a Time X – 3/21/16 to 6/21/16 Read More »
Librarything Early Reviewers book This book tells the stories of eight women composers, all the way back to the Renaissance Medici court. I had previously only heard of two of them, which is one of the points of the book, and is also sad. I minored in music in college (something I am using
Sounds and Sweet Airs – Anna Beer Read More »
We’re back with London police constable Peter Grant – the junior partner (really, the junior section of the department, since there’s only two of them) in the supernatural division of the Metropolitan police. We open to jazz musicians seemingly dying of natural causes after gigs – not enough for most people to notice, but Peter
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This is a collection of short stories, including one from the Old Kingdom. They claim it’s a novella on the front cover, but it’s definitely shorter than the Lirael story that was included in his other short story collection. Still, it’s worth getting – “To Hold the Bridge” is an interesting
To Hold the Bridge – Garth Nix Read More »
This is a delightful, incredibly quirky book. September is invited to Fairyland by the Green Wind and his Leopard, and longing for adventure, accepts the offer. The Wind can’t actually enter Fairyland, as the Marquess, the new ruler has barred him. So it’s up to September to find her own way.
Way back in 2011, I read the first and third books of the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy. This was mainly because I couldn’t get my hands on the middle book at the time, but also because I had read that the middle book was skip-able. I did keep it on my
Duty and Desire – Pamela Aidan Read More »
Daystar had never been into the Enchanted Forest himself before, until the day a wizard showed up at the cottage he shares with his mother, and his mother unexpectedly destroys the wizard. Even more strangely, she heads into the Forest, comes back with a sword, hands that to Daystar, and tells him he
Talking to Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede Read More »
