Book Review: Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw

Summary: Contemporary fantasy in the world of Strange Practice, starring Dr. Greta Helsing, whose family has been keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well for generations. When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is unexpectedly called to Paris to present at a medical conference, she expects nothing more exciting than professional discourse on zombie reconstructive … Continue reading Book Review: Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: White Stag by Kara Barbieri

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 last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: White Stag by Kara Barbieri

Book Review: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Summary: Under the streets of London there's a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks. Richard Mayhew, a young businessman, is going to … Continue reading Book Review: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

This Week in Reading: Progress, But No Progress

Well, I did manage to get a few books read last week but only one of them was a planned book on my list, whoops! So, I finished up Changes by Jim Butcher (wow) and I read two romance novels. I also started a new audiobook. So this week's going to be pretty similar to … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Progress, But No Progress

Book Review: Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews

Summary: Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let … Continue reading Book Review: Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

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. First of all, just look at that gorgeous cover. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

Book Review: An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris

Summary: Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their … Continue reading Book Review: An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris

This Week in Reading: Finishing Up Some Things and Starting Others

Still in the middle of very hectic November! Yesterday's tea party book club meeting was a great success. As per usual I have plenty of leftover food to take for lunch the rest of the week. 🙂 Well, I didn't quite finish my book club book in time for our meeting, haha, whoops! I have … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Finishing Up Some Things and Starting Others

Book Review: In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan

Summary: Even those who take no interest in the field of dragon naturalism have heard of Lady Trent's expedition to the inhospitable deserts of Akhia. Her discoveries there are the stuff of romantic legend, catapulting her from scholarly obscurity to worldwide fame. The details of her personal life during that time are hardly less private, … Continue reading Book Review: In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

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. A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon