Title:  The Thirteenth Tale
Author:  Diane Setterfield
Publisher:  Atria
# of Pages:  416

Rating:  9/10

Amazon review available here.

Favorite Quote: 
"There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce ( Read more... )

Title:  Black Powder War
Author:  Naomi Novik
Publisher:  Del Rey
# of Pages:  400

Rating:  9/10

Isn't it such a feeling of accomplishment when you catch up to a series?  Or finish it?  That's how I felt at the end of Naomi Novik's Black Powder War.  It helped that it was a good book, too, of course :-)

Black Powder War is the third book in the Temeraire ( Read more... )

Ugh, I hate when I’m lazy and don’t update this blog because then I have a WHOLE lot of catching up to do at some point. This time, I’m going to be lazy and just do brief summaries of all the books ( Read more... )

Title: A Dying Light in Corduba ( Read more... )

Wow, I can't believe I'm more than a month behind on updating this book journal. This is tough to keep track of. Ok, so here goes ( Read more... )

After The Sunne in Splendour, I needed a lighter, more upbeat read. So it was an easy decision to pick up the next Falco book in Lindsey Davis's hilarious mystery series set in ancient Rome ( Read more... )