Reread: “Theft of Swords” by Michael J. Sullivan
My recent reads of Age of Myth and the three Riyria Chronicles have put me in a very Royce-and-Hadrian mood, so I figured I would go back to where it…
Read more“The Crown Tower” by Michael J. Sullivan
Reading Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan made me want to go back (to the future!) and read some more Riyria. I’ve read the entirety of the Riyria Revelations…
Read more“Empire Games” by Charles Stross
I’ve never read any Charles Stross before, but he’s been on my wishlist for a very long time, so I was excited to read this book. It’s set in the…
Read more“Age of Myth” by Michael J. Sullivan
This is another book that I received in the recent LibraryThing Secret Santa that I participated in. I’m a fan of Michael J. Sullivan’s Riyria Revelations series, so I was…
Read more“The Shadow of What Was Lost” by James Islington
I’m always on the lookout for a good classic fantasy series. While I’m glad that so many books these days are not following the “hero’s journey of a secretly powerful…
Read more“Time Salvager” by Wesley Chu
I hadn’t read anything by Wesley Chu before, but I’ve heard extravagant praise for the Lives of Tao series, so I was looking forward to it. Unfortunately, I didn’t think…
Read more“Too Like The Lightning” by Ada Palmer
I knew absolutely nothing about Too Like The Lightning when I picked it up to read it (well, other than the fact that Tor had sent it to me, so it…
Read moreA few mini-reviews, January 2016 edition
I’ve read more than 30 books since the last book I reviewed, so I’m just going to do a few 1-paragraph reviews in an attempt to catch up. The Philospher…
Read more“Luna: New Moon” by Ian McDonald
As always, I’m behind on my reviews, so I’m keeping this one short. Luna: New Moon was marketed as “Game of Thrones set on the moon”, and that seemed pretty…
Read more“The Traitor Baru Cormorant” by Seth Dickinson
I was intrigued by the evocative title of The Traitor Baru Cormorant ever since I first heard of it. Then I found out that it was about a woman who…
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