Book Review: A Warden’s Purpose by Jeffrey L. Kohanek

This is a review for the TBRindr project hosted at The Weatherwax Report. This project aims to match up self published and indy authors with reviewers that may be a good audience for their book. If you’re a self-published author looking for folks to review your work or if you’re a reviewer looking for more … Continue reading Book Review: A Warden’s Purpose by Jeffrey L. Kohanek

2018 Mid-Year Update: Favorite Reads + Reading Goals Progress

Earlier this year I did a post about my reading goals for 2018 so I thought since it's June  (somehow, already--where did the time go?) I thought I'd take a look to see how I'm doing. Reading Goals Progress Goodreads Challenge - Read at least 100 Books I'm currently sitting at 74 books read and … Continue reading 2018 Mid-Year Update: Favorite Reads + Reading Goals Progress

Book Review: Witchmark by C.L. Polk

THANKS TO THE PUBLISHER AND NETGALLEY FOR PROVIDING ME WITH A COPY FOR REVIEW, THIS DID NOT AFFECT MY OPINION OF THE BOOK IN ANY WAY. Summary:      In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World War, cabals of noble families use their unique magical gifts to control … Continue reading Book Review: Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Book Review: Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff continues the story of Mia Corvere, a young assassin in The Nevernight Chronicle. Summary: Assassin Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church ministry think she’s far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the … Continue reading Book Review: Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

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

Book Review: The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan

It's been a while since I first read the first Lady Trent book, A Natural History of Dragons, a book I liked but never quite fell in love with. I decided to pick up the next one as part of my reading goal to get caught up on series I've started. I'm so glad I did … Continue reading Book Review: The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan

Book Review: MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood

In this final book in her MaddAddam trilogy, Margaret Atwood gives us a look at a post-apocalyptic near-future populated by the remnants of super hippies, scientists, and genetically engineered humans and animals. There are so many interesting things to talk about in MaddAddam, I'm not even sure where to start. Let's jump in. Summary: A … Continue reading Book Review: MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood

Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe by Madeline Miller re-tells the life of the Greek Goddess Circe, making her into a much more sympathetic character. Summary: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. … Continue reading Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller

Book Review: Sorcerous Rivalry

This is a review for the TBRinder project hosted at The Weatherwax Report. This project aims to match up self published and indy authors with reviewers that may be a good audience for their book. If you're a self-published author looking for folks to review your work or if you're a reviewer looking for more … Continue reading Book Review: Sorcerous Rivalry

Book Review: The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

THANKS TO THE PUBLISHER AND NETGALLEY FOR PROVIDING ME WITH A COPY FOR REVIEW, THIS DID NOT AFFECT MY OPINION OF THE BOOK IN ANY WAY. The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg is the latest story set in the world she created with The Paper Magician. If you're familiar at all with The Paper Magician … Continue reading Book Review: The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg