Review: Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
A Facebook ad brought this comic to my attention two days ago, and it really pulled me in (as in, I made Poor Life Choices and stayed up until 2am on a work night getting caught up on it). Lore Olympus is a modern/alternate take on Greek mythology, centered around the story of Hades and Persephone, but including the full…
Keep readingReview: The Dragonoak Trilogy by Sam Farren
I believe I came across this trilogy first on Tumblr, and primarily because the author, Sam Farren, keeps ball/royal pythons, and I followed them for posts about their snakes. On seeing that Farren was also a self-published author, however, and being intrigued by the description of the first book, I decided to give it a try, and was glad I…
Keep readingQuick Review: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
I recently finished the first of Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series, and as with his other work that I have read (mostly the Mistborn trilogy) it really pulled me in. It took me a little time to get into it at first, but after that it was difficult to put down, even the supposedly “slower” parts. Sanderson has created a large,…
Keep readingReview: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick W. Marsh
(“A book that scares you” from the Reading Challenge) This is a review for the first two books of this series, Days 1-100 and Days 101-140. These were gripping books! Horror is not my usual genre, but I happened to meet the author at a local convention last year, and this story sounded intriguing. It sucked me in right away;…
Keep readingReview: The Kalevala
(“A book that was originally written in a different language” from the Reading Challenge) The Kalevala is the national epic of Finland. As with many of the older epics, this one is a modern-ish (early-1800s) written collection of stories that were originally an oral tradition, spoken or sung. And, in this particular case, then also a translation from Finnish into…
Keep readingReview: The Orc of Many Questions by Shane Michael Murray
(“A book with nonhuman characters” from the Reading Challenge) I got this book specifically because it seemed like it would have an unorthodox take on orcs, and I was not disappointed. The story follows a young orc (a “blunc”) who unusually has a fairly sharp mind and a very inquisitive nature; not attributes that are looked on favorably in his…
Keep readingReview: The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán
My first thought when I finished this book was “I have died and gone to heaven…or maybe just to Paradise.” In many ways, this is just another Alternate-Medieval-Europe fantasy (though quite well-written); it has bloody battles, secret (and not so secret) religious fanatics of various flavors, and plenty of political intrigue. I appreciated the author’s way of using languages; the…
Keep readingQuick Review: Sahara (2017)
This was a cute animated movie about snakes! Being a snake person myself, it was exciting to see a kids’ story with snakes as the main characters and good guys, rather than being the bad guys as they are so often portrayed. The story is set in the Sahara Desert in Africa, and follows the story of a young cobra…
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