“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”
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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”
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”
LEGENDS & LATTES – Travis Baldree
“It was a weapon… Now, it’s a relic. A decoration. Something from before.” Y’all. Travis Baldree’s Legends & Lattes (Tor 2022) is so freaking adorable I can hardly stand it. Like most cozies, it’s an extremely quick read. Unlike most cozies, it’s high fantasy. The novel opens with Viv, an orc, in her last battle. Continue reading “LEGENDS & LATTES – Travis Baldree”
THE CRANE HUSBAND – Kelly Barnhill
The Crane Wife is a Japanese folktale wherein a man saves a wounded crane, and the crane returns as a beautiful woman. The man is poor, and the crane weaves her own feathers into beautiful garments that are sold for large sums. The woman is becoming increasingly ill as she is using her own feathersContinue reading “THE CRANE HUSBAND – Kelly Barnhill”
The HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA – TJ Klune
I finally got around to reading one of the most talked about books of 2020, and before I get into my review of TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea (TOR 2020), I want to briefly touch on the problematic aspects of the novel, or as is the case, of the author. During anContinue reading “The HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA – TJ Klune”
A Girl Named Tommi 