Monthly Wrap Up: May 2018

May was certainly a whirlwind reading month for me. I finished off the month having read twenty-one books. Twenty-one!!! That may be a record for me. (Not counting the time I binge-read about 50 Harlequin romances back in college in a month's time...) It helped that I was on vacation for part of the month … Continue reading Monthly Wrap Up: May 2018

This Week in Reading: More Dragons, More Dresden, Steampunk Geomancy, and Magic Schools

Last week I did a little more reading than I thought I would (oops!) and I'm now listening to the last Memoirs of Lady Trent book, Within the Sanctuary of Wings, by Marie Brennan. Kyyyyaaaah! I am just loving these books so much that I want to hug them. 😀  If you haven't read them, … Continue reading This Week in Reading: More Dragons, More Dresden, Steampunk Geomancy, and Magic Schools

Author Spotlight: Melanie Rawn

This originally appeared as part of the Author Appreciation series on the r/fantasy forum. You can check out more of the Author Appreciation series here. A Very Short Biography Melanie Rawn was born in 1954. Before getting her start in fiction she worked as a teacher and also an editor. She has a degree in … Continue reading Author Spotlight: Melanie Rawn

This Week in Reading: Dragons Ahoy!

I did a great job finishing up my reading from last week and read a few non-fantasy books over the weekend so I'm not going into the week with much planned reading for once. I'm on vacation for most of the week (starting tomorrow) so not sure how much reading I'll actually get into. We'll … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Dragons Ahoy!

This Week in Reading: Finishing up Maddaddam, Visiting with Lady Trent, more Sorcerous Siblings, and Magic Cabals

I'm finishing up two books from last week and then starting some new things. I'm about halfway through Maddaddam on audio and I have to say, I'm loving it even though it's just as--if not more--weird than the first two books in Margaret Atwood's Maddaddam trilogy. So. Much. Blue. Dong. Waving all around. A lot. … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Finishing up Maddaddam, Visiting with Lady Trent, more Sorcerous Siblings, and Magic Cabals

This Week in Reading: Plastic Magician, Spending Time with Harry Dresden, Some DysLit from Atwood, and Sorcerous Siblings

Last week was a great week in reading (even if it did take me a little longer to get through Space Opera than I anticipated) and this week looks to be pretty interesting and eclectic. First up  The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg. I didn't get a chance to delve into this one last … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Plastic Magician, Spending Time with Harry Dresden, Some DysLit from Atwood, and Sorcerous Siblings

This Week in Reading: Finishing up Space Opera, more time with Greek Gods, Plastic Magicians, and a Near Future Robotic Sports Murder Mystery

This week should be a really fun week in reading for me. I'm finishing up Space Opera by Catherynne Valente. I'm about a third of the way through and so far it's been a fun read filled with wry humor. For a book that's about an intergalactic song contest it touches a lot on the … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Finishing up Space Opera, more time with Greek Gods, Plastic Magicians, and a Near Future Robotic Sports Murder Mystery

This Week in Reading: More Young Assassin’s Seeking Vengeance, Brass Cities, Eurovision in Space, and Greek Gods

So, this week I'm finishing up on audio Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff. This is the second installment in The Nevernight Chronicle, the story of a young girl trained to be an assassin who is out to avenge her murdered family. I'm about 60% of my way through and enjoying it so far. The narration continues … Continue reading This Week in Reading: More Young Assassin’s Seeking Vengeance, Brass Cities, Eurovision in Space, and Greek Gods

This Week in Reading: Poppy War, more Assassins, and Wayward Children

This week will be a fairly slow week for me reading-wise as I'll be spending a lot of time prepping for the Fancy Tea Book Club meeting I'll be hosting on Sunday so that won't leave me with a ton of down-time. Going to whittle away at some books nonetheless! First up is The Poppy … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Poppy War, more Assassins, and Wayward Children

This Week in Reading: Finishing up Song, Nevernight, diving into The Poppy War and Full Moon

So I have an odd reading week ahead of me in that most of these books are not things I normally would have picked up just by browsing, but I'm branching out and trying to expand my reading horizons a bit. I'm almost finished up with The Song of All by Tina LeCount Myers. So far … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Finishing up Song, Nevernight, diving into The Poppy War and Full Moon