I read this book because of Ellesfena‘s descriptive, intriguing review. Seraphina takes place in a world where dragons live in the world with humans, and they can transform to look human for their comfort. In Goredd, a peace treaty has been negotiated with the dragons, which is about to celebrate a 40 year anniversary. The world is medieval in nature with the clothes, and court, and everyone is very religious (there are many Saints.), but it also seems less sexist. The Queen is a powerful woman […]
Just Lovely
In times of darkness, books provide me comfort. I picked this up after it was recommended in NPR’s book concierge as a best book of 2017 and finally got around to reading it. I took a lot of history courses in college that studied Asian and Middle Eastern cultures because so much of what we are taught is centered on US and European History. I have always been interested in Japanese history and culture. My Brother’s Husband tells the story of Yaichi, a stay-at-home dad […]
Avatar + Arabian Nights
I got this book from my Kindle Unlimited subscription. It is marked as being for grades 8 and up. In The Hundreth Queen, Kalinda is an 18 year old girl growing up in a temple of sisters. She’s had fevers all of her life, which the healer in the temple “cures” them by giving her a daily tonic. The temple is visited by the rajah, the ruler in the community who has 99 wives. He chooses Kalinda to be his 100th. It is necessary for […]
Nourishment for My Soul
5 Stars I got this book for Pajiba Krampus because I knew I would love it. I finished Carry On and my husband asked me how it was. I clapped giddily and cried, that’s how much I enjoyed it. It’s based on the fan fiction that Cath is writing of a very Harry Potterish series in the book Fangirl. This book has a Chosen One character Simon Snow, and his roommate, Baz, who is a vampire. Simon’s best friend Penelope and his girlfriend Agatha. Cath […]
These people are in lust, and in love
I admit that I tend to stick to historicals in my romance novels. The language in modern romance can be a little jarring for me (too many cocks and thrusts), but I really liked this one and will continue to read the series. I didn’t expect the story to suck me in like it did, and I really liked the depth of the characters. Hate to Want You tells the story of Livvy and Nicholas, two childhood sweethearts who grew up together and whose grandparents […]
Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Cat
Fuzzy Nation, by John Scalzi, is a remake of an earlier sci-fi novel by H. Beam Piper. It tells the story of Jack Holloway, a surveyor on the planet Zara XXIII, owned by Zaracorp. He is your classic case of a guy falling upwards. He worked as an attorney and got himself fired by punching a client. He got himself a large settlement from the company that wanted him to get the case to a mistrial. He is smart, but he clearly knows it. He’s also […]
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