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Title: Dark Prince Author: Christine Feehan Series: Dark Carpathians #1 Rating: 3 Stars 496 pages Published March 1st 2011 by Piatkus Books Review copy provided by the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository First published in 1999, Dark Prince is the first book in the long and acclaimed Carpathians series. Carpathians are an ancient […]
Title: The Whitstable Pearl Mystery Author: Julie Wassmer Series: Standalone Rating: 3 Stars 320 pages Published March 5th 2015 by Constable Review copy received from publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository The Whitstable Pearl Mystery follows Pearl, a woman whose dream of being a detective was cut short when she found out she was […]
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 […]
Title: Shadowdance Author: Kristen Callihan Series: Darkest London #4 Rating: 4 Stars 448 pages Published July 29th 2014 by Piatkus Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Kristen Callihan writes romance the way I like it: interesting setting (an alternate 19th century London with a touch of steampunk), interesting creatures (we got demons, shifters, and […]
Title: House of Leaves Author: Mark Z. Danielewski Series: Standalone Rating: 1 Star 709 pages Published March 7th 2000 by Pantheon Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Stopped reading around page 320. This book is so meta that even meta isn’t meta enough for it. Sheesh. As someone who has been trained in literary […]
Title: Magic Burns Author: Ilona Andrews Series: Kate Daniels #2 Rating: 4 Stars 260 pages Published April 2008 by Penguin Received as a gift Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Well hello there, you fantastic urban fantasy book. In the world of Kate Daniels, magic and tech alternate. The times between magic and tech are […]
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 […]
Title: I, Robot Author: Isaac Asimov Series: Standalone Rating: 4 Stars 245 pages Published June 6th 2013 Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Did you know this science-fiction classic by Isaac Asimov is a collection of short stories? No? Well, neither did I. Colour me surprised when I found out I, Robot is actually […]
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 […]
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 […]