Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads Review Written by: Jessica C. City of Fae combines the popular fantasy genre ingredients of magic, London, forbidden love, and incredible fight sequences. Add in the young adult extra of a rockstar and you have yourself the start of what promises to be a good story. The story weaves the tale…
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Review of “Shadow Study” by Maria V. Snyder: Maria V. Snyder Wednesday
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Kobo/Goodreads As promised to fans of Maria V. Snyder’s books (who also happen to be devoted readers of this blog), here is my review of the highly anticipated start of a new series in the worlds of both Ixia and its neighboring country of magic Sitia. But this time around, Maria V….
Steampunk Month:Interview with Becket & Review of Becket’s Key The Steampunk Vampire Girl and the Dungeon of Despair
Amazon (Kindle)/ Amazon (Paperback)/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads Fitting with both the Steampunk aesthetic of the book, along with the prevailing mood of the story, here is a techno-violin piece from independent musician/writer Emilie Autumn Review: With the deftness of a skilled storyteller, Key the Steampunk Vampire Girl excels in having much to say, while being written first and foremost as…
Review of “The Buried Giant” by: Kazuo Ishiguro
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads “To die, to sleep – To sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come…” –William Shakespeare: Hamlet- In my undergrad years (my idealist, wanderlust years as an English undergrad), I wrote a Shakespeare essay, analyzing the dichotomous relationship between “light” and “dark,”…
Steampunk Month on A Bibliophile’s Reverie-Celebrating the Most Zany Artistic Aesthetic Around!
Beginning late next week on Saturday (March 7th),we encourage you all, everyone of you overzealous fans of the Steampunk genre, to kick off Steampunk month- the whole entire month of March,2015- to celebrate the most stellar selection of Steampunk-oriented novels out there. We are proud to unveil our first highlighted title for Steampunk…
Countdown to “Shadow Study:”Maria V. Snyder Fan Questions and Answers!
Click the above cover image, for the forthcoming new novel in the new Study Sequel Series- Soulfinder Trilogy- mysteriously titled Shadow Study!! Since I re-read Sea Glass a number of months ago, I cannot recall any significant details of the plot, so I will instead be moving forward with a thorough examination of Spy Glass instead next Wednesday. In…
Review of “The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree” by S.A. Hunt/Literary Tea Feature
INDIE AUTHOR APPRECIATION MONTH! Be sure to check out details on how to win a complimentary tea prize, courtesy of Mighty Leaf Tea Author’s Website/Amazon/Screwpulp/Goodreads Cautiously, I never deem a book with the superlative “this is the best thing I’ve ever read,” just like I resent putting an arbitrary star-rating on a book,which I…
Interview with Mary Weber- Author of *Storm Siren*/ Giveaway of “Storm Siren”
Enter to win a copy of Storm Siren, by clicking the cover image below of the book (to access the Rafflecopter app)!! **Only those living in the USA are eligible to enter the contest to win a copy of “Storm Siren”** The amazingly talented writer of Storm Siren was gracious enough to take time of her busy schedule to respond…
Maria V. Snyder Wednesdays: Review of “Storm Glass”
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads After two weeks without any Maria V. Snyder-centric posts on this blog, the much-anticipated retrospective reviews of her books returns in fine form and flourish with the first entry of the Glass Trilogy, with the intrepid, often ruthlessly defiant Opal. Antithetically, I would say that Opal is more daring and…
Review of ‘Storm Siren’ by Mary Weber
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Then I see my eyes. Standing out like sea sirens- clear, salty, ice blue. I don’t even look good enough to be a slave. I look like a curse. Storm Siren is the tale of the slave girl, Nym, who believes herself cursed. Nymia is a slave in the war torn lands…
Review of “The Magician’s Land,” by Lev Grossman & Giveaway Details
Custom Crowdsourced “Magician’s Land,” trailer, produced and filmed by Viking Books Giveaway Details: Below this blurb of text, you’ll be able to follow a link (acessed by clicking one of two relevant, magic-themed images below), which should take you directly to a separate page, where you will be prompted to accomplishing different activities to earn…
Maria V. Snyder Female Magic Wielder Month- Retrospective Review of Maria V. Snyder’s “Fire Study”
Amazon/ Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads About five years ago, I vaguely remember greatly enjoying myself, after divesting my mind completely of the very polarized reviews of the novel that I read both on Amazon and Good-reads. That is why it is important that you always read reviews, even my own reviews, with a very discerning…
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