Bingo Square: White Whale I attempted to read this last year because it had so many rave reviews and I also felt like it was something I should read to explore more diversity in sci-fi/fantasy. I think I put it down a few times too often because I kept losing the thread, and combined with the portions in second person, I simply couldn’t get into it. As a result, it seemed like the perfect fit for the White Whale category. It still took me a […]
Laundry Day is Seriously the Worst
Bingo Square: Backlog This is far from the book that has been in my to read pile longest when all my books are taken into consideration but purely from a Kindle/e-book perspective, it’s definitely towards the bottom of my library. Since I am so late to the game, I doubt there is much I can add to the discussion at this point. The novel is yet another spin on Pride and Prejudice, but instead of telling the story of Elizabeth and Darcy with a new […]
Selina Kyle and Celaena Sardothien Have a Lot of Similarities
I love Sarah J. Maas, even though I also admit that parts of her Court of Thorns and Roses series feel slightly inspired by/ derivative of Anne Bishop’s super trashy yet addictive The Black Jewels series. Something about the long lived winged warriors seems too familiar for Maas not to be pulling either from the same inspiration as Bishop at minimum, if not from Bishop herself. In fact, Maas is the reason I even became interested in the DC Icon series despite being more of […]
And You Thought Your Family Was Bad at Sharing Information
This novel is pretty far into the Ocotober Daye series so spoilers abound for the previous novels. If you have finished Kate Daniels and need a new fix, I definitely recommend this series, just give it two or three books to find its groove (basically seems like a standard warning for urban fantasy at this point). One thing I appreciate about the October Daye novels is that Seanan McGuire tends to make her characters have to deal with the aftermath of events. After Toby’s mom held […]
One of the darker takes on the Fae I’ve Read Recently
Bingo Square: And So It Begins This is another one I picked up at The Ripped Bodice, and it was partly inspired by one of those “post a book a day for ten days” challenges on FB. Teresaelectro posted the fourth or fifth novel from this series so since she was at the store with me, I asked her to help me find the novel that kicks it all off. I appear to be rather picky when it comes to my urban fantasy heroes – […]
Intriguing Ideas, Weak Mystery
Bingo Square: Cover Art I don’t often buy physical books anymore but when I visited The Ripped Bodice in LA in June, I wanted to provide some financial support. Between the description and the cover, I was hooked. I am a sucker for these type of covers (I also quite liked the cover of A Curious Beginning, much more than the actual book). Overall, I think there was a bit too much set up going on in this book for potential future books. It was […]
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