Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer
The online reader site I use had a new listing of titles up. I saw the cover of Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer and illustrator Steve McCarthy and said, sorry, not now. But I would go back to it. Okay, let’s read the description… banshee, a little girl, death. Nope, not right now. Then went back a third time. Still a no. It would be several looks later that I said I would read it. I still wasn’t sure if I should read, as […]
The Book of Love by Kelly Link
Absolutely perfect. No one can harness both the magic and ennui of being a teenager like Kelly Link. People will be handing this down to younger siblings for generations. Susannah and Laura are sisters. They are also band mates. The third member of their band, Daniel is their best friend and next-door neighbor. Oh, and Susannah’s friend-with-benefits. On the night of Daniel’s birthday, at a wild dive bar with a real carousel on stage, something happens: Susannah kisses Laura’s crush. Laura kisses Daniel. Susannah’s best […]
The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen
The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen was a book I had on my TBR for awhile now. I didn’t know what to expect, except it was a graphic novel and would have some type of magic in it. And in the short run, that is what it is all about: A girl finds a magical shop, magical things happen, she makes magical friends. Yet, there is a bit more. It is about how and why the girl is in need of a magical shop. […]
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Figured today is as good a day as any to review this book, seeing as how I have opened (NOTE: merely opened) The Way of Kings mere minutes ago and have great hopes of finishing it in the four days I have left remaining on my library loan (NOTE: between writing this and finally posting I have finished this book and the next and am ready to start the third). Even re-reading a detailed summary of this book was a TRIP. It’s almost cliche at […]
Tadek and the Princess by Alexandra Rowland
This story serves as a backstory filler for Tadek, one of the khayalar from Rowland’s first book, A Taste of Gold and Iron. It’s very sweet—ritualistic, formal, and heart-wrenching in the way that only fantasy novels, highly focused on found families and deep emotional connections, can be. As noted in the blurb, Tadek met the late Crown Princess Mihrişah many years ago and immediately fell into khayalar-love with her, and he hasn’t really examined what that could mean for his present life. It falls to our […]
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
here is the issue I just do not remember enough of what happened in this book, and since it’s been literally six months+ since I finished it (or so Goodreads tells me, I Do. Not. Recall) it’s a very slim chance that I will remember more of it by staring very intently at my computer screen. SO, down a rabbit hole I go, trying to find reviews written by fellow readers who provide spoilers. Except, of course, everyone is being kind and staying as spoiler […]
