Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Review – Amazing Contemporary YA Arthurian fantasy
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Top Ten Tuesday: Thoughts on books I’ve read in January – March
24
Jun
2022
I have not been reviewing much this year. At all. But I’ve read a lot of fun books, so I want to at least mention the ones that stuck with me, so here’s another little catch up series. Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor I listened to this on audio and
The Sunday post: June 19th
19
Jun
2022
Goings on It has been a while. I don’t know why, but I haven’t been up to blogging much this year. First, it was being very behind on my plans and reviews and then that started feeling insurmountable to the point that I spent a good long time not even
Letters From My Good Friend Jonathan – Dracula Daily
08
May
2022
Long time no blog! I’ve recently signed up to Dracula Daily, and I’m getting almost daily e-mails from my good friend Jonathan Harker, recently graduated solicitor on his first business trip to Transylvania. I’m so proud of him, setting out on his big work trip so far away all by
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To
12
Apr
2022
To help narrow it down, I’m going with authors I’ve heard enough good things to make me seek out their books, rather than books on my TBR where I know more about the book than the author. I’m not sure if that distinction makes sense to people outside my brain.
Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh – mid-series squee & bingo squares
07
Apr
2022
At the time of writing, I’ve just started Foreigner book 10. I started out meaning to only read book 1, as is my habit, then I said I’ll only read the first trilogy. Then it was “I can stop at any time”. At this point, unless Cherryh does something atrocious
r/Fantasy Book Bingo 2021: done!
31
Mar
2022
This year’s bingo was a bit of mess for me. I planned out almost 2 full cards and then I read all the books I was really excited for, and all the audiobooks and then I fell into a comfort reads only slump. So there was a lot of reorganization
13 SciFi Audiobooks I recommended to my dad
05
Feb
2022
I haven’t been around much because I’ve been working on StabbyCon r/Fantasy‘s online convention! It runs till Feb 11th, we have a brilliant line-up. I’d love it if you checked it out, here’s the full schedule and following us on twitter will get you links to everything once we post
16 fantasy & scifi books I recommended for the 12 book challenge
10
Jan
2022
My TBR is too much of a chaotic mess for me to participate in the 12 book challenge (original template by Shadowbooker), but I did rec a bunch of books to my friends on twitter and discord. This is a pretty amazing list, if I do say so myself, so
Paying 2021’s dues: 19 quick thoughts on books I never got round to reviewing
03
Jan
2022
I was doing pretty well keeping up with reviews last year, until I wasn’t. That was around autumn and I kept falling further and further behind. I closed the year with 17 unreviewed books, and I’d rather not carry them all into the new year, so here are just some
Top Ten Twednesday: 10 books on my winter TBR
15
Dec
2021
I didn’t do this yesterday, because I thought I don’t have a TBR. But this morning I realized I am idiot, I even have my TBR printed out on my desk, it’s my bingo plans! First off, currently reading: Conjure Women by Atakora, Afia – New to me author Darkly:
SEWING & COSPLAY
Mistcloak Cosplay from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
May
14,
2020
This is my “random noblewoman” Cosplay mistcloak from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. I really wanted to cosplay a character from a fantasy book and this was really the obvious choice for something easily recognizable. For full artistic freedom, she lives sometime between era 1 and era 2, just so I could go with the kind