“Hope was now a dying lamp, and hers only had a little more oil.” “I am a wine-makers’ child – I will not waste the fruits of my labour by tipping them on to the ground.” The Bone Season was my introduction to Samantha Shannon well over a decade ago. While I still love theContinue reading “AMONG THE BURNING FLOWERS – Samantha Shannon”
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BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL – V.E. Schwab
“It is easy, isn’t it, in retrospect? To spot the cracks. To see them spread. But in the moment, there is only the urge to mend each one. To smooth the lines. And keep the surface whole.” Toxic lesbian vampires. That’s how V.E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (2025 Tor) was marketed.Continue reading “BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL – V.E. Schwab”
RHYTHM OF WAR – Brandon Sanderson
“If we slow down,” Jasnah said, “the past catches up to us. History is like that, always gobbling up the present.” The year of Sanderson continues and while I may have had a rather slow month of reading in May, I did finish Rhythm of War (Tor 2020). Book four of The Stormlight Archivemay veryContinue reading “RHYTHM OF WAR – Brandon Sanderson”
OATHBRINGER – Brandon Sanderson
“We could just skip the boring part.” “Skip?” Wit said, aghast. “Skip part of a story?”… “You wound me.” I’ve said before and I still believe that Wit/Hoid is Sanderson in his works. This particular quote comes at a point in Oathbringer (Tor 2017) where I was starting to get over the story – IContinue reading “OATHBRINGER – Brandon Sanderson”
OATHBOUND – Tracy Deonn
“What is a bargain if not an oath? And what is an oath if not a promise with a price? Call these what you will. All are cut from the same cloth -a cloth woven of intention, will, and sacrifice.” The long-awaited third installment of Tracy Deonn’s remarkable The Legendborn Cycle was released this pastContinue reading “OATHBOUND – Tracy Deonn”
EDGEDANCER – Brandon Sanderson
“I gots magic spit.” You’re likely going to get sick of me talking about Brandon Sanderson, but, as you’re aware, it is indeed the year of Sanderson. My second February selection is Edgedancer, a “novella” (though arguably more of a novel) that is part of The StormLight Archive. I believe it’s best referred to asContinue reading “EDGEDANCER – Brandon Sanderson”
WORDS OF RADIANCE – Brandon Sanderson
“No apologize. Boots.” “I know most stories, But I’d never sung this one before.” “The storm catches everyone, eventually.” My “Year of Sanderson” continues, and the first Sanderson selection of February was Words of Radiance. (Edgedancer rounded out the month, but I’ll get to that later.) The second book of The Stormlight Archive accomplished somethingContinue reading “WORDS OF RADIANCE – Brandon Sanderson”
WARBREAKER – Brandon Sanderson
“But time burns away behind us, leaving only ash and memory. That memory passes from mind to mind, then finally to my lips.” After finishing The Way of Kings, someone recommended that I read Brandon Sanderson’s standalone Cosmere novel, Warbreaker (Tor 2009), before proceeding any further with The Stormlight Archives. Color me intrigued (do youContinue reading “WARBREAKER – Brandon Sanderson”
THE WAY OF KINGS – Brandon Sanderson
“Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king… White to be bold. White to not blend into the night. White to give warning. For if you were going to assassinate a man, he was entitled to see you coming.” “They were not demons, they were just men whoContinue reading “THE WAY OF KINGS – Brandon Sanderson”
THE NIGHT TIGER – Yangsze Choo
While I have all three Yangsze Choo novels on my TBR, I opted to read The Night Tiger (Flatiron 2019) first. As the story of the ghost bride is referenced in this novel, I should have likely read Choo’s debut before The Night Tiger, but I don’t think it was necessary. (That may change onceContinue reading “THE NIGHT TIGER – Yangsze Choo”
A Girl Named Tommi 