This is the final novel of the Queens of Renthia trilogy though Durst mentioned she was writing a stand-alone novel about one of the other three kingdoms not explored as thoroughly as Aratay and Semo. Overall, I quite liked where Durst went with the story, and while in some ways, she followed some of the expected solutions, in other ways, she very much went against conventions, leading to a conclusion that contained elements I expected and others that I did not. After mostly being discussed […]
Do You Know How Hard It Is To Lead?
After The Reckoning, I needed to take a break from Bingo since my upcoming selections were not what I needed after a tragic medieval Welsh history novel. One was too dark, one was another novel set in medieval Britain and I figured I needed something different as a palate cleanser. It also seemed like the perfect excuse to fit in The Reluctant Queen, the second part of the Queens of Renthia trilogy, which I had started shortly before Bingo but then couldn’t’ fit into any […]
Turns Out Braveheart Was Pretty Accurate About Edward I Being a Bastard
Bingo Square: This is the End As much as I have enjoyed reading Penman’s Welsh Princes trilogy, it also took that extra push from CBR10Bingo to finally build up the motivation to dig into the final novel. What can I say? Her books are a commitment, and there is something rather daunting about them because being based on history, there is very little justice or sense of people getting the ending or lives they deserved. The last novel showed how Simon de Montfort, a flawed […]
Promising Series Start with Some of the Usual First Book Challenges
For Two Heads Are Better Than One, emmalita and Jen K chose to read and review Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning, the first in The Sixth World series. In order to make this simpler, we are pulling the Amazon description for the plot summary, and then going into our thoughts below that!
The Memoirs of a Chatty African Grey Parrot
Bingo Square: Cannonballer Says! I saw lumenatrix’s review of this one, and was immediately intrigued. Jewish pirates during the Spanish Inquisition and Columbus? A five-hundred-year old parrot narrator? A gorgeous cover? Yes, please! Or to quote the narrator, a story about, “Pirates. Parrots. Jews. Jewels. The Inquisition. Gefilte fish. Gold. A Girl.” While I quite enjoyed this one, I also feel like I approached it in the wrong way. I was so excited about the whole Jewish pirate thing that I may have raced through […]
I watched a lot more TV than usual last week because I didn’t care to read this …
Bingo Square: Alabama Pink I have to say I struggled with selecting a novel for this square. There were a few novels, like The Shack that caused an immediate “absolutely not” reaction, but nothing stood out as, “I really want to read that now.” I probably should have gone with Enchanted but I have never seen a single Audrey Hepburn movie even though I am aware of all the iconic images and pictures of her. I’m sure if we had a list of Alabama Pink’s […]
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