I very much enjoy these types of books, essentialy women going on interesting adventures or doing very difficult things. I think I picked up this book after Emily Chappell posted it on Instagram, and since I loved Emily’s own book, it seemed like a no brainer to pick it up (or in this case, put … Continue reading
I know I usually complain about a book not being pace-y or not having enough description-to-plot ratio for my liking, but occasionally even I think we need to take the plot a little more slow. That was definitely the case with The Red Scholar’s Wake, which felt like it just wanted to get to the … Continue reading
This was definitely an impulse purchase on my birthday. As I had spent so much of the year reading through my to-read shelf, I got to replenish it on my birthday. I hadn’t had a whole lot of luck on things that I wanted to read that were newer, but was intrigued by the blurb. … Continue reading
Oh man, I’m really 3 for 3 of the last fiction books on my to-read shelf being, well, not for me. I really enjoyed the previous novels from Rebecca Roanhorse but I found Black Sun lacking. I also somewhat resented the structure of the book, but we’ll get into that. So, the setting is the … Continue reading
Stone Blind is the story of Medusa, of Gorgon fame. The plot revolves around the various mortals, gods and goddesses that are involved in her ultimate beheading by Perseus. Unlike A Thousand Ships (another book by Natalie Haynes), this one has a fairly irreverent tone. The gods and goddesses are always whining, as are some … Continue reading
What was astounding was how many of the women, especially pre-20th century, were famous for being artists in their own time. But then instantly forgotten or written out of a male dominated history. Continue reading
he main story involves an occupying force (the Razanei) and the territory they occupy (Hwaguk). But there’s tension, rebels as well as the mysterious ‘Westerners’ who the Razanei perceive as a threat. Continue reading
The main story revolves around Enae (who has a complicated story herself) is tasked to find a fugitive from 200 years in the past; Reet who was an orphan who finds out his origins are a lot weirder than he could have ever thought, and Qven a Presgr Translator in training. All their stories get entangled in political and Treaty intrigue as the plot unfolds. Continue reading
This wonderful book paints such a delightful pictures of those somewhat eccentric characters in this history who wanted to ‘reclaim’ the ideas of church and religion for the non-religious. It travels all through the US, throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of small little churches and congregations Continue reading
This novel focusses on Aster (Lola’s daughter, from book 2) and Samael, the last tracker. Samael continues to be different and essentially teaches Aster how to be what she is. As well, she gives her all her mother, grandmother etc journals so she understands where she came from. Continue reading
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