“When Daniel Blackland was six, he ingested his first bone fragment, a bit of kraken spine plucked out of the sand during a visit with his demanding, brilliant, and powerful magician father, Sebastian. When Daniel was twelve, he watched Sebastian die at the hands of the Hierarch of Southern California, devoured for the heightened magic…
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Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire
“Rose Marshall died in 1952 in Buckley Township, Michigan, run off the road by a man named Bobby Cross—a man who had sold his soul to live forever, and intended to use her death to pay the price of his immortality. Trouble was, he didn’t ask Rose what she thought of the idea. It’s been…
Waiting on Wednesday: The Grave Keepers
“Lately, Athena Windham has been spending all her spare time in her grave. Her parents—owners of a cemetery in Upstate New York—are proud of her devoutness, but her younger sister, Laurel, would rather spend her time exploring the forest that surrounds the Windham’s’ property than in her own grave. The Windham girls lead secluded lives—their…
Blog Tour: The Brightest Fell by Seanan McGuire and giveaway of Rosemary and Rue
There are few authors whose books I feel comfortable reading–or recommending–sight unseen. Seanan McGuire is one of those authors. Way back in 2009, I picked up a book by an author I wasn’t familiar with and immediately fell in love with the story. October “Toby” Daye was a strong character that I enjoyed reading about,…
Game of Thrones Episode Seven: “The Dragon and the Wolf”
Welcome to our weekly recap of Game of Thrones, the show that makes you scream obscenities at your television. We’re well beyond the books and no one knows what’s going to happen, although as you might imagine, there are as many theories as there are characters in the series—and that’s not a small number. This…
Literary Lines–August 27
“Most people live their lives as if the end were always years away. They measure their days in love, laughter, accomplishments, and loss. There are moments of sunshine and storm. There are schedules, phone calls, careers, anxieties, joys, exotic trips, favorite foods, romance, shame, and hunger. A person can be defined by clothing, the smell…
First Chapter Friday: Storm Front
This week’s book is Jim Butcher’s Storm Front. First in the long-running series The Dresden Files, this book introduces Harry Dresden, the only openly practicing wizard in Chicago. A murder accomplished by magical means has Harry going up against a dark mage who has no qualms about killing anybody who gets in his way.
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The Remaining by D. J. Molles
“In a steel-and-lead encased bunker a Special Forces soldier waits on his final orders. On the surface a bacterium has turned 90% of the population into hyper-aggressive predators. Now Captain Lee Harden must leave the bunker and venture into the wasteland to rekindle a shattered America.” Okay, the situation with this book is kind of…
Waiting on Wednesday: Warcross
“For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just a game—it’s a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as…