I first encountered Mercedes Lackey and her world of Valdemar when I was in high school. This was in the 90s, well before YA fiction was the publishing juggernaut it is now, and I had left the children's section behind but still felt unsure about wandering the shelves in the adult section. No one cared … Continue reading A Girl and Her Horse: The Heralds of Valdemar
Book Reviews
Reading Log: Heir of Fire
“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”- William Faulkner My ambivalence … Continue reading Reading Log: Heir of Fire
Book Review: The Paragon Hotel
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye Mystery 432 Pages Expected publication date: January 8, 2019, by G.P. Putnam's Sons From Goodreads: The new and exciting historical thriller by Lyndsay Faye, author of Edgar-nominated Jane Steele and Gods of Gotham, which follows Alice “Nobody” from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland’s the Paragon Hotel. The year is 1921, … Continue reading Book Review: The Paragon Hotel
Book Review: Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him by Tracy Borman Biography 320 pages Expected Publication Date: January 8, 2019, by Atlantic Monthly Press From Goodreads: Henry VIII is best known in history for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. However, as acclaimed historian Tracy Borman makes clear in her illuminating … Continue reading Book Review: Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
Book Review: The Winter of the Witch
The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy #3) by Katherine Arden Fantasy 384 pages Expected publication: January 8, 2019, by Del Rey Books From Goodreads: Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies … Continue reading Book Review: The Winter of the Witch
Book Review: The Monster Baru Cormorant
The Monster Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade #2) by Seth Dickinson Science Fiction/Fantasy 464 pages Published October 30th, 2018 by MacMillian-Tor/Forge From Goodreads: Baru Cormormant's world was shattered by the Empire of Masks. To exact her revenge, she has clawed her way up razor-edged rungs of betrayal, sacrifice, and compromise, becoming the very thing she seeks … Continue reading Book Review: The Monster Baru Cormorant
October Summary, November Preview
Happy Halloween! It's been lovely around here for the past week. Absolutely perfect weather and brilliant Fall color, but today dawned gray and cloudy and the leaves are quickly falling. November always gets grayer and darker with every day that passes. I will miss October. In spite of the (mostly) fantastic month, I didn't get … Continue reading October Summary, November Preview
LotR Reread: Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Baggins
Book Two, Chapter I: Many Meetings Frodo wakes up. Again. He's confused, thinking at first that he's back in Bag End after an illness and that his adventures were a bad dream. Then he realizes that all it did indeed happen. While he's getting his bearings, he asks what time it is, and lo and … Continue reading LotR Reread: Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Baggins
ARC Review: Empire of Sand
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri Fantasy 496 pages Expected publication November 13, 2018 by Orbit From Goodreads: A nobleman’s daughter with magic in her blood. An empire built on the dreams of enslaved gods. Empire of Sand is Tasha Suri’s captivating, Mughal India-inspired debut fantasy. The Amrithi are outcasts; nomads descended of desert spirits, … Continue reading ARC Review: Empire of Sand
ARC Review: Blood is Blood
Blood is Blood (Barker and Llewellyn #10) by Will Thomas Mystery 320 pages Expected Publication November 13, 2018 by Minotaur From Goodreads: A bombing injures private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, leaving it up to his soon-to-be-married junior partner Thomas Llewelyn to find the person trying to murder them both before it's too late—in the newest … Continue reading ARC Review: Blood is Blood
