This post features a couple of the series books I’ve read in the last few months. I read some of these a while ago, so I’m afraid these reviews will be pretty brief. Two more to come next Sunday. The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher This was one of my favorite books of the year,…
This is a strange, complicated story, involving time and mind-reading and intricate clockwork. Pulley’s debut novel is artfully written and most importantly, the characters are well-drawn – except where they’re meant to be mysterious. I will say I struggled a bit with the last third of the book, so I can’t call it a five-star…
Trying something new this month! I rarely review series books, unless it’s the first in a series. So I thought I’d do a set of mini-reviews instead. (Note: minor spoilers ahead since two of these reviews are for the second book in the series.) The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon I really enjoyed this second…
In the last couple of months I’ve read more than series books than usual. I don’t like reviewing series after the first book, because (1) it’s too spoilerish and (2) because series books are usually pretty fluffy and there isn’t much to say about them. I have a class ending next week and I’ve been…
This is the fifth (and final) book in Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate series, and since I’ve written about the series here and here, I don’t have a lot to add, except this was one of my favorites. I enjoyed it for two reasons, the first being that Carriger doesn’t go for some really convoluted plot…
Spring-Heeled Jack is pretty much what you’d expect it to be – it’s good, fun steampunk set in an alternate version of Victorian England. The “twist” is that it actually explains how the alternate reality came to be. It also involves a whole cast of real-life characters, including the explorer Richard Francis Burton, the poet…
“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a weekly event hosted by Sheila at Bookjourney to share with others what you’ve read the past week and planning to read next. War and Peace, that’s what! I’m feeling the need to actually finish this book. Now I’d like to say that I’m loving the book, but at…
This book is a loose “sequel” to Priest’s Boneshaker, meaning it can be read on its own and the characters only intersect at one point in the story. This book is quite different to Boneshaker in tone, pacing and story. I enjoyed both books greatly. Priest is a strong writer, with vivid description, creativity and…
At the same time as many of my friends are having babies, a lot of my favorite series’ heroines are getting pregnant as well. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this: I don’t want my heroines to have children. I can’t say this about my friends, but I can…
Do you ever think you know where your review is going, and then it turns out to be completely different? This was one of those for me. I’m late to the Cassandra Clare party — most readers of steampunk and urban fantasy have been reading her for a while. When she popped up as second…
It’s freezing outside and winter-cold-season inside. The only good thing I can say about that is I’ve had LOTS of time to read lately. This year’s ugly winter cold has meant slowing waaayyy down. And the thirty degree weather and my recently-repaired fireplace means I’m staying in every chance I get. So aside from the…
In my last post, I recommended a book called Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld. Westerfeld is one of my favorite YA writers. He’s written the Uglies and Midnighters series, and this latest series is set in 1914 in a steampunk version of World War I. Behemoth is book 2 of this series. In Leviathan, the first…
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