23rd Legion

Imagine a story of the inner workings of Parisian criminal guilds wrapped up in a loose homage to Les Misérables and Jungle Book.

** This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** Sorrowland opens with our protagonist, Vern Fields, out in the woods giving birth to twins all by her lonesome.

I’ve been hearing about this novella through various outlets for a few months, and it sat on my stack longer than I would have preferred for a “short” piece of fiction.

** This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** I’ve been thinking a bit about how to approach reviewing this novel.

*** This book was provided to me by the author for a fair and honest review *** I’ll tell you one thing, The Psychic’s Memoirs jumps right into it as a detective drama.

I learned from reading The Once and Future Witches that Ms.

** This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** It’s very hard to start in on a review of something as magical as The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry because it just has so many facets and layers.

** This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** It’s been a wee bit since I delved in the world of urban dystopian fare, but Orange City delivers it in spades.

This is the story of Elsie Camden, a young woman who was born with the ability to unmake spells much like unraveling a sweater.

** This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** One reading peeve of mine is being dropped into the middle of a multi-book series without having read the previous books.

** This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** First and foremost, this is a book you have to pay attention to.

This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review To say that Jane Yolen is a legend is putting it lightly.

I’m not even sure where to start with this one.

First off, thank you so much to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to peruse these first few chapters of Star Wars: The High Republic lit.

This book was provided to me by NetGalley in return for a fair review The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales is the story of a boy and his talking dog in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by the effects of humanity on the climate.

I read a lot of fantasy books (hell, I just read a lot), and there is one key element that really drags me in and makes me seriously invested in a novel: worldbuilding.

I have to preface this review by saying that I really really really enjoyed the intrigue, high tension, pop culture nerdery and all the oodles of easter eggs that Mr.

I was about ninety percent done with this book when I realized that it was written by the same author of the Evermen Saga: James Maxwell.

Imagine Harry Potter meets Battle Royale.

I will start this review by saying that if you read only one book this entire year, please make it this one.

This book was provided to me by NetGalley in return for a fair review So this one fell in my lap, and it sounded like a very interesting premise.

OK, first things first.

Almost twenty years ago I picked up a book on a whim because the blurb described the story of a wizard for hire in Chicago.

Lore is something that keeps me totally invested in a book.

Every so often I come across a book that is both incredibly enjoyable, and masterfully constructed.

This book was provided to me by NetGalley in return for a fair review Imagine Stranger Things crossed with Back to the Future all tied together with teen angst and the guilt of loss and secrecy.

This book was provided to me by NetGalley in return for a fair review I’m a huge fan of magic/mystery books, an even greater fan of YA; and Four Tombstones hits all the right buttons in what I look for in a book.

While I do not want to address the television adaptation of this novel, it is definitely the elephant in the room, and I will be honest that I picked up this book because the show trailer looked so fascinating (and I had ignored the recommendation last ye…

This book was provided to me by NetGalley in return for a fair review It’s only been recently that I have started reading more in the realm of historical fiction, but I’m finding I am enjoying it more and more.

There are stories one reads that one hopes will never end; then there are stories that absolutely cannot end.

This book was provided to me by NetGalley in return for a fair review This book was an absolute wonder; a tale of women who tried, and women who dared.

I went on a binge of this series and thought I would review the entire story arc here in the “final” book (though I should probably have done this in the first book).

** NetGalley provided me an ARC of this book for an honest review ** Oh what an incredibly fun jaunt of a book!

A month ago I whined about one of my most popular creations and then scuttled back into the corner.

Behold my The Shining-inspired Overlook Hotel ceramic mug.

It’s back to school time, so my social feeds are packed with folks looking for and offering vinyl monogramming for lunchboxes, cars, tumblers, etc..

Many of you know that I’m a huge fan of reading.

I realized yesterday that I have been slowly obtaining a mess of new colors and I haven’t been updating the color variations in the Etsy shop.

Yep, there is nothing quite like launching a new content channel and then slagging off for almost two weeks.

I’m feeling generous today, so I’m going to give away a mystery bag of 23rd Legion goodies to a random person who comments below.

Sure, just about 90% of the stuff I pump out is bookish-related, but there are some aspects of the great work I get to do that I don’t share very often just because it isn’t very germane to about 90% of my audience.

I had spent many years building up the 23rd Legion without really knowing what I wanted to do with it.