Summary: A weaver’s genius ignites the jealousy of her peers, the possessiveness of her mill’s proprietress and the hopes of an unborn nation. Furi knows she was born to create, but the fabric of her life otherwise weaves mysteries. These things are more than they appear: Shin, the gardener, with his unlikely power over life … Continue reading Book Review: Spinning Silk by T. Cook
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Book Review: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Summary: When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken to a small Massachusetts town to be raised by their eccentric aunts, who happen to dwell in the darkest, eeriest house in town. As they become more aware of their aunts' mysterious and sometimes frightening … Continue reading Book Review: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Book Review: Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell
Summary: Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King’s Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King’s head on a spike. Now Tristia … Continue reading Book Review: Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell
Book Review: Your Ghost or Mine by Shannon Kostyal
Summary: For a year, Violet’s life has been blissfully calm. In fact, life has actually been pretty great; A year of a fully effective restraining order against her abusive ex, and as a bonus, she just closed on her very own house. Nothing fancy, nothing big—but safe, and it came at a pretty great price. … Continue reading Book Review: Your Ghost or Mine by Shannon Kostyal
Book Review: The Book of Hidden Things by Francesco Dimitri
Summary: Four old school friends have a pact: to meet up every year in the small town in Puglia they grew up in. Art, the charismatic leader of the group and creator of the pact, insists that the agreement must remain unshakable and enduring. But this year, he never shows up. A visit to his … Continue reading Book Review: The Book of Hidden Things by Francesco Dimitri
Book Review: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Summary: A meteor decimates the U.S. government and paves the way for a climate cataclysm that will eventually render the earth inhospitable to humanity. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated timeline in the earth’s efforts to colonize space, as well as an unprecedented opportunity for a much larger share of humanity to take … Continue reading Book Review: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Monthly Wrap Up: August 2018
August has still been a pretty busy month for me with social activities and work--we're short staffed and for two weeks out of the month I was pretty much on my own and it left me feeling burned out and not like doing much of anything once I was home. Yet, somehow I managed to … Continue reading Monthly Wrap Up: August 2018
Book Review: Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Summary: Autonomous features a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her own submarine. A notorious anti-patent scientist who has styled herself as a Robin Hood heroine fighting to bring cheap drugs to the poor, Jack’s latest drug is leaving a trail of lethal overdoses across what used to be North America—a … Continue reading Book Review: Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Book Review: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Summary: Hundreds of years ago, the last humans on Earth boarded the Exodus Fleet in search of a new home among the stars. After centuries spent wandering empty space, their descendants were eventually accepted by the well-established species that govern the Milky Way. But that was long ago. Today, the Exodus Fleet is a living … Continue reading Book Review: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Book Review: Star Touched by A. L. Kaplan
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Tatiana is running from her past and her star-touched powers. Her power to heal may be overshadowed by more destructive abilities. Fleeing the persecution of those like her, Tatiana seeks refuge in a small town she once visited. But this civil haven, in a world where society has broken down, is beginning … Continue reading Book Review: Star Touched by A. L. Kaplan
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