Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar #1)Mercedes LackeyFantasy368 pagesExpected publication: June 15, 2021, by DAW The story of Valdemar's founding has been mentioned in more than one of Mercedes Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar books: Once upon a time, Baron Valdemar led his people into the wilderness to escape an empire and find freedom. There, in their … Continue reading Book Review: Beyond
Book Reviews
Sunday Sum-Up: June 6, 2021
Summer's here. I already hate it. I mean, most of May it was around 60F, with rainy days and plenty of clouds and cool breezes and life was great. Then June hit and overnight it leaped into the mid 90s F, and it's awful. How long until October? In other, non-weather news, I got things … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 6, 2021
Book Review: The Tangleroot Palace
The Tangleroot Palace: Storiesby Marjorie LiuFantasy/Short Stories256 pagesExpected publication: June 15, 2021 by Tachyon Publications A young woman must pay a terrible price if she wants to gain her freedom in 'Sympathy for the Bones'. A warrior woman falls in love with a beautiful woman whose true nature emerges just once a week in 'The … Continue reading Book Review: The Tangleroot Palace
Reading Valdemar: Bastion
After five months, five books, a whole lot of Kirball, and a boatload of teen angst (from the characters, not from the readers), Jackie, Mel, and I have completed Mercedes Lackey's Collegiate Chronicles, which turned out to be not at all about the founding of the Heraldic Collegium at all (much to our surprise). What … Continue reading Reading Valdemar: Bastion
Book Review: Fugitive Telemetry
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #6)By Martha WellsScience Fiction176 pagesPublished April 27, 2021, by Tor When a dead body is discovered on the peaceful Preservation Station, security forces automatically assume that Murderbot is the culprit. Murderbot is not the culprit, of course. It has more sense than to leave a dead body where anyone could … Continue reading Book Review: Fugitive Telemetry
Book Review: The Kingdoms
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley448 pagesExpected publication: May 25, 2021, by Bloomsbury If you remember, come home. A postcard with that message and a picture of a Scottish lighthouse has been waiting for Joe Tournier for nearly a century, but shortly after he arrives in London with no memory of anything except his name, it … Continue reading Book Review: The Kingdoms
Sunday Sum-Up: May 2, 2021
It was a laid back week around here. Things got done! Rooms were cleaned! Shelves were built! Many other useful things were accomplished! And that's really all I have to report about the week. Just a lot of things getting done, but none of them were noteworthy on their own. Obligatory Mina Photo: One of … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: May 2, 2021
Reading Valdemar: Redoubt
Redoubt (The Collegium Chronicles #4)by Mercedes LackeyFantasy330 pagesFirst published in 2012 So. Four books into a series. Far more books into this world. A few dozen published books under her belt. You would think that Lackey would have this whole plot thing figured out but. . . Maybe not? Maybe she was just phoning this … Continue reading Reading Valdemar: Redoubt
Book Review: Thief of Souls
Thief of Souls (Inspector Lu Fei #1)by Brian KlingborgMystery288 pagesExpected publication date: May 4, 2021, by Minotaur Books After he uncovered a scandal and angered the wrong official, Inspector Lu Fei was relegated to a backwater village in northern China where he spends more time dealing with missing chickens than fighting crime. He's resigned himself … Continue reading Book Review: Thief of Souls
Book Review: The Glitter in the Green
The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirdsby Jon DunnNonfiction/Science and Nature/Natural History352 pagesExpected publication date: April 20, 2021 by Basic Books Though they are tiny, hummingbirds are among the most fascinating of birds thanks to their colorful plumage and their singular flying skills. Their ability to hover in front of flowers is unmatched … Continue reading Book Review: The Glitter in the Green
