For previous posts and future FFF topics check out my Friday Favorite Five page here. Favorite Five Fairytale Retellings I really love a great retelling of a fairytale. Whether it's retelling the tale straight forwardly, adding some new twist, or it's only marginally recognizable as the original story, there are so many interesting ways to … Continue reading Friday Favorite Five: Fairytale Retellings
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Book Review: Sisters of the Fire by Kim Wilkins
Summary: Four years have passed since the five royal sisters—daughters of the king—worked together to restore their father to health and to the throne while fracturing the bonds among themselves almost irreparably. Only Bluebell remains at home, dutifully serving as heir to her father’s kingdom. Rose has been cast aside by her former husband and … Continue reading Book Review: Sisters of the Fire by Kim Wilkins
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. It's been four weeks since the bloody showdown at Black Mesa, and Maggie Hoskie, Diné monster hunter, is trying to make the … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
Book Review: Purls and Potions by Nancy Warren
Summary: Romance is in the air on Harrington Street, Oxford. Detective Inspector Ian Chisholm is finally showing interest in Lucy, though the members of the vampire knitting club aren’t too thrilled to have the police hanging around so close to Cardinal Woolsey’s yarn shop. Up the street at Frogg Books, shop assistant Alice is in … Continue reading Book Review: Purls and Potions by Nancy Warren
Shabby Sunday: Cupid and Psyche A Love Story by Edna Barth
Shabby Sunday is a meme created by Mischenko at ReadRantRock&Roll with the aim of sharing some vintage or older books in our collections. Please check out this wonderful blog when you have a chance! I think this is a fabulous idea so I decided to join in this Sunday and may do so some other … Continue reading Shabby Sunday: Cupid and Psyche A Love Story by Edna Barth
Book Review: In The Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
Summary: In a ruined, devastated world, where the earth is poisoned and beings of nightmares roam the land... A woman, betrayed, terrified, sold into indenture to pay her village's debts and struggling to survive in a spirit world. A dragon, among the last of her kind, cold and aloof but desperately trying to make a … Continue reading Book Review: In The Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
Book Review: White Stag by Kara Barbieri
Summary: As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke—as the only survivor—was taken captive by the malicious Lydian … Continue reading Book Review: White Stag by Kara Barbieri
Book Review: Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis
Summary: Cassandra Harwood scandalized her nation when she became the first woman magician in Angland. Now, she's ready to teach a whole new generation of bright young women at her radical new school, the Thornfell College of Magic… Until a sinister fey altar is discovered in the school library, the ruling Boudiccate sends a delegation … Continue reading Book Review: Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis
Book Review: Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
Summary: One robot's search for meaning in a world where every human is long gone. A thrilling twist on The Martian. A touching story of a search one robot's search for the answers in a world where every human is dead. The new novel from C. Robert Cargill echoes the worlds of Stephen King and … Continue reading Book Review: Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
Book Review: In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Summary: This is the story of a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she … Continue reading Book Review: In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
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