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Title: Forbidden Author: Cathy Clamp Series: Luna Lake Rating: 3 Stars 352 pages Published August 18th 2015 by Tor Books Received review copy from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Forbidden is the first book in a brand new urban fantasy series called Luna Lake, which ties in with the Tale of the […]
Title: Jackaby Author: William Ritter Series: Jackaby #1 Rating: 3 Stars 299 pages Published September 16th 2014 by Algonquin Young Readers Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Jackaby was one of my most anticipated 2014 releases. It has a beautiful cover, a great blurb, and honestly just sounded so good. A paranormal Sherlock Holmes? […]
Title: A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow Author: George R.R. Martin Series: A Song of Ice and Fire #3.1 Rating: 4 Stars 569 pages Published September 1st 2011 by Harper Voyager Received as a gift Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository At over 1200 pages A Storm of Swords is such a big-ass book […]
Together with a whole bunch of cool ladies, I’m reading Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey. The idea is that we read a few chapters each week, answering questions about those chapters, and working our way through the book like this. This week we read chapter 9 to 18. We’ve just started, so if you’d like […]
Together with a whole bunch of cool ladies, I’m reading Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey. This book has been on my TBR for ages, so I jumped on this opportunity to read the 1000-page book with other people. Can you believe this is the first real structured readalong I’m participating in? Welp. I guess you […]
In 2013 I signed up for The Fantasy Project, a long term reading challenge where you try to read 101 fantasy books spread over 10 years hosted by Michelle of The True Book Addict. Now, 101 books are a lot, and I’ve found that the list is simply too long for me to truly be […]
Title: Clash of Iron Author: Angus Watson Series: Iron Age #2 Rating: 3 Stars 560 pages Published April 14th 2015 by Orbit Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Sequel to the fast Age of Iron, Clash of Iron struggles to keep up the pace. Lowa is now responsible for […]
Lately I’ve been feeling like reading more fantasy – not the paranormal crossovers that dominate large portions of the market, but the good old epic variety of fantasy. I started to browse Goodreads, but I discovered that it’s actually not that easy to come by decent fantasy recommendations. The names that pop up over and […]
Title: Mistborn Author: Brandon Sanderson Series: Mistborn #1 Rating: 2 Stars 647 pages Published July 31st 2007 by Tor Fantasy Gifted Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository My feelings about Mistborn can easily be summarised: fantastic worldbuilding, predictable plot, and cardboard characters. I know this book has a very dedicated fan base though. If you’re […]
Title: Midwinterblood Author: Marcus Sedgwick Series: Standalone Rating: 3.5 Stars 272 pages Published October 6th 2011 by Indigo Borrowed from library Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Our first glimpse into the story of Midwinterblood is set in 2073, with main character Eric flying a plane to the mysterious island of Blessed. It seems as […]