How is another year finished already?! I don’t understand. Well, I guess I’ll make another top ten list, in that case. (I will note that this list contains books that were new to me, not necessarily published within this calendar year.) There are my usual genres, because life is too short to not read books …
Tag: fantasy
Book Review | A Whisper in the Walls (ARC)
I would have posted this review sooner, but I got distracted rereading The Lightning Thief. No regrets. I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Whisper in the Walls by Scott Reintgen. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. …
Book Review | The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Sometimes you find a story that somehow feels familiar, even though you’ve never read it before. This one was of those times. In Neil Gaiman’s book The Ocean at the End of the Lane, a man returns to his childhood hometown after many years away. There, he visits the farm where he used to play …
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Book Review | The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
I really enjoy novellas, if that isn’t obvious by now. In The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho, a bandit known as Tet Sang finds himself joined by a nun as he and his crew go on their next mission. But the nun, Guet Imm, is more than she appears. …
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Book Review | Bea Wolf
I have such a weakness for cute graphic novels! In Bea Wolf—by Zach Weinersmith with illustrations by Boulet—in the middle of a suburb, a group of children construct Treeheart, the tree house where adults aren’t allowed and fun reigns. The crown passes from kid to kid until we get to Roger, an excellent king. But …
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