I read these books in September but didn’t have a chance to post any reviews, so now here we are at Halloween and these are three perfect Halloween-time reads. Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire This series has been around for a while (since 2009), and most urban fantasy readers already know of Seanan McGuire. …
What sets this series apart from the many other science fiction/urban fantasy series out there is the way it’s written. Sanderson gives his main character, David, such a great sense of humor. Unlike so many books that take themselves a little too seriously (this is not literature, after all) Sanderson infuses these books with wordplay…
Patricia Briggs is my favorite “series” writer. I try to read everything she writes, and that’s unusual for me. I mostly read a few books from a series and then move on to another one, and I ignore all the extra short stories and novellas that seem more for marketing purposes than to further the…
A perfect vacation read, this book will appeal to readers who like urban fantasy with magic and action. I recommend this book if you liked Steelheart; the plots are different but it’s got a similar feel (also a bit more gender-neutral than most of what’s out there). This book is urban fantasy with a twist:…
I wanted to share a cool post from Stainless Steel Droppings on some of the best science fiction and fantasy covers of 2013. Most of these aren’t books I’ve read, but on the covers alone I now want to read The Misfortune Cookie, Love Minus Eighty, and A Natural History of Dragons. The name that…
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…
I picked up this book, despite its super-cheesy cover, because Felicia Day loves this author. And as a total Felicia Day wanna-be I figured it was worth the few bucks it cost me. Which is not to say I have entirely the same reading taste as Felicia Day — she reads a whole lot more…
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. …
As you can probably tell, I put a lot of thought into choosing what I read. There are hundreds of books I’d like to read, and I only have time for a few. So this week I did something I wouldn’t normally do. I let my Kindle tell me what to read. Last weekend I…
This seems to be my week for reviewing sequels. Like my previous post, I thought I’d cover two books at once. But first off, IF you like urban fantasy and haven’t read the Mercy Thompson series, you should stop right here. Go get Moon Called (despite cheesy cover) and see if it suits you. I would…
Jessica from On A Pale Star has posted a cool link to a couple of recent posts on the SF Signal. They asked fantasy and science fiction authors to answer the question: Which science fiction and fantasy books written in the last ten years will become classics? This isn’t a poll or a literary critique;…
This is Book 4 in the Kate Daniels series, and just as with the others each book in the series is stronger than the one before it. This series may have surpassed my other favorite, Patricia Brigg’s Mercy Thompson series. I don’t normally read a book in one or two days because I like to…
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