Friday Favorite Five: Amazing Magical Artefacts #WyrdAndWonder

For previous posts and future FFF topics check out my Friday Favorite Five page here. Favorite Five Amazing Magical Artefacts 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 'amazing magical artefact' so I thought, why feature one when I … Continue reading Friday Favorite Five: Amazing Magical Artefacts #WyrdAndWonder

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: The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

Summary: Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis, the island city where the Atlanteans moved after ordinary humans destroyed their original home. With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam's relatives and business contacts through the highest ranks … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

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. In the aftermath of the Third Poppy War, shaman and warrior Rin is on the run: haunted by the atrocity she committed … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

Wyrd & Wonder – Tentative TBR

IMAGE CREDITS: Dragon – by  kasana86 from 123RF.com   Being somewhat new to book blogging last year, I totally missed this event the first time around. Seeing several people posting about it recently, I decided it would be fun to join in this year. A month long blogging event celebrating all things Fantasy? How could I not? As you … Continue reading Wyrd & Wonder – Tentative TBR

Book Review: Shin by T. Cook

Summary: Shin is a powerful shapeshifter, but he is yet vulnerable, and too many creatures, both mythic and mortal, have a stake in his death. Caught between his samurai uncle’s ambitions for a bloodless war and his shapeshifter mother’s immortal fight for celestial territory, Shin’s uncle gives him up as a tribute warrior for the … Continue reading Book Review: Shin by T. Cook

Book Review: Enchantée by Gita Trelease

Summary: Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians... When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the … Continue reading Book Review: Enchantée by Gita Trelease

Friday Favorite Five: Books Featuring the Fae

For previous posts and future FFF topics check out my Friday Favorite Five page here. Favorite Five Books Featuring the Fae Oooh, the fae, one of my favorite topics, probably only second to vampires. 🙂 The Cruel Prince by Holly Black   Oh, how I do love the cruel fae. I actually didn't expect to … Continue reading Friday Favorite Five: Books Featuring the Fae