Warrior & Witch by Marie Brennan This is the sequel to Brennan’s Doppelganger, and it does a fantastic job of expanding the world and the characters within it. This chapter of the overall story deals with the very fundamentals of magic, politics within the witches’ kingdom as well as other… Read more »
Doppelganger introduces an intriguing, thankfully fresh fantasy world. Mirage is a Hunter, a mercenary-for-hire with almost superhuman reflexes and brilliant red hair–something very unusual, for only the witches in this world have red hair. She and her year-mate, another Hunter with whom she trained, are hired to track down the… Read more »
So, it’s Friday morning. I’m sitting at work with a cup of tea and work that needs to be done. So, what am I doing instead? Playing catch up with my book reviews. ;) Expect another review at some point today (I hate it when I leave drafts sitting around… Read more »
I don’t even remember what made me put this book on my BookMooch wishlist. I think I might have been browsing around Amazon.com and found it through a link. Whatever the reason, I’m glad I picked it up. Tithe by Holly Black is described as a modern faerie tale, and…… Read more »
This isn’t a storyline that does much to advance the Wolverine mythos. It’s not about his past or his returning memories or his eternal fight with Sabretooth or anything like that. It’s a stand-alone storyline in which Wolvie is forced to face the fact that he’s stuck somewhere between being… Read more »
I’ve wanted to start reading Fables for quite a while. A friend of mine did some of her Master’s work on the series, and I’m all about fairy tales and modern adaptations. So I was overjoyed when my boyfriend gave me Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile as a graduation… Read more »
I have a confession. I love Nathan Fillion. The first time I saw him as Captain Malcolm Reynolds on Joss Whedon’s Firefly, I fell head over heels. My love for Fillion even made me watch Slither, despite my overwhelming hatred of gross-out horror movies (the laughs completely outweighed the gross-outs,… Read more »
If there’s one thing I hate in the world, it’s not finishing a book. I hate starting a book and not being able to make it all the way through. It drives me nuts. But Forbidden Magic is making me nuttier. It started out interestingly enough. Spiffy concept, Irish mythology,… Read more »
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