Book Reviews (all books, no reviews)
Far too behind to update with reviews, but I can at least post the books and if I liked them. That said ...
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Liked it. It was the now-standard love story slash mystery with a human woman and a vampire. This one at least explored it a bit more pragmatically than many others.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones
Liked it. Sometimes you just need a bit of brain candy and this fantasy young adult story was it.
Rogue Moon by Algis Budris
Thought-provoking. And sometimes you need a bit of hardcore science fiction classic to get you thinking about man and his place on the planets.
AD 999 by Jadrien Bell
Eh. And then there are those combined mythologies that don't work quite so well.
A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
Really liked the undertones. I find I'm enjoying when writers combines mythologies well.
Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Like it well enough. I enjoy historical fiction where a plausible life is plausibly explored.
Juliet by Anne Fortier
So-so. I'm finding far too many stories these days that involve a modern person linked somehow to a past relative and discovering it via mystery and inrigue. This one at least involved Shakespeare.
The Traitor's Wife by Kathleen Kent
Good. Like I said, I like a plausible historical fiction. This one was set in early colonial America, as opposed to the numerous English stories out there.
The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
I'm still enjoying this author! This one is Arthur's story.
The Sepulchre by Kate Mosse
So-so. Did I say I was reading lots of stories of present people discovering their roots, so to speak? Add another one.
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Liked it. It was the now-standard love story slash mystery with a human woman and a vampire. This one at least explored it a bit more pragmatically than many others.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones
Liked it. Sometimes you just need a bit of brain candy and this fantasy young adult story was it.
Rogue Moon by Algis Budris
Thought-provoking. And sometimes you need a bit of hardcore science fiction classic to get you thinking about man and his place on the planets.
AD 999 by Jadrien Bell
Eh. And then there are those combined mythologies that don't work quite so well.
A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
Really liked the undertones. I find I'm enjoying when writers combines mythologies well.
Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Like it well enough. I enjoy historical fiction where a plausible life is plausibly explored.
Juliet by Anne Fortier
So-so. I'm finding far too many stories these days that involve a modern person linked somehow to a past relative and discovering it via mystery and inrigue. This one at least involved Shakespeare.
The Traitor's Wife by Kathleen Kent
Good. Like I said, I like a plausible historical fiction. This one was set in early colonial America, as opposed to the numerous English stories out there.
The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
I'm still enjoying this author! This one is Arthur's story.
The Sepulchre by Kate Mosse
So-so. Did I say I was reading lots of stories of present people discovering their roots, so to speak? Add another one.