Why yes, I am trying to catch up on my backlog. However did you guess ( Read more... )

From a book I didn't much like to one I ADORED. Station Eleven was my book club's selection for... I think June, just to show you how far behind I am on my reviews. Anyway ( Read more... )

OKAY LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DAISY DALRYMPLE SERIES. Seriously, I love this series, I'm excited, are you excited? GET EXCITED ( Read more... )

Much like Elizabethan faeries, the English Regency and magic is kryptonite to me. I see the book, I must read the book. Must. There is no choice. So fortunately for me, Sorcery and Cecelia is very good; somewhat surprising, perhaps, when you know its origin story. It began as a letter game between Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, in which ( Read more... )

Oh, Enchanted Forest Chronicles. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ( Read more... )

Jennifer Crusie, yay! I love Jennifer Crusie, and What the Lady Wants is a pretty good example as to why ( Read more... )

Okay, so, you guys know that I don't much like superhero comics, right? I follow some of them-- mostly Marvel-- but I generally don't enjoy them much because they get kinda dark and gritty, and frequently bad things just keep happening one after another. You don't get much of superheroes just hanging out, so I burn out pretty quickly, and of course ( Read more... )

As I've said in a previous review, T. Kingfisher is the adult-works pen name of Ursula Vernon, one of my favorite authors and favorite people in general. Bryony and Roses is her take on Beauty and the Beast, which is one of my favorite fairy tales. I am SO THERE. And oh joy, frabjous day, it was exactly as good as I hoped. Maybe even better ( Read more... )

May the Fourth be with you! It's Star Wars day. Let's talk about some of the Star Wars books I've been reading lately ( Read more... )

I read this on the recommendation of... basically everyone whose opinion about books I respect? But especially Isanah and stardust-rain and THANKS GUYS IT IS AMAZING. It is actually quite hard to get hold of a physical copy of Spirits Abroad, since it was only physically published in Malaysia (I think?) but I managed in the end through the magic of ( Read more... )