Books

Sabaa Tahir made quite a splash last year with her debut young adult novel, An Ember in the Ashes. Her book has been in my “To Be Read” pile for quite a while, and now that I’ve finally read it I can go right into book 2, A Torch Against … Read More

The Dragon Round by Stephen S. Power is my first book to read in anticipation of the 2017 Hugo Awards. To choose it, I went to the “New Shelf” at the public library and looked for books with a fantasy or science fiction sticker on the spine. The Dragon Round is a plot … Read More

Paladin: a warrior dedicated to the light, to protecting the people and fighting against evil.  Imagine you grew up on a small sheep farm.  You told your father that you did not want to marry, but he made arrangements anyway and the dowry has been paid.  What do you do?  … Read More

Litani by Jess Lourey starts with fourteen year old Frankie being sent to live with here mother in a small Minnesota town where her parents themselves grew up. Frankie’s father just died. She helped care for him and feels very guilty about his. Her mother is a small town prosecutor … Read More

Tiny Little Thing Ravensong by Cayla Fay Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner Fable Litani by Jess Lourey The Darkness After by Scott B. Williams Unearthly by Cynthia Hand The Wild by Own Laukknen