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
Fantasy
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
Goodreads Monday: The Dark Days Pact
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! The Dark Days … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: The Dark Days Pact
Book Review: Spinning Silver
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Fantasy 480 pages Published July 10, 2018 by Del Rey From Goodreads: Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders... but her father isn't a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has loaned out most of his wife's dowry and left the family on the … Continue reading Book Review: Spinning Silver
Book Review- Throne of the Crescent Moon
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed Fantasy 274 pages Published in 2012 From Goodreads: The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, home to djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, are at the boiling point of a power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious master thief known as the Falcon Prince. In the midst … Continue reading Book Review- Throne of the Crescent Moon
Book Review- Dragonflight
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) Anne McCaffery Fantasy 299 pages First published in 1968 From Goodreads: HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD? To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father … Continue reading Book Review- Dragonflight
Top Five Friday: Favorite Fantasy Books
My favorite genre has always been fantasy, beginning when I was just a wee thing, and my dad read fairytales to me at bedtime. It wasn't long before I found The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and from there it was off to the races. Thanks to my little town's well-stocked public library … Continue reading Top Five Friday: Favorite Fantasy Books
Review: All the Birds in the Sky
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders 320 pages Genre: Science Fiction and Fantasy Published: January 2016 From Goodreads: A novel about the end of the world--and the beginning of our future Childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead didn't expect to see each other again, after parting ways under mysterious circumstances during … Continue reading Review: All the Birds in the Sky
Review- The Curse of Chalion
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold 496 pages Published 2000 From Goodreads: A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril, has returned to the noble household he once served as page, and is named, to his great surprise, as the secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in … Continue reading Review- The Curse of Chalion