The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer. The Earl of Rule offers for the hand of the Beauty of the Winwood Family and after being informed by the youngest Miss Winwood that she is the only option, he takes her hand in marriage. The whole situation escalates alarmingly as Horry does her best to pretend it's a marriage of convenience while getting ( Read more... )

The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones is the kind of fantasy I've grown to expect. Interesting, fun and enjoyable. Cat, a nine-lifed enchanter battles a horse, gets a mysterious egg and meets the locals from the village who turn out to have some pretty weird interests.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer S8 (comic) by Joss Whedon et al. This is looking ( Read more... )

Into the Green by Charles de Lint. This is kinda tricky to talk about as I don't know how I feel. I say 'yes' to reading it and enjoyed it but am having my usual post de Lint moment where I am lost for words.

Undead and Unpopular by Maryjanice Davidson. Book five in the series and losing it's charm. Needs a new plot device. It's hard to read about ( Read more... )

Always something special from this man, I loved The Onion Girl and really enjoyed this as well.

Waifs and Strays by Charles de Lint is a collection of short stories about teenagers. As usual they are complex, mysterious and heartfelt. I totally recommend them.

Fray by Joss Whedon is a graphic novel of a future slayer. She's tough, gorgeous, complex and far more interesting than Buffy ever was. A future world where there are enough mutants that ( Read more... )

You know that thing that happens when you're reading and you get on a bus and you're still reading and then the book ends and you look up and you're on a street you've never seen before on a bus you didn't want and isn't it great that it's a fine day for a walk? Certainly didn't happen to me today.In other news there has been some very fine reading ( Read more... )

V. early De Lint and thus forgiven.

Generic celtic "I have a big sword, noble father and rotten temper" fantasy.

It was beautiful, I finished reading and felt a rare charmed peace.
There a mix here of myths and legend coming from Irish, Indian and Mexican traditions all blended together. Bettina is a healer who will find she is also in need of healing; Ellie a gifted sculptor with powers she has yet to unlock; Donal hoards bitterness and a terrible belief that ( Read more... )

Forests of the Heart by Charles De Lint and Sea Dragon Heir + Crown of Silence by Storm Constantine.

Curious, all by the same publisher as well, secondhand book stores have strange gravitational attractive forces.