Target: Catherynne M. Valente’s The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There Profile: Children’s Literature, Fantasy, Fairyland Catherynne M. Valente is a sleeper nod for the title of my favorite author. She combines the vocabulary of China Meiville with the storytelling … [Read more]
Dear Authors of the World: ‘Dangerous’ doesn’t have to mean ‘Femme Fatale Sex Stripper.’ There are other options.
This was pretty good for an anthology, but I really prefer longer stories, as it really takes a talented author to make me care for characters in such a short period of time, or to have a plot immediately interesting enough to trump my interest in the characters. Short stories also tend more towards … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:11 ·
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense, Western ·
Tags: anthologies, brandon sanderson, caroline spector, carrie vaughn, cecelia holland, dangerous women, Diana Gabaldon, diana rowland, gardner dozois, george r.r. martin, Jim Butcher, joe abercrombie, joe r. lansdale, lawrence block, lev grossman, megan abbott, megan lindholm, melinda snodgrass, nancy kress, narfna, pat cadigan, s.m. stirling, sam sykes, sharon kay penman, sherilynn kenyon ·
Three people tell a story. Who is telling the truth?
David has lost his memory. A news paper notice appears, asking people whether they know him and encouraging friends and acquaintances to write to him, to help him restore his memories. In this book, we get to read the letters of three of the people who write to him, as well as read about their … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:16 ·
Genres: Fiction, Mystery ·
Tags: #CBR6, Carl Frode Tiller, contemporary fiction, course work, identity, Innsirkling, Malin, Norwegian, Nynorsk ·
Our heroine continues to show extremely questionable taste in menfolk
This is book two in The Arcana Chronicles and as such not the best place to start. This review will contain spoilers for book one in the series, Poison Princess, which is also where you want to begin, if you're interested in the series. Although if you read my review of that book, why would you … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:15 ·
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance ·
Tags: #CBR6, Death, Endless Knight, Kresley Cole, Malin, paranormal fantasy, romantic, Tarot, The Arcana Chronicles, Young Adult ·
“The worst thing in the world is a secret.”
HOLY SHIT, Y'ALL. Sending out the Bat Signal. This is a book you should read probably as soon as possible. I can't believe it took me almost nine months to hear about this book, and I only heard about it then because a particularly prolific book blogger I follow on Goodreads received a free … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:10 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: abigail tarttelin, bildungsroman, Fiction, gender issues, golden boy, intersex, lgbt, narfna ·
9/11 Conspiracies and Government Assassins
Baldacci turns in another action-packed thriller, bringing back government assassin Will Robie to thrill us with his deadly skills (and to make us wonder what the hell he is doing killing people for the government!) This time, Baldacci gives us double the excitement by giving us a female Will Robie … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:15 ·
Genres: Fiction, Suspense ·
Tags: 9/11, assassination, Baldacci, Domestic terrorism, Homeland Security, survivalism ·