Tough Traveling: Desert Nomads
“Tough Traveling” is a weekly Thursday feature created by Nathan at Review Barn where participants make a new list each week based on The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones. […]
“Tough Traveling” is a weekly Thursday feature created by Nathan at Review Barn where participants make a new list each week based on The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones. […]
Black Dog by Caitlin Kittredge (Hellhound Chronicles #1) Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Harper Voyage on October 28th, 2014 Source: Publisher My thanks to Harper Voyager and Edelweiss for providing me […]
This week’s trope is DARK LADIES:
DARK LADY. There is never one of these – so see DARK LORD instead.
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #1) Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: DAW on March 6, 2012 Source: Purchased Ghoulies. Ghosties. Long-legged beasties. Things that go bump in the night…. If […]
This week’s trope is CURSES:
CURSES are long-standing ill-wishings which, in Fantasyland, often manifest as semi-sentient. They have to be broken or dispelled.
I feel like the term “monthly recap” is pretty self-explanatory, but just in case here’s my spiel! I’ll be recapping what I’ve read for the month and what reviews I’ve […]
Title: Lock In (Lock In #1) Author: John Scalzi Publisher: Tor Books on August 26. 2014 Audio: Audible Studios, narrated by Wil Wheaton Source: Bought Not too long from […]
This week’s trope is COMPANIONS:
COMPANIONS… You will normally meet them for the first time at the outset of the tour. They are picked from among the following: Bard, Female Mercenary, Gay mage, Imperious Female, Large Man, serious soldier, Slender Youth, Small Man, Talented Girl, Teenage Boy, Unpleasant Stranger, and Wise Old Stranger.
Visions by Kelley Armstrong (Cainsville #2) Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Random House Canada on August 19 2014 Source: Purchased Omens, the first installment in Kelley Armstrong’s exciting new series, introduced Olivia […]
This week’s trope is WITCHES:
Witches are special and probably at least the equal of WIZARDS.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish where participants are challenged to make bookish lists. I won’t be taking part every week, […]
Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper Genre: YA, Fantasy Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on September 23, 2014 Source: Publisher My thanks to the publisher for providing me with […]
“Tough Traveling” is a weekly Thursday feature created by Nathan at Review Barn where participants make a new list each week based on The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones. […]
In SAGA VOL. 2 we have not one, not two, but three tough chicks kicking booty and making no apologies for it. Hallelujah!
A diverse adult fantasy set in an alternate China, THE SCROLL OF YEARS by Chris Willrich is a wonderful addition to any fantasy fan’s shelves.
This week’s trope is TOWERS:
TURNCOATS are people who change to the side of the DARK LORD in mid-tour.
Jay Kristoff’s Japanese-inspired steampunk novel STORMDANCER starts off shaky, but by the end of the book I was on the edge of my seat and desperate for more.
This week’s trope is TOWERS:
TOWERS stand along in waster areas and almost always belong to Wizards. All are several storeys high, round, doorless, virtually windowless, and composed of smooth blocks of masonry that make them very hard to climb.
Mary Robinette Kowal’s Hug0-winning novelette THE LADY ASTRONAUT OF MARS is a heartwrenching and beautifully written story about the complicated realities of growing older and chasing your dreams.
Patrick Swenson’s debut novel THE ULTRA THIN MAN takes us on a wild ride through space – but unfortunately it didn’t work for me.
This week the trope is SHAPESHIFTERS:
SHAPESHIFTING is frequent among both WERES and MAGIC USERS. The usual form taken is that of a WOLF, but lions, eagles, serpents, owls, and cats are common too. In all cases the rule is that the shapeshifter cannon stay too long in animal form without actually becoming that animal.
WARM UP by V.E. Schwab is a prequel short story to her novel VICIOUS, which I recently hauled. I’ve been wanting to check out more short fiction from Tor, saw this on their website, and treated myself to a fantastic short story.
Alyxandra Harvey’s A BREATH OF FROST is a fantastic YA novel about witches, young love, and the most important magic of all – sisterhood. Hell yes, girl power!
“Tough Traveling” is a weekly Thursday feature created by Nathan at Review Barn where participants make a new list each week based on The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones. […]