“Why do you lie so much? And about the weirdest little things?”, my mother always asked me. “I don’t know”, I always said. But I did know. It was very simple. Because it was a better story.” What is the Book about? Samantha is an outsider at Warren University. She is actually repelled by the…
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Farseer Trilogy #1)
“Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.” What is the Book about? He serves his king until death – a masterpiece full of magic, suspense, and emotions. Fitz is a bastard, the son of a prince and a peasant girl. Yet, at a young age, the king takes…
Top Christmas Reads: Unwrapping the Magic of Reading
Christmas is the season to be jolly, and what better way to embrace the festive cheer than by curling up with a good book next to a crackling fireplace, surrounded by the twinkling lights of a beautifully adorned Christmas tree? As the winter chill settles in, there’s something truly magical about the combination of a…
The Atlas Six – Olivie Blake (The Atlas #1)
“We all have our own curses. Our own blessings. We are the gods of our own universes, aren’t we? Destructive ones.” What is the Book about? The Library of Alexandria has never perished; it has hidden away the darkest secrets of humanity for millennia. Every ten years, the most talented magicians of their generation are…
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai – Bradley P. Beaulieu (The Song of the Shattered Sands #1)
“It felt used. Lived in. Kissed by battle. Exactly the way she liked it.” What is the Book about? On runners glide proud merchant ships across the Sand Sea to Sharakhai, cradle of civilization and home of the Twelve Kings. Centuries ago, the gods themselves bestowed unimaginable power upon them, and since then, they have…
End of the Year Unhaul – Get Ready for 2024
As the year draws to a close, it’s time to prepare for the new year and new adventures. Even though the major spring cleaning may begin later, there are things you can start tidying up now that bring enjoyment and make room for more in the coming year. To kick off the new year on…
The Narrow Road Between Desires – Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.6)
“Hearts were easier to read than books. Glamour wasn’t that much more than making sure folk saw the thing they already had plans to see. And making fools of foolish folk was hardly cunning grammarie. But this? Convincing someone of the truth they were too twisted up to see? How could Bast begin to loosen…
Daughter of Redwinter – Ed McDonald (The Redwinter Chronicles #1)
“But how can something that has no form begin in one place and end somewhere else? If a crow begins flying south, but what arrives is a swan, then the crow never undertook a journey.” What is the Book about? Those who see the dead soon join them. From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing…
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (Godkiller #1)
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Review Priest of Bones by Peter McLean (War for the Rose Throne #1)
“Where is the difference between holy and possessed? I wondered. When does miracle become magic, magic become witchcraft? Is it in the nature of the deed itself, or in the eye of the beholder? Is it decided in the telling after the fact, and if so does it depend on who does that telling?” Sarcastic…
The Reading Stray 