Between Jobs
by W.R. Gingell ★★★★★ Two fae and a vampire move into your house, what do you do? Hide and spy on them, of course! Loved, loved, loved Between Jobs (The City Between Book 1)! Pet, a 17-year-old squatter, has woken … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: May 2018
LIFELIK3 (Lifelike)
by Jay Kristoff ★★★★☆ Who is truly human? LifeLike feels like a mashup of Mad Max, Terminator, Total Recall, and various mythologies. It’s really written for the younger generations with its constant use of slang and incomplete sentences, using repetition … Continue reading →
The Restless Wave
by John McCain and Mark Salter ★★★★★ We are more alike than different… There’s so much wisdom in this book, The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations, about choosing what’s right and honorable over party, over … Continue reading →
The Plastic Magician
by Charlie N. Holmberg ★★★★★ When a bookish girl studies to be a plastic magician, her peculiar talents might just be world-changing… …if Alvie Brechenmacher and her mentor can outwit a dangerous rival. Alvie is apprentice to Marion Praff, a … Continue reading →
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance
by Lois McMaster Bujold ★★★★★ Can Ivan prove he’s actually related to his cousin Miles? We all know that Ivan is anything but an idiot, a favorite descriptor (Ivan-You-Idiot) of cousins and compatriots, but he manages to skate through life … Continue reading →
The Oddling Prince
by Nancy Springer ★★★★★ Nancy Springer has still got it! The Oddling Prince is a wonderfully fantastic story of two brothers. One, Aric, has been raised as the king’s heir; the other, Albaric and son of the Queen of Elfland, … Continue reading →
I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land
by Connie Willis ★★★★★ Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Connie Willis has a way of writing stories that engage us but more importantly that capture the complexity and conflict in defining moments and force us to resonate … Continue reading →
The Inventors at No. 8
by A. M. Morgen ★★★★★ Can George change his luck? The first few paragraphs of The Inventors at No. 8 sweeps aside a family – and several servants – in a one-day streak of bad luck that spares only the … Continue reading →
Drawing Wild Animals
by Oana Befort and Maggie Reinbold ★★★★★ Gorgeous, fascinating, and helpful Drawing Wild Animals: Essential Techniques and Fascinating Facts for the Curious Artist is everything I love in a book! It truly is for the curious artist! The illustrations are … Continue reading →
Rani and the Mermaid Lagoon
Disney Manga by Haruhi Kato ★★★★★ What happens when you’re a fairy who’s different? Rani is a fairy with a disability; unlike all the others, she has no wings. She sacrificed them to save Mother Dove. But when Rani tries … Continue reading →
Song of Blood & Stone
by L. Penelope ★★★★★ That ragpile on the path is trouble; it just happens to be a man. Jasminda doesn’t need trouble. She’s on her way home from a trip to town and worried about losing her home, being asked … Continue reading →
The Rose Legacy
by Jessica Day George ★★★★★ What if everything you knew was a lie? Anthea has been passed from home to home since her parents’ death. She wants only to be a proper young lady that a family would want, to … Continue reading →