Category: Book Log
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Book Log #51: On Her Trail, by Marcelle Dubé
My rating: 3 of 5 stars I won On Her Trail by Marcelle Dubé as part of Carina Press’ launch promotion, which rather tickled me since it was one of their initial releases I’d scoped out and put onto my buy list. Woo, free book! If you look at the blurb for this thing, you…
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Book Log #50: Dark and Disorderly, by Bernita Harris
Bernita Harris’ Dark and Disorderly did not at first impress me by its title. But as I thought the concept sounded fun, I made sure to pick it up when Carina Press went live earlier this year. Turns out, I was very glad I did. Dark and Disorderly turned out to be a lively book…
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Book Log #49: The Mermaid’s Madness, by Jim C. Hines
If you’re anything at all like me, you probably can’t hear the words “the Little Mermaid” without immediately having a cartoon crab start singing “Under the Sea” in your head. But then again, if you’re anything at all like me, you’ll also probably find Jim Hines’ The Mermaid’s Madness a strong cure for that particular…
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Book Log #48: The Stepsister Scheme, by Jim C. Hines
I’ve heard Jim Hines’ Princess novels described as “Disney Princesses meet Charlie’s Angels”, and yeah, that’s pretty much right on the money. Say what you will about the Disneyfied versions of fairy tales–but okay, yeah, I have a soft spot for them as well as the original tales from which they sprang. So plowing into…
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Book Log #47: Brains: A Zombie Memoir, by Robin Becker
If you love zombie novels, and you’re looking for a light, fast read, you should greatly enjoy Robin Becker’s Brains: A Zombie Memoir. Which is pretty much right what it says on the tin: the “autobiography” of sorts of a man who falls victim to a zombie outbreak, only to retain his sentience, the ability…
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Quick book reading update
Since I haven’t actually been buying books for any of this month, you’d think I’d get caught up faster on my reading and reviewing, right? Not so much. See my previous posts about all the shenanigans involved with our shiny Great Big Sea contest entry! That said? I did want to do a quick summary…
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Hi, my name is Anna and I’m a bookaholic
I was quite amused to see this post by the agents at the Dystel & Goderich Literary Management site about compulsive book buying and reading. ‘Cause yeah, I do love me the books. As y’all know I’m on a book buying hiatus this month, and you’d just know that this is timed with the drop…
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Book Log #46: Goblin War, by Jim C. Hines
‘s third Jig the Goblin book, Goblin War rounds out the trilogy quite nicely. In this final installment, we’ve got a strong callback to book one as Princess Genevieve, the sister of the princes who’d hunted the Rod of Creation, has been ordered by her father to recover that artifact herself. And if that wasn’t…
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Book Log #45: Goblin Hero, by Jim C. Hines
The second Jig the Goblin book by does what any good second book of a fantasy trilogy ought to do: it shows you what’s happened to your protagonist as a result of Book 1’s events, and upped the stakes this time around to get him in even more trouble. In this particular installment’s case, it…
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Book Log #44: Goblin Quest, by Jim C. Hines
If you’re tired of the common tropes of the traditional fantasy genre, you can’t do much better than turning to Jim Hines’ books about Jig the Goblin. This has been hands down one of the more entertaining fantasy trilogies I’ve read in some time. Jig is the smallest, scrawniest, runtiest goblin in the entire goblin…