Tag Archives: fantasy
A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
Recommended for fans of Hardinge Read October 2021 ★ ★ ★ 1/2 “They had found the edges of each other’s temper, like jagged rocks under a placid skin of water.” Frances Hardinge is an amazing writer. She is one of … Continue reading
Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold
Recommended for fans of light fantasy Read October 2021 ★ ★ ★ An improvement on the first book, Penric and the Demon, the shaman’s story picks up four years later. Penric has finished school and is working for the … Continue reading
Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Recommended for fans of gentle YA fantasy Read October 2021 ★ ★ 1/2 I grew up reading Brooks’ Shannara series, soon followed by Eddings’ Belgarion. The format is always the same, likely all based on Tolkien or Jung or someone; … Continue reading
Made Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Recommended for fans of The Littles Read October 2021 ★ ★ ★ On the upside, I can now spell ‘Tchaikovsky.’ Anything that isn’t spelled correctly is purely a typo. On the downside, the trouble with reading some of an … Continue reading
Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Recommended for fans of D&D, questioning Read October 2021 ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 This was bananas. To be clear, I don’t mean ‘bananas’ in the wierd-fiction, ‘Authority’ kind of way, but in the ‘end up in a completely different … Continue reading
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Recommended for: fans of magic schools, Murderbot Read in August 2021 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Undoubtedly five stars. What makes it so? The ability to capture my attention and hold until finished, the daze of finishing, and the desire … Continue reading
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
Read January 2021 ★ ★ ★ P. Djèlí Clark is one of those authors that’s on my ‘to watch’ list. You might even say I’m a fan. I’ve read through most of his short stories and purchased most … Continue reading
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Read January 2021 Recommended for fans of dark supers ★ ★ ★ I’m not saying I was looking for lifestyle alternatives. Just because I’ve left the path of self-sacrificing medical worker doesn’t mean I’m swinging another way. In … Continue reading
The Trials of Koli by M.R. Carey
Read November 2020 Recommended for fans of post apocalypse YA ★ ★ ★ Despite often viewing reading as a solitary experience, sometimes friends are where it’s at. A flash book-group got me through the first Koli book, … Continue reading
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