We have been talking about a lot of great new releases recently, so let's take a step back and talk about a classic I just got around to reading: Consider Phlebas, by Iain Banks. Everyone has a number of classics that they mean to get around to reading. For me, one of the big ones…
Continue reading ➞ Consider Phlebas – An Exercise In Pointless Excellence
Sand. It’s coarse, irritating, hot, encumbering, and all around unpleasant. I have spent a lot of time in sand, both in reality and in fantasy books. However, despite sand’s difficulties, it often provides settings of profound beauty and wonder. When it comes to books set in the desert, I have been championing one series in…
Continue reading ➞ A Veil of Spears – Unbe-veil-ably Point-iant
I managed to get my hands on one of the most anticipated releases this year, Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence, and thanks to Mark for an early review copy. The book is a sequel to his incredibly powerful Red Sister, a book that placed in my top 3 favorites of 2017. Since most of you…
Continue reading ➞ Grey Sister – A Younger Sibling With A Bag Of New Tricks
This week I have returned to Brian McClellan's series, Gods of Blood and Powder, to talk about the soon to be released second book - Wrath of Empire. The numeration of the series is starting to feel a little confusing, as this is the second book in the second series and the fifth book overall.…
Continue reading ➞ Wrath of Empire – The Best Kind Of Identity Crisis
I have a personal problem. My issue, is that I honestly am kinda tired of epic fantasy. There are of course outliers, such as series that change up the formula to the point where they are unrecognizable, but in general I have gotten bored following farm boys in a medieval Europe settings where they fight…
Continue reading ➞ A Time Of Dread – Putting The Epic Back In Epic Fantasy
Martha Wells is a woman with a ridiculous number of talents. I have recently been selling her Murderbot Diaries series to anyone who will listen. She also has a number of popular full length books and does writing for a number of established fictional universes such as Star Wars. Most recently, it was announced that…
Continue reading ➞ The Murderbot Diaries and Dominaria – An Interview With Martha Wells
I thought about spacing these out a little more, but as they say in every single fantasy book with a blacksmith (read: all of them), strike while the iron is hot. Please take a moment to read my review from last week on The Heartstrikers book one, Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron, or…
Continue reading ➞ One Good Dragon Deserves Another – Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger
I am really annoyed because I thought I had a hidden gem review with this book. Unfortunately, every other reviewer I know apparently read Nice Dragons Finish Last, by Rachel Aaron, at the same time as me and has already gotten their review out. However, at the end of the day I am just happy…
Continue reading ➞ Nice Dragons Finish Last – So Many Feelings
We are back again with another review for a Terra Ignota book by Ada Palmer. This time it is for the third book in the series, The Will to Battle. As usual you can find the reviews of the previous books here and here, and if you don’t want some mild spoilers for the first…
Continue reading ➞ The Will To Battle – As Tense As The Last Round Of Musical Chairs
If there’s one thing I enjoy, it’s horror stories. If there’s one more thing I like, it’s murder mysteries. If there’s one last thing I like, it’s dirigibles. You can imagine my excitement when I first discovered that the second book in the Johannes Cabal series was titled Johannes Cabal the Detective, the increase in…
