Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
Recommended by Kameron Hurley here and by this metafilter thread. Also part of my Once Upon a Time 9 reading, this, to me, fits within folklore,...
3 April 2015
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
A Leo Demidov story. When a young boy’s body is found on the train tracks in Moscow Leo Demidov’s job is to make sure everyone knows...
30 March 2015
The Emperor’s Edge by Lindsay Buroker
Recommended by Intisar Khanani Book one in the series of the same name. Amaranthe Lokdon is one of the few female law enforcers in the Empire....
29 March 2015
It was a time of darkness…
I usually leave these quick posts to my tumblr site nowadays and keep the longer reviews here, but I had to share this one here. I...
26 March 2015
A Slip of the Keyboard by Terry Pratchett
A week or two before Terry Pratchett died A slip of the keyboard and A blink of the screen arrived for me from amazon. I added...
21 March 2015
March Mount TBR update
Time for the monthly1 Mount TBR catch-up. So far I have read nothing off the list posted last time. I have, however, added to the list...
17 March 2015
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Rose often finds life hard. She has autism, or asperger’s, what they call “high functioning autism. She is slightly obsessed with homonyms and with prime numbers....
12 March 2015
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
An InCryptid Novel ; #1 Verity Price comes from a family of cryptozoologists, or monster hunters. Generations back they used to be part of The Covenant...
12 March 2015
The Siege by Ismail Kadare
Sometime in the fifteenth century, an unnamed Albanian citadel is under siege by the Ottoman army. Among the besiegers is Mevla Celebi, the chronicler or historian....
7 March 2015
Child of Fire by Harry Connolly
Twenty Palaces : book 1 Ray Lilly is just out of prison and back on the job. His boss, Annalise, is just looking for an excuse...
4 March 2015
Wonder Woman : the circle by Gail Simone
The problem I have with so many comic book characters is where exactly to start. There is so much back story to the established ones that...
22 February 2015