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Buddy Read & Rant #8 with Jonathan Pongratz: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
Hello Blogging World! Iseult: I’m Iseult, parallel universe traveler extraordinaire! Jonny : And I’m Jonny, lover of everything fantasy and scifi. Iseult writes some awesome horror fiction and just released a sequel to her 7 Days in Hell. Check it out here! This buddy read and rant is for The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix…
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Book Review: Blame It on the Bubblegum by Rhonda Parrish
What’s better than a changeling story? A changeling story set in an algae powered airship, of course. Quinn’s job is to observe the first flight of the Callebaut, humanity’s greatest achievement, and report back to the fairy queen. But when things go awry, observation turns into action in this imaginative, entertaining short story. It should…
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Book Review: Mother of the King by Rami Ungar
Get ready for a time traveling, magical, near future fantasy novelette. On the brink of war, the titular mother recounts her unusual experiences that led to her conceiving her son, who might save his country from annihilation. I enjoyed this exciting novelette. Kudos to Ungar for writing a female first person perspective so well. I…
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Book Tour: Of Myth and Shadow by Matthew S Cox
About the book: Aegaan is a vast and righteous kingdom, yet darkness gathers in the distant corners of the realm. Elven raids on small towns have inflamed racial tensions with humans, pushing distrust to hatred and the brink of war. Anrael wanders the woods alone until a chance meeting tempts him to set aside his contempt for those…
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Book Review: Swashbuckling Cats Edited by Rhonda Parrish
A book about pirate cats, conceived on Twitter. Do anthologies get better than this? 14 stories concerning felines of the high seas make up this adorable, imaginative and invention anthology of short fiction, edited by Rhonda Parrish. I am predisposed to love this book. Filled with cats, as well as other animals, cheese (yes, cheese!)…
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Buddy Read #1 with Joe @ The Dumbest Blog Ever: The Odyssey by Homer
The Odyssey is a fascinating book (Homer must be raking in the royalties after all these years), and I couldn’t think of a better person to read it with than Joe. If you don’t know Joe, you should check out his blog The Dumbest Blog Ever. Don’t be fooled by its title, it is totally…
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Book Review: The Odyssey by Homer
The second oldest surviving work of fiction, The Odyssey is an enduring classic. A sequel to The Iliad, which concerned the Trojan War, The Odyssey catches up with most of the major players from the first book to detail their fates, while ostensibly being about Odysseus’ efforts to return home, and his son, Telemachus’, efforts…
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Book Review: Deep Roots by Beth Cato
A welcome return to the same world, and some of the same characters, of The Clockwork Dagger duology with two short stories and a novella in this slim volume. The Deepest Poison opens the book with a story of Octavia Leander working as a matron in the war between Caskentia and the Wasters. The title…
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Book Review: The Heart of Owl Abbas by Kathleen Jennings
With the intricate world building of China Miéville, and the same unique beauty as the author’s art, The Heart of Owl Abbas is a short story to be cherished. Set in the city kingdom of Owl Abbas, the story concerns a starving artist who writes songs under the name of Excelsior, and the Nightingale automaton…
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Book Review: Hollow by Rhonda Parrish
A magic Polaroid camera spreads the pain of a traumatized teenage girl in this absorbing young adult fantasy from Rhonda Parrish. Morgan has just experienced the most traumatic year of her life, and she isn’t coping well. Neither is her family, who have their own portion of grief and suffering to bear. Hollowed out from…