Tag Archives: fantasy
75 in ’13: Autumn Bones
For the sixty-seventh book in the 2013 challenge, I read Autumn Bones, book two in the Agents of Hel series by Jacqueline Carey. I liked the first book so much, I immediately bought the second and read it, too! It’s … Continue reading
75 in ’13: Dark Currents
For the sixty-sixth book in the challenge, I read Dark Currents, the first book in the Agents of Hel series by Jacqueline Carey. I immediately liked this book. I liked the characters. I liked the world-building. I liked the tone … Continue reading
75 in ’13: Warrior
For the sixtieth book in the challenge, I read Warrior by Zoë Archer, book one in The Blades of the Rose series. Every chapter felt like a new episode of a TV show. There was a lot of unnecessary … Continue reading
75 in ’13: Swordspoint
For the fifty-seventh book in the challenge, I read Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, the first in her World of Riverside series. This was a different writing style than the last several books I’d read, and it took a while … Continue reading
75 in ’13: The Stepsister Scheme
For the fifty-first book in the challenge, I read The Stepsister Scheme, by Jim Hines. It’s a different take on the old fairytale of Cinderella, with references to Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and several others. The story begins after Cinderella’s/Danielle … Continue reading
75 in ’13: Mort
For the forty-ninth book in the challenge, I read Mort by Terry Pratchett, the fourth book in the Discworld series. Death takes an apprentice! Hah! Oh, that kooky anthropomorphization of an existential fear! Seeing as how he has been reaping … Continue reading
75 in ’13: The Sea Fairies
For the forty-fourth book in the challenge, I read The Sea Fairies, by L. Frank Baum. So, being a children’s book, this story was not for me. It’s simplistic, it’s not terribly structured, there isn’t really an over-arching point … Continue reading
75 in ’13: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
For the thirty-first book in the challenge, I read <a href=”http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116597.Dorothy_and_the_Wizard_in_Oz” target=”new”>Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz</a> by L. Frank Baum, the fourth (or so) book in his Oz series. This one got a three out of five, and I … Continue reading
75 in ’13: The Color of Magic
For the twenty-third book in the challenge, I read The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett, the first book in his Discworld series. A series which has its own sub-series. Multiple sub-series. Serieses? Anyway, there are a bunch of Discworld … Continue reading
The Cranky-Faced Knitter 