Dome’Loki – Page 15 – Cannonball Read 17

Overall good but appreciated the stories by characters that aren’t Harry Dresden in particular.

Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

April 15, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

Last year I listened to the first Dresden Files short story collection, Side Jobs, to be able to listen to the excellent narration by James Marsters (on the recommendation of ardaigle!). Marsters is a great narrator but he fell short when it came time for Karrin Murphy’s story at the end of the book. For the next collection of short stories, Brief Cases, they brought on two female narrators, Cassandra Campbell and Julia Whelan for stories from Anastasia Luccio and Molly Carpenter’s POV. No disrespect to […]

Kaiju fun and a great standalone from Scalzi

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

April 12, 2022 by Dome'Loki 8 Comments

The Kaiju Preservation Society is a fun romp and a refreshing reset of Scalzi, for me. His most recent works, “The Interdependency Saga” (a trilogy), left me feeling ‘meh’. My review for the second book had me questioning whether I was cooling on Scalzi. I still have yet to read the third. When Scalzi announced this book, I was intrigued by the name and that it would be a standalone novel. The Kaiju Preservation Society was preordered, and I’m grateful I did because it provided much […]

“You will be safe as long as you stay away from Gallant”

Gallant by V. E. Schwab

April 9, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Victoria Schwab: “One of the tricky things about my books is that they’re never written for the same reader. It’s a choice I made, and I stand by, but it also means that someone is invariably disappointed. They might love Shades of Magic, but Vicious doesn’t work for them. They might adore Addie LaRue, but feel let down by Gallant. The found themselves in the center of the reader spot light with one of my books, and then at the edges with another. Some days […]

Elegantly written Edwardian fantasy, murder mystery, gay romance

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

March 29, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

First of all, Thank you, again, llamareadbooks for gifting me this book in the Cannonball Book Exchange! A book that combines several genres I enjoy was almost guaranteed to be a hit but it is the beautiful writing that makes this such a wonderful read. You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I’d like to introduce my fist to whoever taught you to stop talking about […]

Action adventure in space with queer representation!

The Disasters by M. K. England

March 20, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

I missed out when The Disasters was the Cannonball Book Club pick but have finally made up for lost time. This book immediately kick into high gear and doesn’t stop until the conclusion. Science fiction is a favorite genre of mine and this was so fun, as well as refreshing with the LGBTQ+ representation. All Nax has ever wanted was to be a pilot. The best way to do so is to become a cadet in the Space Academy and then migrate to the off Earth […]

And so the adventure begins!

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins by Matthew Colville, Matthew Mercer, Olivia Samson (artist)

March 12, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Our household is BIG into Dungeons and Dragons (DnD). My SO and I met at a LARP (live action roleplaying event) and we now play DnD with our kids. When Critical Role (a DnD game run by voice actor Matthew Mercer and all the characters are also voice actors) debuted on YouTube we gave it a try and passed. We weren’t interested in listening to other people play DnD. In the years since Critical Role has blown up. They are now on their third adventure […]

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