This review does not contain spoilers! Please keep them out of the comments as well. Title: Arm of the Sphinx Author: Josiah Bancroft Stars: ★★★★★ I am of the belief that I could merely post my favorite quotes, and they would be reason to demonstrate why I rate Bancroft's work so highly. I could, but I won't.... Continue Reading →
Review: Hygge
Title: Hygge: The Complete Book of Hygge - Danish Art of Happiness Author: Ole Hanson Rating: 0 This week, I took a detour into non-fiction. On my search through Amazon, I stumbled across the bright green cover of this book, and - it was free - so I thought: Why not? Honestly, any book about happiness and... Continue Reading →
Review: Immortal Descent
This review does not contain spoilers! Please keep them out of the comments as well. Title: Immortal Descent Author: Carolyn M Walker Stars: ★★ Inverting the Dracula female victim-trope, Immortal Descent suffers not from a lack of ideas but clumsy dialogue. Same length sentences create monotony. Lectures and foreboding vague phrases may have been intended to augment tension; instead, they... Continue Reading →
Review: Frey
This review does not contain spoilers! Please keep them out of the comments as well. Title: Frey Author: Melissa Wright Stars: ★★ This book resulted in endless confusion. Boredom in part too. At no point was I drawn into Frey's story. Black magic - and its like - were rather convoluted in explanation if not in form,... Continue Reading →
Review: U.X.L Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Title: U.X. L Encyclopedia of World Mythology Publisher: Gale Cengage Learning Stars: ★★★ This one is a bit outside my normal wheelhouse for reviews, but the last week, I've read the collection of encyclopedias and little else. In my local library, these were the only multi-cultural texts on mythology, and still - Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse... Continue Reading →