Hard to believe it’s over. I finished around 1 last night, so I’m still processing. Overall, I think I’m pretty happy with the book. The deaths were meaningful, the people that survived acquitted themselves well in battle, it was a lovely story of how the people around you help you to become a hero, and […]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling Read More »
Lovely, different story then the Sabriel trilogy. (Does that trilogy have a name? I’ll have to look that up.) Definitely a younger slant than those books, but still an engaging story that I’ll enjoy reading the rest of, once I get near a Barnes and Noble again and can pick up their exclusive omnibus addition
The Seventh Tower Volumes 1-3 (The Fall, Castle & Aenir) – Garth Nix Read More »
I didn’t hate this book. It was interesting enough to keep me going to the end. There were enough questions I wanted answered that I kept going. I didn’t hate this book. Unfortunately, after finishing the book, I’m mostly left with a laundry list of the things that irritated me about it: 1. I realize
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I love Mercedes Lackey’s 500 Kingdoms series. I love the way she works in any number of fairy tales into a cohesive single story. The Fairy Godmother is still my favorite, but Fortune’s Fool is definitely the second on the list. This book is set in the world of Russian fairy tales, and works in
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I had seen this book at Borders, and it has a recommendation from Charles de Lint on the cover and is set in Maine, but I couldn’t quite bring myself to pay full price for it. So I was pleased when it turned up at the Big Chicken Barn used bookstore last time I was
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