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Today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is A book within a book.   A Discovery of Witches is all about the book. Ashmole 782 to be precise. This is an enchanted manuscript that historian Diana Bishop calls up from the Bodelian Library. […]

With all due respect to J.R.R. Tolkien and other authors who have labored long and hard for their books, I hate fictional languages in books. This may be an unpopular opinion but the sight of a lot of writing in […]

Today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is Five Star Fantasy Reads.  I’m a notoriously hard grader when it comes to giving out 5 stars for a read.  I went back and looked at my Goodreads to see where I have given […]

I’m so excited about this year’s Wyrd and Wonder. I love month long genre celebrations. The first weekly prompt is a hard one. What are the top fantasy books I’ve read in the last year? (Yeah, I know there are […]

I recently listened to Crowbones, the latest book from Anne Bishop in the world of The Others. While listening to it I started thinking about how much I loved the original series that started with Written in Red. I decided […]

I’m super picky when it comes to romances. I think most romance readers are. We tend to know what tropes we like and avoid what we don’t. I’ve been realizing though that I have a set of words that will […]

I find it really hard to figure out how to handle reviewing series. If I’m reading a series you can presume that I’m enjoying it a lot. I’d like to tell people about it. But how? Reviewing the first book […]

One of the things I love about ereaders is how easy it is to highlight quotes. Then I tend to never look at them again. However, I was looking for one quote recently and started looking at some of the […]

Every year I tell myself that I’m going to read more South American books. Every year I don’t. Here are the issues: I’m such a mood reader that I’m rubbish at sticking to a plan Most of the books in […]

Wow, for Nonfiction November I really didn’t end up reading a lot of nonfiction. That surprised me. I felt like I was reading a lot because my audiobooks were nonfiction. I’m currently in the middle of a great audiobook on […]

Week 3: (November 15-19) – Be/Ask/Become the Expert with Veronica at The Thousand Book Project: Three ways to join in this week! You can either share 3 or more books on a single topic that you have read and can recommend (be […]

Historical romances tend to skip right over the source of all the wealth of the aristocracy in England. There are a few books that might allude to holdings in the Caribbean but not a lot remind readers of the reality […]

Fantasy Books Set Around the Sea Archer’s Beach series This series include Carousel Tides, Carousel Sun, and Carousel Seas by Sharon Lee. “Carousel Tides pulls you into the chill foggy reality of peeling-paint sand-grit coastal Maine outside of tourist season […]

Maybe it didn’t meet your expectations. Maybe you loved part but not all of it. Tell us why One author that I have had mixed success with is N.K. Jemisin. I know, right?? Everyone loves her. She’s dominating the Hugos. […]

I’d like to take this occasion to highlight the greatest fantasy mother of them all – Nanny Ogg. The witches in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld hold to traditional values. They always have a representative of the Maiden, the Mother, and The […]

Wyrd and Wonder is a celebration of all things Fantasy in May. There are prompts for everyday. I’m going to pick and choose a few to discuss. Fantasy Settings Inspired by Non-European Cultures I figured this one was easy for […]

I bought this book for my husband because I forced him to watch the first season of Outlander. I got bored with it but he kept watching all the rest. When I saw that two of the stars of Outlander […]

Some of the books I’ve read this year definitely need more love. I was looking on Goodreads and about 15 of the books I read this year have less than 100 ratings. Here are some books that you should know […]

Week 2: (Nov. 9 to 13) – Book Pairing (Julz of Julz Reads): This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. It can be a “If you loved this book, read this!” or just two titles that you think would go […]