Many fairy tales involve the woods, often warning young children to stay away because bad things like monsters dwell there. But what if the woods itself was the actual monster? That’s what Naomi Novik explores in Uprooted. Sure, there are a few traditional monsters ready to drag you kicking and screaming into her malevolent... Continue Reading →
I’m Just Mad About Harry ( The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher)
Sadly, I'm skeptical by nature so it took a lot of convincing by friends to try "Storm Front" the first book in the Dresden File series by Jim Butcher. In fact, I actually downloaded it for the car instead of grabbing the print version so that if it was horrible, I'd have the option of... Continue Reading →
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
A lot of my friends really recommended Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels to me, so I decided to give them a try a few years ago. I started with the very first book, The Colour of Magic. And I really couldn't get into it. So I left Discworld in favour of other books by other authors. ... Continue Reading →
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