Category Archives: fantasy
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Read October 2020 Recommended for those who enjoy a serious angst vampy story I think this is a pass for me. Domingo is a seventeen year-old who lives on the streets, getting by by being invisible and … Continue reading
The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson
Read October 2020 ★ ★ ★ ★ An above average first book, with lots to like for urban fantasy fans. It reminds me of Maxine Hong Kingston crossed with Snake Agent. A young widowed … Continue reading
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Read September 2020 Recommended for seriously hetronorms ★ No one knows a girls’ friendship like a guy, amIrite? Just kidding, totally sexist of me, just like this entire hetronormative mess of a Hogwarts derivative with more contradictory messaging … Continue reading
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Read September 2020 Recommended for fans of NYC, Jemisin ★ ★ 1/2 Surprisingly underwhelming for me. Admittedly, I’m not a huge new-adult fan, and this has ‘coming-of-age’ plot line all over. I was also surprised that there was … Continue reading
The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles
Read August 2020 Recommended for fans of Edwardian mysteries ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Written better than all of my QB™ reads, this is a fun palate-cleanser between more demanding books. Books that I’ve been avoiding, for … Continue reading
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
Read 2020 Recommended for fans of Douglas Adams ★ ★ Almost entirely, but not quite, unlike tea–I mean, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. There is no way easy way to say this, but despite ingredients that should be … Continue reading
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
Read 2020 Recommended for fans of fantasy ★ ★ ★ ★ Before there was TV Tropes, there was The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. In 1996, Wynne Jones created the ultimate epic fantasy trope list. Done in a … Continue reading
Short Story Round Up, Part 2
“Our King and His Court” by Rich Larson Read July 2020 Recommended for fans of Abercrombie, The Godfather ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Tor.com’s summary says it all. It’s a partially deconstructed … Continue reading
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde. It goes over quite easily.
Read June 2020 Recommended for fans of Jasper Fforde ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Fun, but as with most everything I like, complicated. The story begins with Mary Mary being shown around Reading Central Police Station by … Continue reading
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
Edit Edit date and time Read June 2020 Recommended for fans of space adventures! Fast-n-furious! ★ ★ ★ 1/2 This is the literary equivalent of the weekend action-adventure movie. Although initially slow to grab me, in the … Continue reading
