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. I’ve been chased my whole life. As an illegal immigrant in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer corporation, I’ve always had … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Once & Future by by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy
Tag: fantasy
Book Review: Smoke and Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg
Summary: A captivating world of monsters and magic from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician Series. As a human vessel for an ancient spirit, Sandis lives no ordinary life. At the command of her master, she can be transformed against her will into his weapon—a raging monster summoned to do his … Continue reading Book Review: Smoke and Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg
This Week in Reading: Still Making Progress on Catching Up
Hey all, happy Monday! I had a fairly slow-ish week in reading last week. Usually I spend some time on the weekends reading but my husband and I had DnD with our friends on Saturday and then Sunday I spent some time working on writing reviews. Still catching up, but getting there! Also, I totally … Continue reading This Week in Reading: Still Making Progress on Catching Up
Book Review: Mage Against the Machine by Shaun Barger
Summary: The year is 2120. The humans are dead. The mages have retreated from the world after a madman blew up civilization with weaponized magical technology. Safe within domes that protect them from the nuclear wasteland on the other side, the mages have spent the last century putting their lives back together. Nikolai is obsessed … Continue reading Book Review: Mage Against the Machine by Shaun Barger
Friday Favorite Five: Urban Fantasy Series
For previous posts and future FFF topics check out my Friday Favorite Five page here. Favorite Five Urban Fantasy Series I used to read a lot more Urban Fantasy than I do these days, but I still really enjoy the subgenre. Something something vampires and werewolves. 😀 One of the things that I think drove … Continue reading Friday Favorite Five: Urban Fantasy Series
Book Review: Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis
Summary: In nineteenth-century Angland, magic is reserved for gentlemen while ladies attend to the more practical business of politics. But Cassandra Harwood has never followed the rules... Four months ago, Cassandra Harwood was the first woman magician in Angland, and she was betrothed to the brilliant, intense love of her life. Now Cassandra is trapped … Continue reading Book Review: Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Mist, Metal, and Ash by Gwendolyn Clare
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. Worlds collide in this thrilling sequel to the epic, imaginative, acclaimed fantasy Ink, Iron, and Glass. In an alternate 19th-century Italy, Elsa … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Mist, Metal, and Ash by Gwendolyn Clare
Book Review: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Summary: Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Sorcha is the light in their lives, they are determined that she know only contentment. But Sorcha's joy is shattered when her father is … Continue reading Book Review: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Book Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Summary: Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit his crown… Jane (reads too many books) is Edward’s cousin, and far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately … Continue reading Book Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Discworld Book Haul
Sorry this is a bit late, been busy and my house is a mess so had to dig a pathway (figuratively) to the books to get pictures before I go and shelve them in their new home. 😀 So, for Christmas I had suggested my husband get me a couple of the new hardcover Discworld … Continue reading Discworld Book Haul