I took me a long time to pick up The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel, and I regret that I didn’t read it sooner. It’s a great read. I am accustomed to being surprised by Brandon Sanderson. He’s one of the more innovative writers in the fantasy genre today, managing with his Mistborn Trilogy […]
Review | Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
2013-03-13 · by ·
Karou has never known who her parents are or where she comes from. Her earliest memories are of being raised by Brimstone, a creatures called a chimaera. Chimaera are a mix of human and animal bodies. Brimstone runs a mysterious shop where traders come to barter with animal and human teeth for wishes. Between her […]
Listen to an Audio Clip from A Memory of Light
2013-03-11 · by ·
Not all audio books are created equal. Nothing’s worse than finding a great story read by a grating voice. The fourteen volume Wheel of Time, read by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer, does not have that problem. Rather, they take a great story and bring it to life, and as it unfolds manage to make you wish […]
Review | Crewel by Gennifer Albin
2013-03-01 · by ·
When Adelice’s parents discover she has the magical weaving gift that enables women to weave the fabric of reality, they do all in their power to train her to hide it. At age sixteen, all young women in Arras are tested for their weaving abilities. If the girls pass their tests, they are swept away […]
Review | The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson
2013-02-20 · by ·
I’ve not read many books by Brandon Sanderson that weigh in at less than several hundred pages, so when I saw the thin spine of The Emperor’s Soul sitting on the shelf at Weller Book Works next to Sanderson’s thicker novels, I was immediately curious. From the back of the book: When Shai is caught […]
Review | A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
2013-02-05 · by ·
Although I finished A Memory of Light over a week ago, I’ve hesitated to write a review. Reaching the end of a good novel is not unlike leaving the dark of a movie theater for the light of day. Coming back into the real world can be a bit of a jolt. The jolt at the […]
I just finished A Memory of Light…
2013-01-30 · by ·
A review of A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time) is forthcoming. First, I’ve got to get my head back in reality, just a bit.
Review | The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2013-01-14 · by ·
The Newbery committee did a wonderful job in choosing this book to be their winner in 2009. The committee does not often choose fantasy/paranormal books for it’s award. But The Graveyard Book was fantastic, and definitely deserved the Newbery. Gaiman creates a world so out of the box and yet so completely believable and acceptable […]
At last…A Memory of Light arrives
2013-01-08 · by ·
As a teenage reader, my book choices broke down into two categories: Tolkien and everybody else. (Yes, there was also required reading for school, but books like The Scarlet Letter and The Mill on the Floss had their own place, and it certainly wasn’t among the books I would ever read if given the choice as a 15-year old. But […]
Review | On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
2012-12-31 · by ·
A while back I picked up On Stranger Tides. I had heard that it would be the template for the next installment in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (#4) and because I’m such a huge fan (not, really). It was a whim, one I thought that would pass after just a few pages, as whims […]
