Shakespeare's Landlord: a Lily Bard mystery by Charlaine Harris

A re-read The original is here . Still recommended, but carries a trigger warning for rape and assault (in Lily's backstory).

The Devil's Revolver by V. S. McGrathHettie Alabama is a seventeen-year-old girl growing up on a ranch in Montana with her Mother, Grace, her father, John ( Read more... )

Man, I missed a February entry! At this rate, we're never going to get out of the first quarter!

Second Line: two short novels of love & cooking in New Orleans by Poppy Z. Brite

This book includes, as the subtitle says, two short(er) stories in the Universe of Liquor(here on DW; here on LJ), Prime, and Soul Kitchen. The first, "The Value of X ( Read more... )

Hey, look! I missed a march entry! That's what I get for storing things on three different drives in three different locations!

This is mostly a re-read (original entries here for LJ; here for DW). The only major change is that my big complaint the other time, that the characters aren't actually introduced here, is dealt with this time by ( Read more... )

Master of the House Of Darts: Obsidian and Blood Vol. III by Aliette deBodardOne of the disadvantages of reading and writing about so many books is that it's sometimes hard to find the entries when you need them. I'm fairly sure that I've written about at least the first book of this series, but I can't find where ( Read more... )

The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

I originally wasn't going to pick The Long Earth up; though it is by Pratchett it is by Pratchett and, and my experiences with collaborations involving favourite authors have not always been good (:cough:AndreNorton:cough:). But I picked up A Blink Of The Screen, Pratchett's collection of short ( Read more... )

Kitty Steals the Show by Carrie VaughnKitty is attending the first International Conference on Paranormal Studies, in London, UK. In fact, she will be the keynote speaker, assuming she ever gets her speech written. Of course, Ben goes with her, as does Cormac (who may actually have permission from his parole officer to leave the continent). ( Read more... )

All Spell Breaks Loose: a Raine Benares novel by Lisa ShearinThe latest and probably last of the Raine Benares series (I was gonna link, but there's five of them so if you want the details just check the tags for Lisa Shearin) finds Raine and her allies raiding the goblin kingdom to overthrow Nukpana and destroy the Saghred, the magical artifact ( Read more... )

The Quarters Novels Volume Two: No Quarter/The Quartered Sea by Tanya HuffWe've skipped a book, since I went from reading single volumes to reading omnibi. Briefly, then, in the second book focus changed from Shkoder to the Havakeen Empire, a large state to the south of Shkoder. The Empire, though larger, is not evil and prefers taking over ( Read more... )

Kris Longknife: Mutineer by Mike Shepherd

Re-read of the first book in the series, first discussed here (LJ) and here (at DW). My opinions haven't changed since then.

Shadowfall: book one of the Godslayer Chronicles by James Clemens

Meet the first book to go unread in the new year! Yay!

Shadowfall posits a world filled with gods, some of ( Read more... )

Eight Days of Luke by Diana Wynne Jones

A re-read. Mentioned here (LJ) and here for DW. No changes.

Recommended.

Dodger by Terry PratchettLondon, England, the 19th century. It is a dark and stormy night. A badly beaten young woman escapes from a coach into the water-logged streets, pursued by two angry men. They, however, are quickly ( Read more... )