Blue is the daughter of a psychic. A non-psychic in a family of those with the gift. But she does make things “stronger” or clearer. So she will often accompany them on their readings. Every year on St. Mark’s Day … Continue reading
Tag Archives: myth and legend
3 June 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, Juv/YA
Setting: Britain - middle ages
7 Stars
2 Comments
The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein
Book one in The Lion Hunters Although this book doesn’t really have any fatastical elements, I am still counting it towards this year’s Once Upon a Time challenge because it is an Arthurian legend inspired book. Medraut is the eldest … Continue reading
2 June 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: 1400s, Aztec hegemony, Mesoamerica
7 Stars
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Obsidian and Blood by Aliette de Bodard
The Acatl stories : Servant of the Underworld, Harbinger of the Storm, and Master of the House of Darts. Recieved free from Netgalley. Acatl, our narrator, is an Aztec priest. High priest to Mictlantecuhtli, the Mexica god of death and … Continue reading
Pegasus and the fight for Olympus by Kate O'Hearn
Sequel to Pegasus and the flame As I said about the first book, this is a children’s book and is written for its market. Which means that it isn’t too concerned with character twists and darkness, or subverting genres, or … Continue reading
12 November 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
7 Stars
4 Comments
Pegasus by Robin McKinley
On their twelfth birthday all members of the royal family are “bound” to a member of the pegasi royal family. It has been so ever since humans first came to this land they named Balsinland, after the first king. The … Continue reading
26 October 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: myth & religion
Setting: Asgard
9 Stars
7 Comments
Ragnarok : the end of the gods by A. S. Byatt
Quotes I liked ; Pinterest There was once a girl, an evacuee during the blitz, who read a lot. Myths, legends, religious books. And her favourite was the Norse tales. She read and reread them; they spoke to something in … Continue reading
22 October 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
Setting: contemporary, New York
6 Stars
5 Comments
Pegasus and the flame by Kate O'Hearn
Mythology and Reality collide! So the blurb on the back of this book tell me. The mythical winged stallion Pegasus crash lands on a rooftop in modern day New York, fleeing a battle which has destroyed much of Olympus. Emily, … Continue reading
28 September 2011
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Sagas of Icelanders
So myself and himself have gotten in the habit of bedtime stories. We started off with some fairy tales. First those classic old Ladybird books. We were doing some wearing out at work so I nabbed a couple of the … Continue reading
The hum and the shiver by Alex Bledsoe
Bronwyn Hyatt is coming home. A war hero. Or so some people say, others say she hasn’t changed a speck from the trash Tufa slut she was before she left, but to her family all that is important is that she is home. Back among the Tufa. And who are the Tufa? Well that no on seems quite sure of. They’ve been in the mountains of east Tennessee since before anyone can remember. Closely knit, and prizing musical ability, they live apart from other people. And Bronwyn is a true, pure-blooded Tufa, a First Daughter. But a haint is visiting, and there are ominus signs everywhere her people look.
Olympos by Dan Simmons
By Dan Simons
I really loved Ilium when I read it in June so was looking forward to this, the sequel. And it kicks off right where we left the story in the first book. Unfortunately it just didn’t work as well. All through this book I was interested in what was going on, but never gripped, never fascinated or engaged by it. Merely hmm, that’s interesting. Continue reading