Seven Stones to Stand or Fall is a 500ish page collection of (mostly) novellas set in Gabaldon’s Outlander universe. All but two of the novellas were previously published in short story anthologies. The remaining two are new. I do not recommend picking up this collection if you aren’t already a fan of the books. Most of the stories would be entertaining enough to read, but you’re not going to get optimal enjoyment out of them without the context of the main series (or the Lord John […]
The Saga (Volume 3) continues…
My biggest (only) problem with Saga is that it is SO GOOD that I am draaagging out reading it by waiting weeks between moving onto the next installment, but then I have to go back to the previous to remember what was happening. I guess it isn’t really a problem, because then I get to skim the previous volume and remember how awesome it was. So, scratch that. Instead of a problem, I’m going to say this is my prescribed and suggested reading method. Read […]
This was supposed to be emotionally wrecking
I saw a lot of social media responses to this, but thankfully no spoilers, before I got around to reading it myself. Many of the responses involved some expression of devastating emotional impact upon finishing this book. I don’t see it. Our Dark Duet is not a happy book, and the ending really fits with the tone of the story overall, but I just don’t see the devastating crushing heartbreak that was described by lots of people of Facebook, Twitter, etc. My biggest problem is […]
Possible Heresy Alert
I have a confession: I have deliberately avoided reading A Game of Thrones and the following books. When the series first got big, I picked up A Game of Thrones, the first of the Song of Ice and Fire series, and flipped through it, but it didn’t really grab me. I don’t have HBO and I’ve not followed the tv show, for similar reasons and the additional facts that I don’t especially enjoy watching graphic violence or sex, or soap opera type dramas. This was […]
I know you little libertine. I know you’re a cannonball.
As some of you might be aware, I recently started a new job. My first real job since Bunnybean was about a year old…and she’s 13 now. So, its been a while. The great thing about this job, is that I’m not in an office — I’m out driving around and visiting elementary schools, and talking about books. I know! Books! In my first week, my new boss gave me 9 brand new books to read. It was amazing. And then they showed me the […]
CANNONBALL!
I’m falling behind in my reviews again, having finished this over 2 weeks ago but since discovering an epic Reddit thread that has been taking up all of my time. This is even more annoying given that I’ve just realised that with this book I finally claimed a Cannonball (doh! And yay!) A Conjuring of Light starts exactly where A Gathering of Shadows left off. As Red London celebrates the victor of The Element Games, a shadow is stealing through the city, leaching it of […]