Book Review: Calculated Risks, InCryptid Book 10, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Calculated Risks, InCryptid Book 10, Seanan McGuire There are a number of obscure and overlooked holidays in America and the rest of the world. Somehow on January 13 I failed to properly observe National Rubber Ducky Day. I am writing this review on Dr. Seuss […]
Book Review: Imaginary Numbers, InCryptid Book 9, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Imaginary Numbers, Seanan McGuire It is a testimony to both the volume and quantity of books Seanan McGuire writes that I am only now featuring one from her InCrypted series. Nominated for the Hugo Award for best series, InCryptid tells the stories of a […]
Book Review: Come Tumbling Down, Wayward Children Book 5, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Come Tumbling Down, Wayward Children Book 5, Seanan McGuire We’ve met Jack and Jill before in the Wayward Children series. Born to parents who tried to mold their daughters into their ideal of the “perfect” child, they escaped by finding a doorway to […]
Book Review: In an Absent Dream, Wayward Children Book 4, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: In an Absent Dream, Wayward Children Book 4, Seanan McGuire Katherine Lundy is a quiet child who likes knowing the rules and knowing what is expected from her. That is not to say, though, that the rules and expectations of this […]
Book Review: Beneath the Sugar Sky, The Wayward Children Book 3, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Beneath the Sugar Sky, The Wayward Children Book 3, Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire has an extraordinary gift for springing the unexpected upon you in a way that makes you think, “No way, of course it’s that way!” So when a major character […]
Book Review: The Unkindest Tide, October Daye #13, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: The Unkindest Tide, October Daye #13, Seanan McGuire “My family tree has a lot of thorns, and a tendency to draw blood.” This dry observation from protagonist October “Toby” Daye could describe key plot elements of almost any of the now thirteen […]
Book Review: Middlegame, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Middlegame, Seanan McGuire Roger and Dodger grow up on opposite sides of the country. He is from Massachusetts. Gifted with words and languages, but he struggles in math. Dodger is a California girl who hates spelling and writing but loves her math. The two of them have nothing in […]
Book Review: Night and Silence, October Daye Book 12, Seanan McGuire Book Review: Night and Silence, October Daye Series Book 12, Seanan McGuire October Daye is a knight of the realm, a fae/human changeling, a hero, a private investigator, betrothed to a king of cats, niece to the sea witch, and daughter of one of the […]
Book Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire Book 2 in the Wayward Children series Fiction: Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire Book 2 in the Wayward Children series Normally I avoid reading a series out of sequence, although I seem to be doing that with frustrating regularity in recent […]
