A Forgotten Realms book taking place in Hlondeth, a port city ruled by the serpentine Yuan-ti, Venom’s Taste follows the story of a human ropemaker named Arvin. Under the thumb of the thieves guild and forced to use his talents to make magical rope for Read More …
The first of this month’s reviews is an indie YA novel, “The Council” by Kayla Krantz. The first in a trilogy, “The Council” introduces us to a world of witches separated into five covens and the character of Lilith Lace, a crippled teenager born to Read More …
As any author can tell you, reviews of books are important. Amazon reviews in particular are among the most critical to the success of a book, and so it isn’t surprising that authors are forever encouraging their readers to review books there. However, many readers Read More …
“Lord of Runes” is a novel set in the Pathfinder universe. For those who are unaware, Pathfinder is a new RPG system that has come onto the scene in recent years as an alternative to Dungeons and Dragons. This being my first exposure to the Read More …
Video is king this month in the Get Nerdy on Thirty, four out of ten items are video for July! Also see some great top 10 lists, an interesting new theory from Stephen Hawking, some exciting announcements for fans of Doctor Who, Stargate and StarCraft, Read More …
“Contact” by Joanna Homer was recommended to me by a friend, and I have to admit I was skeptical of it at first. The book involves a teenage girl in Britain discovering aliens living among humans on earth. At the time the book was recommended Read More …
Amani is back in this exciting follow-up to “Rebel of the Sands”. You may remember my liking the first book quite a lot in my review of it, and luckily for all of us the second book doesn’t disappoint. Firstly, although this should be obvious, Read More …
Samurai Rising is a very interesting book about the early days of the Samurai’s rise to power in Japan. A non-fiction title about a real samurai, Minamoto Yoshitsune, the book is all the more epic when you consider that most of the stories shared in Read More …
As you probably noticed, I missed the Friday blog yesterday. I apologize, loyal readers. To make a long story short, I transported my laptop incorrectly so that it ran out of power in my bag. When this happens my computer tends to get a bit Read More …
Before I begin this review, no I don’t intend to review YA titles every time, but I am a YA librarian in my day job so they represent a pretty big chunk of what I read. Plus there’s some darn good fantasy in YA, so Read More …
