Reading challenges are a great way to motivate oneself to read more, or read differently. I rarely need the motivation to read more, but I’m all for diversity, and my ‘To Be Read’ shelf is actually a bookcase housing close to three hundred books. So, when I stumbled across the 2014 TBR Pile Challenge onContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenges: 2014”
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Review: Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
Malice by John Gwynne. I’m a sucker for the chosen one/coming of age type story, particularly in a fantasy setting. I’ve read two dozen or more, probably many more, but am always on the lookout for a new hero to faithfully follow. Malice, by John Gwynne, introduces several possibilities. The obvious candidate is the youngContinueContinue reading “Review: Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)”
Review: The Quantum Rose
The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro. I usually upgrade my ratings of Catherine Asaro’s books after I think about them for a while, so I’ll start this one at four stars.* It felt like a three, as in I liked the book enough to finish it, but I wasn’t blown away. I didn’t love it.ContinueContinue reading “Review: The Quantum Rose”
Review: Wool Omnibus (Silo Saga) by Hugh Howey
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey. Wool is a series of five novellas by Hugh Howey, collected into one omnibus edition that works as a novel. The setting is “post-apocalyptic interior” which is something I made up just for this review. The survivors of an unknown apocalypse live in a giant silo that delves deepContinueContinue reading “Review: Wool Omnibus (Silo Saga) by Hugh Howey”
Review: The Adversary: The Sundering, Book III
The Adversary by Erin M. Evans. ‘The Adversary’ is the third book in the Forgotten Realms, multi-author event ‘The Sundering’. I have not read Erin Evans before, but a glance at the blurb and the chance to jump back into Faerûn had me hopping from foot to foot until the ARC hit my hands. WrappedContinueContinue reading “Review: The Adversary: The Sundering, Book III”
Kelly Jensen 