Tag: fantasy
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Teas to Sip While Reading A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong
I don’t know when or why this changed, but lately I struggle to read fiction novels. These days, it takes actual effort to read beyond 50 pages of most books. By the time I do, the library book is usually overdue. I can’t tell if I’ve suddenly become bad at choosing books or if reading…
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7 Graphic Novels I Can’t Stop Thinking About
A few years ago, I plucked an unsuspecting graphic novel from a shelf at the library–The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxanne Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, Rebecca Kirby, and James Fenner. I remember this graphic novel being solidly okay, but it encouraged me to actively seek out graphic novels going forward. Now I bring one home…
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Teas to Sip While Reading Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne by David Gaider
I am obsessed with the Dragon Age video game series. Like, replay-the-video-games-every-year obsessed. Like, check-for-Dreadwolf-updates-every-other-month-even-though-I-know-there-are-no-new-updates obsessed. Like, would-buy-all-the-Dragon-Age-collectibles-if-I-did’t-have-to-be-responsible-with-money obsessed. Dragon Age is a fantasy role-playing video game series that takes place on the continent of Thedas. The video games focus on the events that take place during the 100 years of the Dragon Age: Beyond…
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Dark Companion by Marta Acosta
Warning: this post contains spoilers. Dark Companion by Marta Acosta is book #2 in my READ ALL THE LIBRARY BOOKS challenge, and like my initial reaction to Sign Language by Amy Ackley, when I pulled Dark Companion from the shelf, I was once again disappointed. In fact, I hadn’t even openly declared that I was…
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Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
About a month after publishing a blog post about how I was nervous to start reading Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1) by Charlaine Harris, a reader pointed out that a fair amount of time had passed and I still hadn’t written a review for the novel; she was curious about what I thought of…
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This Book Destroyed Me | The Vanishing Season by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Vanishing Season by Jodi Lynn Anderson is not what I expected. At first, I thought it was going to be a mystery/thriller because teenage girls are vanishing in Door County in Wisconsin and then turning up days later, dead in the water. Then I thought it was going to be a ghost story, and…
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So, this is magical realism? | the Wrap-Up List by Steven Arntson
I find myself irritated by the goodreads shelf labels associated with the Wrap-up List by Steven Arntson. Which is stupid, I know. I’m not a genre snob, I swear. But… Paranormal Fantasy? Supernatural Fantasy? Really? Okay…sure, I can admit, that part of it is gag reflex; when I hear Paranormal Fantasy I think of Twilight and the million other vampire…
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Welcome to Celaena-mania! | Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
[Insert some tired quip about how I’m reluctant to read the books everyone else is raving about because more often than not I’m left feeling disappointed] But then Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas happened, and I’m sad that I didn’t read it sooner. Sad that I didn’t get to anticipate the release of…
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I’m Disappointed…That it Took Me So Long to Read This Book! | The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
There were two reasons why I didn’t read Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan when it was released: In January 2005, I was a junior in high school, and I considered myself too old for middle grade novels. Yet, I wasn’t too old for Harry Potter, which is the other reason I didn’t read this…
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Book Blind Date | Shakespeare Undead by Lori Handleland
I’ve mentioned it before, but I go in “blind” with almost every book I borrow from the library. It encourages me to select books I never would have otherwise because of perceptions of a genre or a style. This was the case for Shakespeare Undead by Lori Handeland. I picked up this novel for two…
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By Golly, Ollie! 