Tough Traveling is a weekly feature, created and hosted by Nathan at the Fantasy Review Barn, in which participants come up with a list of books that follow the fantasy tropes that can be found in Diana Wynne Jones’ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. Each week, Nathan picks a new subject. It’s been a while since I’ve […]
Welcome to the March Book Review Giveaway! I posted seven reviews in March, and you can enter to win one of those books! No five-star reviews this month, but I did read three books that received four-and-a-half stars: Stolen Songbird, The Ophelia Prophecy, and Under Nameless Stars. Of these three, I’m going to have to […]
Maze by J.M. McDermott Genre: Adult science fiction/fantasy Publisher: Apex Publications Release date: January 2014 Source: Finished paperback from publisher Pages: 205 The nitty-gritty: A mind-bending journey through a terrifying landscape, a violent survival story, filled with monsters both hideous and wonderful. There are deer here, and they’re very tasty. They all have horns along […]
Happy February, everyone! Already the year feels as if it’s zooming by. I didn’t get to all the books I wanted to last month, which bums me out a bit. I’m trying to stay on schedule with my review pile as much as I can, but it looks like I’ll have some catch-up to do […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, and is a fun way to share our book hauls with each other. This week I got a couple of nice things in the mail and some e-ARCs too. I’m continuing to keep my cool on Edelweiss and NetGalley, and really thinking about what I want to […]