In case you’re curious, and too lazy to Google it, “Alis Volat Propriis” is Latin for “she flies with her own wings.” I think that’s lovely. It’s a lovely phrase, and it’s a lovely sentiment to end Kelly Sue DeConnick’s run on Captain Marvel. That said, man, I’m just not thrilled with the way this whole thing has turned out. I read Higher, Further, Faster, More earlier this year, and absolutely fell in love with it, and with Carol Danvers. Everything that has come after […]
Who would you be if you couldn’t remember who you were?
Memory is a teenager who awakens in a land of magic with no idea who or where she is. She is quickly discovered by another girl, Eloryn and together they flee some chasing men who have a dragon at their command. The action in this story starts right away and keeps going. The two find friends and more enemies along the way as they try to figure out who Memory is, while Eloryn works to save her country from an evil King. As a long-time […]
Reading is Fundamental: Magic Ex Libris Book 4
Revisionary is the fourth and final book in Jim C. Hines’ Magic Ex Libris series, and the short version of this review is: this is a satisfying ending that still leaves a Whole Lot of Room in the Libriomancer universe if Jim ever decides to come back to it. The long version is behind the cut because SPOILERS.
I’m going to spoil the fate of the dog, FYI
I’ve heard a lot about the Chaos Walking series, a dystopian fantasy set on another planet, but never got around to reading it. Audible recently had all 3 books for $4 each, plus a short story as a free download, so I got the whole series on audio (how could I resist?). “The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.” 12 (almost 13!) year old Todd Hewitt lives in Prentisstown, on New World. When he was just a baby, a […]
Leslie Knope’s Pawnee Goddesses are Alive and Well
Adventure Time really quiet my cup of tea, but I can understand the appeal. So I’m not really the target audience for Lumberjanes, but I still found it a delightful read. (If a bit too short.) The Lumberjanes are more than our average Girl Scout-esque summer camp. They are kindred spirits with Leslie Knope’s Goddesses with a dash of Wednesday Addam’s Thanksgiving pageant. They are also way cooler than I ever was or will be. Our five main characters are from cabin Roanoke. There is […]
If You’ll Be My Star, I’ll Be Your Sky, You Can Hide Underneath Me And Come Out at Night
I’m always down for a good fairy tale, which is probably why Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors, since he is also always down to write a good fairy tale. Having seen the movie version of this story before reading the book, there were a few bits where I preferred the movie version, but mostly the book version wins out. Tristran lives in Wall – a town with a wall, surprisingly. The wall borders Faerie. One day, when shy Tristran works up the […]