Welcome to my stop of the blog tour for The Speaker by Traci Chee! Once you’ve read my thoughts, don’t forget to visit the other blog tour stops! The Reader was a richly developed story in a fascinating world. I was not surprised at all when the starred reviews started pouring in. The […]
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Ex Libris Audio: The Bear And The Nightingale
I am always going to pick up a book that involves folklore, so when I heard about The Bear and the Nightingale, I knew it would make for a great audio book. Based on several different Russian folktales, the story follows Vasya, or Vasilisa, who is a favorite folk heroine of mine. What I thought […]
Blog Tour: Haunting The Deep
I enjoyed How to Hang a Witch and its blending of family drama and history. In Haunting the Deep, I think the same feel was achieved, but this time it was a different ancestor of Samantha’s that was involved. Instead of witch trials, everything at the high school seems to be trying to bring the […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Bone Witch
I was skeptical as to whether or not this book would be a good fit for me, but let me tell you that I really, really enjoyed it! Tea leads a quiet life with a big family, surrounded by older siblings and a chaotic but fairly loving environment. When family tragedy strikes, her powers are […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Great Hunt
One of my favorite Child Ballads is The Two Sisters, a story about jealousy that ends in one sister murdering the other and subsequently getting busted by a harp made from her sister’s bones. (No, really.) The Great Hunt is very loosely based on the dude version of this ballad, and the two stories are […]
Blog Tour: A Map For Wrecked Girls
Welcome to my stop on the tour for A Map For Wrecked Girls by Jessica Taylor. After you’re done reading my thoughts, don’t forget to enter the giveaway and check out the other stops in this week’s leg of the tour! A Map For Wrecked Girls had a lot going on and it […]
Blog Tour: Crystal Blade
Welcome to my stop on the tour for Crystal Blade by Kathryn Purdie. After you’re done reading my thoughts, don’t forget to enter the giveaway and check out the other stops on the tour! Burning Glass was one of my favorite books last year. It’s unique story and richly built world sucked me in […]
Blog Tour: Mighty Jack And The Goblin King
I was thrilled when a copy of Mighty Jack and the Goblin King showed up on my doorstep because I enjoyed the first book so much. Maddy, Jack’s sister, is taken by an ogre, so Lillly and Jack follow the ogre to rescue her. Their journey takes them through vividly imagined worlds that are […]
Ex Libris Romance (77)
I am all for a Jane Austen retelling, but The One That Got Away, while somewhat fun, was a pale copy of the original (Persuasion). The characters weren’t very well developed and it seemed to rely too heavily on the original instead of taking a story frame and developing new and better ways to convey […]
Blog Tour: Sparks Of Light
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Sparks Of Light, book two in the Into he Dim series! After you’ve read my thoughts, don’t forget to enter for a chance to win one of three finished copies. Rose is now back in Scotland, still trying to recover from her ordeal […]