“Academ’s Fury” by Jim Butcher
Academ’s Fury by Jim Butcher is the sequel to Furies of Calderon and book two in the Codex Alera series. It takes place a couple of years after the first…
Read more“The Blade Itself” by Joe Abercrombie
The Blade Itself is the first book in The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, and it’s pretty awesome. Logan Ninefingers, the barbarian with a heart of gold, Captain Jezal…
Read more“The Blue Sword” by Robin McKinley
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley is set in the same world as The Hero and the Crown, which I enjoyed when I read it a couple of years ago.…
Read more“Memory, Sorrow and Thorn” by Tad Williams
I’m attempting to catch up with all the books I read over the couple of months I didn’t update this blog (which is a lot), so I’ve decided to have…
Read more“Throne of the Crescent Moon” by Saladin Ahmed
I first heard about Throne of the Crescent Moon on John Scalzi’s blog – he has a series (“Big Idea”) where sci-fi/fantasy writers talk about a recent book and the…
Read more“Furies of Calderon” by Jim Butcher
I’m continuing on my relentless quest for new and awesome fantasy series’ with Furies of Calderon, the first book in Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series. I’ve read the first Dresden…
Read more“By Grace and Banners Fallen” by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
I’m apparently a total sucker for corporate gimmicks, but I figured $2.99 was an okay price to read By Grace and Banners Fallen (the prologue of A Memory of Light)…
Read more“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1” by Alan Moore
I read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 last month, and it’s already fading a little, which is not a good sign. This is a pretty typical “superhero team assembles”…
Read more“King Leopold’s Ghost” by Adam Hochschild
My grasp on world history is somewhat lacking, and I’m always looking for good books so that I can fix that – Wikipedia tends to be too dry for me.…
Read more“Uncle Tungsten” by Oliver Sacks
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood was one of this books I just picked up on a whim, having never really heard of the book or the author. I’ve…
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