Storm of Swords is the third book in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, and it will be airing on HBO beginning March 31. It’s also the book most people say is their favorite in the series. And while I found Book Two kind of disappointing, Book Three was worth…
Category: Fantasy
New Science Fiction and Fantasy in 2013
While I’m working on a few reviews, I wanted to post this awesome link to all the best 2013 science fiction and fantasy novels coming out in 2013. My husband sent me this link, and the first thing that struck me about this list was how many of my favorite authors AND my husband’s favorite…
Review of The Water Witch by Juliet Dark
This book popped up on NetGalley and looked like a good fluffy read. It’s sort of urban fantasy, minus the urban, with a mix of fae, witches, and other supernatural creatures, with a little romance thrown in. The plot of The Water Witch is basically that the town of Fairwick is in the midst of…
Tallula Rising: Glen Duncan’s sequel falls short
I loved The Last Werewolf, so I did something I don’t normally do – picked up its sequel right away. Unfortunately, Tallula Rising disappointed, not just a little but a lot. I took this book with me on vacation, and while it got me through several stressful days of travel headaches, once I got out…
Review of Alanna by Tamora Pierce
Note: The Book Stop is officially on vacation. So I pulled an older review I never got around to posting. Enjoy! I’ve been wanting to read something by Tamora Pierce for a long time, since I enjoy young adult fantasy and this book is considered one of the best. However, I think as with most…
Review of Poison Study by Maria Snyder
I’m leaving town for a few days and won’t have much time to write reviews or post anything. The latest entry in my Fluffy-Summer-Travel-Reading series is Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (I also didn’t think I could do The Moonstone justice in a short review). I found a surprising number of different covers for…
Review of The Magicians by Lev Grossman
It’s hard to explain how a book that steals so much from existing children’s fantasy series can feel so original. And yet it does. The Magicians by Lev Grossman is unlike most of the fantasy you’re probably reading. It’s a book within a book, homage to great children’s fantasy worlds like Narnia and Harry Potter. …
Review of Jasper Fforde’s The Last Dragonslayer
I’ve said this before but here it is again. Jasper Fforde is awesome. If you’ve read nothing by Jasper Fforde, go out and find The Eyre Affair. If you’ve read and loved those books (and Shades of Grey and the Nursery Crime series), you may be interested to know he’s started a young adult fantasy…
My Review of a Review: Sword & Laser Episode 1
Last weekend I watched the first episode of Sword & Laser, a science fiction/fantasy show that airs on Felicia Day’s You Tube channel, Geek & Sundry. Okay, that was a mouthful. I thought I’d post a brief review of the show, in case you’re interested. Sword & Laser is hosted by Veronica Belmont and Tom…
Review of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book is cool and spooky and touching all at the same time. I expected great things of Neil Gaiman and this one didn’t disappoint. It won the Newbery Medal in 2009, a prize going to the book each year that makes the largest contribution to American children’s literature. The Graveyard Book isn’t like…
Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker
I’ve signed up for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Challenge for 2012, and I’m getting ahead of myself a little bit but here’s my first review for the Challenge. The Challenge is to read the classic horror and science fiction novels that created the characters in the movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (which by…
NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy
If you’re a fantasy or science fiction reader, you’ve probably already seen NPR’s top 100 list of science fiction and fantasy novels. This list is based on nominations from the public, with some review by a panel of three experts to ensure that a consistent definition of science fiction and fantasy was applied. To that…
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