“The Way of Shadows” by Brent Weeks
Over the last few months, I’ve picked up and read books by quite a few rising stars of fantasy (The Name of the Wind, The Warded Man, for example.) Brent…
Read more“A Shadow in Summer” by Daniel Abraham
A Shadow in Summer is book 1 of The Long Price Quartet. The empire of Galt has been making war against the entire world with their powerful machines, but the…
Read more“The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led The Revels There” by Catherynne M. Valente
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There was my one non-Brandon Sanderson pre-order this year. The first book, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship…
Read more“Ship of Magic” by Robin Hobb
This is a catch up review for Ship of Magic, the first book in the Liveship Traders trilogy. This trilogy stands by itself, but it is set in the same…
Read more“Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians” by Brandon Sanderson
If you’ve been reading the posts on this blog, you know that I’m a huge Brandon Sanderson fan, and I own pretty much all of his books. However, I’ve been…
Read more“Naamah’s Kiss”, “Naamah’s Curse” and “Naamah’s Blessing” by Jacqueline Carey
Yes, I’ve been reading a lot of Jacqueline Carey lately. (wait until I get to my Robin Hobb backlog – I’ve got four trilogies and a book of short stories…
Read more“Range of Ghosts” by Elizabeth Bear
I first heard of Range of Ghosts on John Scalzi’s blog. Like with Throne of the Crescent Moon (also a discovery via Scalzi’s Big Idea series), I was intrigued by…
Read more“Savvy” by Ingrid Law
After the overwhelming negativity of the last book I read, I figured I needed a bit of light reading. I recently acquired Savvy via Bookmooch; it’s been on my wish…
Read more“Last Argument of Kings” by Joe Abercrombie
Last Argument of Kings is the third book of the First Law trilogy (see my reviews of book 1 and book 2.) This review will contain spoilers for the earlier books in the…
Read more“Before They Are Hanged” by Joe Abercrombie
Before They Are Hanged is the second book of the First Law trilogy (see my review of book 1, The Blade Itself). There will be spoilers for The Blade Itself in…
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