Monthly Wrap Up: May 2019 #WyrdAndWonder

May was the month of progress, even if it didn't feel like it at times. I finished thirteen books, two romances, two science fiction, and nine fantasy or some mix of fantasy with another genre. 🙂 I still have several review requests to get through, but I made a dent and knocked two off my … Continue reading Monthly Wrap Up: May 2019 #WyrdAndWonder

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan

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. As the renowned granddaughter of Isabella Camherst (Lady Trent, of the riveting and daring Draconic adventure memoirs) Audrey Camherst has always known … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan

Friday Favorite Five: Fantasy Settings #WyrdAndWonder

For previous posts and future FFF topics check out my Friday Favorite Five page here. Favorite Five Fantasy Settings Today I’m combining Friday Favorite Five with the Wyrd and Wonder Challenge for Wyrd and Wonder month, celebrating all things Fantasy. Today’s prompt is ‘unreal locations’! This is a great prompt to explore some of my … Continue reading Friday Favorite Five: Fantasy Settings #WyrdAndWonder

Can’t Wait Wednesday: Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw

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. Oasis Natrun: a private, exclusive, highly secret luxury health spa for mummies, high in the hills above Marseille, equipped with the very … Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday: Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw

Book Review: A Magical Inheritance by Krista D. Ball

Summary:   Miss Elizabeth Knight received an unexpected legacy upon her uncle’s death: a collection of occult books. However, when one of the books begins talking to her, she discovers an entire world of female occultist history opened to her—a legacy the Royal Occult Society had purposely hidden from the world. However, the magic allowing … Continue reading Book Review: A Magical Inheritance by Krista D. Ball

Book Review: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Summary:   Fledgling, Octavia Butler's new novel after a seven year break, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly inhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must … Continue reading Book Review: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

This Week in Reading: Keeping Up the Momentum

Well, last week I had a pretty great week in reading. I finished up four books (four!!) and am working my way through two others. I started off great finishing up Fledgling, but then had a bit of a crisis mid week when I realized that a new Vampire Knitting Club book was out and … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Keeping Up the Momentum

Why I Love Fantasy – A Rambling Essay of Sorts #WyrdAndWonder

IMAGE CREDITS: DRAGON – BY  KASANA86 FROM 123RF.COM   In honor of Wyrd and Wonder I'm doing my first kind of discussion post since I rebooted the blog a year and a half ago. Huzzah! Why I Love Fantasy - A Rambling Essay of Sorts Fantasy has been my top genre since pretty much, well, forever. And one of … Continue reading Why I Love Fantasy – A Rambling Essay of Sorts #WyrdAndWonder

Book Review: In Dreaming Bound by J. Kathleen Cheney

Summary: What does it mean to be bound? Mikael and Shironne have known for a month now that they are bound, but neither truly knows what their future holds. When Shironne is kidnapped, Mikael uses the nascent tie between them to get her back, and to keep her safe, Shironne is placed among the Family … Continue reading Book Review: In Dreaming Bound by J. Kathleen Cheney