The Cat Who Saved Booksby SÅsuke Natsukawa, translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal KawaiFantasy208 pagesOriginally published in 2017Expected US publication date: December 7, 2021 After the unexpected death of his beloved and bookish grandfather, unassuming high school student Rintaro Natsuke is preparing to close the doors of the secondhand bookshop his grandfather ran for … Continue reading Book Review: The Cat Who Saved Books
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Book Review: Observations by Gaslight
Observations by Gaslight: Stories from the World of Sherlock HolmesLyndsay FayeMystery/Historical Fiction295 pagesExpected publication: December 7, 2021, by Penzler Publishers The first Sherlock Holmes pastiche stories were published before Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his last story about the famed detective, and the trend isn't likely to end any time soon. Observations by Gaslight is … Continue reading Book Review: Observations by Gaslight
Book Review: Jade Legacy
Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga #3) Fonda LeeFantasy640 pagesExpected publication date: November 30, 2021 The Kaul family, leaders of the No Peak Clan, faces an uphill battle as they move into the future. The Mountain Clan seems to be anticipating and countering their every move, while a new anti-clan movement is on the rise … Continue reading Book Review: Jade Legacy
Sunday Sum-Up: November 21, 2021
Remember last weekend when I said I thought it would be a nice, quiet week? Yeah, that didn't happen. This past week was super busy at work. But at least I got a lot done at home, even if I felt like I was running in circles at work all week. I'll be doing a … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: November 21, 2021
Book Review: Around the World in 80 Books
Around the World in 80 Books by David DamroschNonfiction432 pagesPublished: November 16, 2021 by Penguin Publishing Group In January 2020, David Damrosch was developing a plan. He was going to follow in the footsteps of Jules Verne's legendary hero, Phileas Fogg, and travel around the world and in so doing, reflect on the books he … Continue reading Book Review: Around the World in 80 Books
Sunday Sum-Up: November 14, 2021
It's been a rather gloomy week around here, with cold temperatures, rain, and a bit of snow. I was happy to see the snow, even if there was too little of it and too much wind for it to actually collect. But it was a reminder that winter is on its way, and that makes … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: November 14, 2021
Sunday Sum-Up: November 7, 2021
So my week was taken over by British television. Not that that's particularly unusual for me, as British television is On Brand for me, but I hadn't actually intended it to happen. I discovered that the adaptation of Ann Cleeves' book, The Long Call would be available on BritBox, so I got the one-week trial, … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: November 7, 2021
Sunday Sum-Up: October 23, 2021
Last week I was. . . what do we call it again? Busy. That's what it was. I was busy. I went out and did things. With people. Wow. Granted, there was work involved. We weren't just out wandering about. But it was bookish. On my day off, I went to the used bookshop well … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: October 23, 2021
Book Review: The Goblin Emperor
The Goblin Emperorby Katherine AddisonFantasy448 pagesPublished in 2014 After an airship crash kills Emperor Varenechibal IV and his eldest three sons, Varenechibal's fourth and ill-favored son Maia ascends to the imperial throne as ruler of the elflands. The only child of a loveless political marriage, Maia was relegated to a dreary former hunting lodge after … Continue reading Book Review: The Goblin Emperor
Book Review: A Memory Called Empire
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan #1)by Arkady MartineScience FictionPublished in 2019 Mahit Dzmare is a young ambassador fulfilling a lifelong ambition: to travel from her home on the independent Lsel Station to the vast Teixcalaan Empire, whose culture she has long been obsessed with. Complex, cosmopolitan, and endlessly self-referential, Teixcalaan expands in two ways: through … Continue reading Book Review: A Memory Called Empire
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