Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeriesby Heather FawcettFantasy317 pagesPublished January 10, 2023 Emily Wilde, Cambridge professor and steadfast researcher, has no problem traipsing into the remote fields and forests of Europe to conduct her research into the many varieties of faeries that haunt the edges of civilization, but an ordinary conversation with another person is utterly … Continue reading Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
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StoryGraph Saturday: White as Snow
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to remind me that it’s there and to show it to you in case you find it interesting, too. White as Snowby Tanith LeeFantasy320 pagesPublished December, 2001 From The StoryGraph: Once upon … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: White as Snow
StoryGraph Saturday: Certain Dark Things
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to remind me that it’s there and to show it to you in case you find it interesting, too. Certain Dark Thingsby Silvia Moreno-GarciaFantasy272 pagesPublished in 2016 From The StoryGraph: From Silvia … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Certain Dark Things
StoryGraph Saturday: The Art of Prophecy
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. The Art of Prophecy (The War Arts Saga #1)Wesley ChuFantasy528 pagesExpected … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Art of Prophecy
StoryGraph Saturday: The Obsidian Tower
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin #1)by Melissa CarusoFantasy448 pages From … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Obsidian Tower
Book Review: The Cat Who Saved Books
The Cat Who Saved Booksby Sōsuke 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
StoryGraph Saturday: The Grace of Kings
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty #1)by Ken … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Grace of Kings
Book Review: The Witness for the Dead
The Witness for the Dead (The Goblin Emperor #2)by Katherine AddisonFantasy240 pagesPublished in June, 2021, by Tor In The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison introduced us to Maia Drazhar, the youngest and ill-favored half-goblin son of the emperor of the elven lands. After the suspicious deaths of his father and elder brothers, Maia suddenly found himself … Continue reading Book Review: The Witness for the Dead
Book Review: Half Sick of Shadows
Half Sick of Shadows by Laura SebastianFantasy448 pagesExpected publication: July 6, 2021, by Ace Everyone knows the modern story of King Arthur: The hidden Prince Arthur reappears from obscurity to claim his father's throne, but to prove his lineage he must draw a magical sword from a block of stone- a feat no one but … Continue reading Book Review: Half Sick of Shadows
Reading Valdemar: Closer to Home
We're heading into a new trilogy in the Reading Valdemar project. Mel (Grab the Lapels), Jackie (Death by Tsundoku), and I had mixed feelings about Mercedes Lackey's rather uneven Collegium Chronicles (Where was the plot? How old are these kids? How do we feel about Kirball? Are we thoroughly upset about the treatment of Amily … Continue reading Reading Valdemar: Closer to Home
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