The about the author section in this book owns to the fact that the author wrote it as an answer to what if there were fantastical elements underlying the social conventions that restrained woman in Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte books. Ivy Lockwell is the oldest of three sisters. Their father was once […]
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent – Galen Beckett Read More »
I’ve been rereading the Elenium and the Tamuli, which I won’t do a full write up by book. But I wanted to say a few things. First: the Belgariad and the Mallorean are still Eddings’ better works, but these two series are very readable. Second, and I don’t know if it’s because a friend recently started
The Elenium and Tamuli – David Eddings Read More »
This series is set about twenty five years before Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate books, with the same zany steampunk atmosphere and sense of fun. In this case, it’s set at Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. Sophronia is sent there when her mother despairs of ever turning her into a lady.
Etiquette and Espionage – Gail Carriger Read More »
I have to admit, I’m a little sad I only have one book left in this series. I know I can count on these books when I want to be amused and entertained. The Wizards are up to their old tricks with the Enchanted Forest, and since Queen Cimorene is pregnant, everyone else is
Calling on Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede Read More »
I still love this author’s use of language – she reminds me of Patricia McKillip – her landscape descriptions are amazing. I loved the first trilogy of hers that I read. I’m finding this series a bit more of a slog. The series is basically the story of the descendants of
The Well of Tears – Cecilia Dart-Thorton Read More »
Published in 2013, this was the first new Darkover anthology in a very long time. The music theme apparently grew out of a submission for the planned anthology (Stars of Darkover – currently sitting in my TBR pile) that was based on a Darkover filk song, but was way too long to include
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Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. If you’ve read any of de Lint’s Newford books, you know he’s created an urban fantasy setting that incorporates parts of many world mythos (mythi? What is the plural for that word?). If a human mind has conceived it, it exists,
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Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. Lady Altheia is kidnapped on the night of her birthday celebration. While her family frantically searches for her, she wakes up in the forest, and realizes her captors are the Lithmern- ancient enemies of Alkyra. What’s worse is that they’ve brought
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Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. Callie lives with her mother in Kansas. It’s the 1930s, and nearly everyone else has left their town, due to the choking dust. But Callie’s mother won’t leave – Callie’s father had promised to come back to them, and Callie’s mother
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Here’s another great entry in the list of books that are mostly historical fiction, with just a touch of a fairy tale thrown in. In this case, it’s a combination of the stories “Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight” and “Tam Lin”. Lady Jeanette is the younger daughter of a Norman Lord living in
An Earthly Knight – Janet McNaughton Read More »