Light – Cannonball Read 17

And so the Lightbringer saga comes to an end (spoiler free review on my thoughts of the series as a whole).

The Burning White: Book Five of the Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks

January 26, 2020 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Several years ago, I asked my husband to find me a new author and surprise me with a book for my birthday. Usually I give him a list of books, or at least authors, and he selects from there. While I always get something I want, I’m never surprised. Armed with the names of some of my favorite authors, he went to our local independent and asked for help from the excellent staff. They suggested The Black Prism by Brent Weeks, first book in the Lightbringer […]

Light is the smiling blue-eyed daughter of a family of ruffians

October 30, 2016 by borisanne Leave a Comment

Girl in the Dark is an incredibly unique memoir that took me totally by surprise and made my jaw drop just the slightest bit as I read. Anna Lyndsey, a real human woman living in England (but writing under a pseudonym), cannot be exposed to light. Any light. Any light, not just that can be seen by the human eye, but any light at all. Her skin burns, and the pain she experiences is paralyzing. She has essentially been kidnapped by her own body’s condition, […]

Can Monsters Still Stalk in the Light?? Uh, YES.

January 14, 2016 by Melina Leave a Comment

I did it! Thanks to a double ear infection, a sinus infection AND strep I was able to read this six book series in seven days. It was a bumpy ride. All the books were good, but they were all full of suffering, pain, death, murder, suicide, (a little bit of love) and not a whole lot of hope. But I made it through them all and I’m glad that I did because this was a pretty solid series. Book seven, Light, has a couple […]

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