I am so conflicted about this book. To the point of where if I had not already read the two books that came before it, I don’t think I would have finished it. And I’m really not sure if I’m going to pass it on to the two people that I had loaned […]
The Fall of the Kings – Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman Read More »
Ranira is a bond servant, more or less owned by an innkeeper after her parents were killed for being witches. She knows they were innocent, but that didn’t stop them from dying. When some foreigners make arrangements to stay in the city, even though the biggest religious festival of the year
Daughter of Witches – Patricia C. Wrede Read More »
Blue’s the only member of a clairvoyant family that can’t see the future- what she does do is help others see more clearly. The only thing her mother will share about her future is that if she kisses her one true love, he will die. So she’s decided she won’t kiss any boys
The Raven Boys – Maggie Stiefvater Read More »
This is the final book of the Inheritance Trilogy, and I wasn’t sure what to expect of it, going in. It seemed like the three main gods – Nahadoth, Itempas and Enefa/Yeine – were well taken care of. And actually, this is the story of Sieh, oldest of the godlings, the children of the original
The Kingdom of Gods – N. K. Jemisin Read More »
In Graceling, we met Bitterblue, daughter of King Leck of Monsea. As we meet Bitterblue, she’s just escaped the palace with her mother, because Leck’s Grace is to overshadow the minds of others, and Queen Ashen had one of her rare lucid moments, and was able to get away. She died
Bitterblue – Kristin Cashore Read More »
This book is based on the societies and mythologies of Ancient Egypt and Nubia (at least what we’ve been able to figure out about them), as well the theories of common dreams of the early psychoanalysts like Freud and Jung. If that sounds heavy, it’s not – it’s a really different story than
The Killing Moon – N. K. Jemison Read More »
It’s been a while since I read the precursor to this book (A Dirty Job) – it’s on my 2007 reading list, but I read it before I actually started the blog that year. So I definitely had to get back into the world of this story, which took a few chapters. Charlie
Secondhand Souls – Christopher Moore Read More »
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 »
