Gray Marshall is a student at Merlin College, the foremost of the Oxford colleges in this alternate England where the Tudors still reign in the 1800s and there’s magic aplenty. He’s stuck under the tutelage of Professor Apius Callender, and the two do not particularly get along. When two of Callender’s favorites rope him into […]
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This book is a collection of short stories and novellas (and even part of a graphic novel), and explains how Sanderson’s various worlds are connected in what he’s calling the Cosmere. It’s nice to have some stories that were a little more stand-alone collected into one place- I bought this mainly because I saw I
Arcanum Unbounded – Brandon Sanderson Read More »
This is a book of short stories, rather annoyingly including the novella length “Something Rich and Strange” – which I already own in a stand alone illustrated edition. I like that story, but I wish I’d had more new material to read. My favorite story was “The Gorgon in the Cupboard” – the tale of
Dreams of Distant Shores – Patricia A. McKillip Read More »
Nahri is an orphan, living on the streets of Cairo at the turn of the 19th century. She’s managed to make a decent life for herself as a thief – pretending just enough mystic powers to swindle rich people worried about their health out of money. She knows she’s different than her neighbors – she
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Daleina discovers her ability to control spirits when they come after her village. Unfortunately, she’s only able to save her family, but that opening leads her to pursue the training that may eventually make her the Queen. This is an interesting world. For some reason, there are spirits, and all they want is the destruction
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I wish I’d read this book some other time. I thought I was starting something else when I first picked it up, and it wasn’t what I was expecting. But, I’m enough of a completest, I couldn’t put it back, and had to finish it. I think I’d have liked it better if I’d started
Among Others – Jo Walton Read More »
This book’s another point of view from Klasky’s Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft, the Warder -David Montrose, instead of the witch, Jane Madison. It’s nice to see the male point of view of one of these stories, but this book was much busier than I remember Jane’s version being. David’s gotten himself into a little bit
The Library, the Witch, and the Warder – Mindy Klasky Read More »
The Gale family works charms that can have a remarkable effect on the world around them. The Aunts rule the family, and have a pretty iron hand in how the younger members of the family will end up living their lives. So when Alysha’s grandmother (who herself defied the other Aunts by moving away) passes
The Enchantment Emporium – Tanya Huff Read More »
I am so behind with certain authors – Tamora Pierce being high on that list. This book was published in 2011, and has a collections of stories spanning all of Pierce’s various series, as well as one that’s in the real world. I definitely liked some stories better than others, but I will say, I
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In the third book of this series, Dina gets a message from her sister Maud. Last anyone knew, Maud was with her vampire husband out somewhere in the wider universe, and Dina’s shocked to get a request for rescue from her. She calls in some favors from her sometime ally Arland, Marshall of one of
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