So I have just finished two novels by Sharon Shinn and was delightfully surprised by both of them. The Shape-Changer's Wife did not start spectacularly, but I understand that this was her debut novel, despite the fact that it won an award. Though the beginning of the novel was rather slow and I found Lilith very unlikable, it was a quick read and ( Read more... )

So I'd heard a lot of good things about this book and finally decided to check it out, and let me tell you, I twas not disappointed! The story it set around a post-apolcalyptic zombie-riddled world, which is one of my favorite movie genres. The author creates an intricate, mysterious world where so many things have been forgotten and strange new ( Read more... )

So, continuing my paranormal romance binge, I started reading the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews and wasn't really expecting much because I'm one of those dreadful people who judge books by the covers and wasn't particularly impressed by the summary blurb thing (because the blurb made it sound kind of stupid) but I was actually completely ( Read more... )

So I just finished reading this and it was very nice of Mr. Sanderson to post it online for free. He creates impressively unique magic systems, very different from any other series I've ever even heard of ( Read more... )

I just finished this and it was freaking AMAZING. I loved it ( Read more... )

So, I know, I know, I probably should stop reading all these paranormal romance series, but they're ridiculously addicting. They're chocolates, you can't stop with just one ( Read more... )

So I've been on an Anita Blake marathon for the past few days. When I first started out, I was shocked that I hadn't picked it up before! I mean, I was expecting something horribly dry and boring like Vampire Lestat, which I tried to read after watching Interview with a Vampire. However, the Anita Blake books were shockingly good. I really liked ( Read more... )

So I just blazed through the Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine (thus far there are seven books) and have come to the conclusion that the first novel in the series was definately the best one.

In the first novel, Thin Air I loved the style of storytelling. The author does this neat flashback trick that doesn't seem pretentious or contrived, but ( Read more... )

So I just finished reading The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti and I have to say, I was rather impressed! It was a lovely story, though I wonder why the mouse-trap owner talked like a hick when the orphans didn't, but whatever. I thought it was a very clever and kind of heart warming story. I kept waiting for something supernatural to happen, but I ( Read more... )

So, I've just finished reading The Summoner by Gail Z. Martin. It was pretty good, though perhaps the version I read was not very well-edited. It was missing end or beginning quotation marks and sometimes the intalics continued where they had no right to. And sure, I've read other books with similiar mistakes, but one that really irritated me was ( Read more... )