Tag Archives: fantasy
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 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
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Read July 2020 Recommended for fans of Kingfisher ★ ★ ★ Really, how can any baker resist a title like that, along with the lure of an enthusiastic but somewhat unreliable sourdough starter named Bob? But what … 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
Hugo 2019 Novelette Nominations
“If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” by Zen Cho Best Novelette nomination and Winner https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-try-try-again-by-zen-cho/ Sweet. A touch uneven but a solid heart. Chinese dragons, karma, transformation, all rolled in to a modernized version of a traditional … Continue reading
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
Read May 2020 Recommended for fans of cleverness, digression ★ ★ ★ ★ Once again, The Fourth Bear makes the personal library cut. Oh, don’t get me wrong; it’s as meandering as bumblebee at the height of … Continue reading
Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
Read February 2020 Recommended for Andrews fans ★ ★ Meh. A lack-luster entry into the Kate Daniels universe. I essentially bought it because it was cheap, and because I needed an airplane read. Thanks to Covid, my trip … Continue reading
