the Invisible Library – Cannonball Read 17

The Epilogue is the best part

The Dark Archive by Genevieve Cogman

September 11, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 21: Pandemic Since the purpose of this square is “whatever I want”, I figured I’d go with the latest (released a while ago) installment of one of my favorite ongoing series’. I like the Invisible Library series overall, although admittedly some installments have been stronger than others. The Dark Archive (#7) adds some good stuff to the overall story, but as a novel itself isn’t the strongest in the series by a good bit. I think the problems for me are that one of […]

Keep an Eye on Those Dragons

The Secret Chapter by Genvieve Cogman

April 3, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

There is a lot to like about the Invisible Library series: interesting premise, a heroine who is not a total stereotype, dragons and Fey, dimensional travel and trouble, adventure and fun, and some humor. The Secret Chapter is book 6 in the series and it has a lot to add to the series. The biggest add to the series is some further world building on the dragon side of things. Previous installments have built up some context for the library and the Fey, and now […]

Episode 1-34: It’s a Dead Man’s Party, Who Could Ask For More?

September 15, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/09/15/episode-1-34-its-a-dead-mans-party-who-could-ask-for-more/ Wherein I review: 134. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal #1) by Jonathan L. Howard 135. The Masked City (The Invisible Library #2) by Genevieve Cogman I fall in love with an evil bastard and our Librarian heroine continues swashbuckling through steampunk fantasticness. And I begin to fall woefully behind in my reading.

Episode 1-33: We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used to It

September 4, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/09/04/episode-1-33-were-here-were-queer-get-used-to-it/ Wherein I review: 128. Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire 129. Crooked by Austin Grossman 130. The Steel Remains (A Land Fit For Heroes #1) by Richard K. Morgan 131. Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim #10) by Richard Kadrey 132. Bloody Rose (The Band #2) by Nicholas Eames 133. The Invisible Library (Invisible Library #1) by Genevieve Cogman I wax ecstatic over the recent trend of inclusion of homosexuality in fantasy and fiction and how it makes all the neckbeards cry into their fedoras. Gregory Maguire brings […]

Book Centered Indiana Jones and a Dragon with Too Many Threads

July 2, 2017 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

While this is part of one of my favorite ongoing series, this installation was a little meh; 3.75 stars. The problem I think was that this story was focused on too many potential threats, as opposed to one big one. There’s internal problems in the Library (politics and doctrinal differences mostly, but also some likely hidden agenda from an unknown in the upper echelons), Alberich is back (Librarian gone bad final boss type), Irene is still on probation and getting unpleasant job assignments, something’s wrong […]

I think many of us would like to visit this library

November 26, 2016 by Malin 2 Comments

3.5 stars Irene is an agent of the Library, a place that exists outside normal space and time. In fact, as long as the agents and librarians that work for the Library are there, they do not age in the slightest. Only when they are out in the different worlds of the multiverse, do they visibly age, and how much depends how time passes in the various worlds they find themselves. As an agent of the Library, Irene is sent to retrieve books that are […]

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