Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan Mcguire [Fantasy Review]

18 December 2024 / brief reviews / 4 Comments
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan Mcguire [Fantasy Review]

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clearby Seanan McGuireSource: ebook/NetgalleyPublished: 7 Jan 2025Publisher: Tordotcom (Macmillan)Length: 160 pagesSeries: Wayward Children #10 Genre: Portal fantasyTarget Age: Adult (suitable for +14)Representation: Protagonist is a cross-cultural adoptee (Russian adopted by Americans) and has a limb difference (shortened arm) Now that we’re up to ten installments of the Wayward Children series… which one is your favourite?

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Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar [Family Reads]

15 December 2024 / family reads / 2 Comments
Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar [Family Reads]

Why we chose M.A. Kuzniar’s Midnight in Everwood Mom selected this book for Family Reads nearly a year ago. She found it while browsing comps for another book she liked. The cover caught her attention. She liked the colour scheme and the gold foil font. The fact that it’s historical fiction with fantasy and winter aspects also appealed to her. I made her wait to read it until December because […]

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The City in Glass by Nghi Vo [Fantasy Review]

12 December 2024 / review / 0 Comments
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo [Fantasy Review]

The City in Glassby Nghi VoSource: ebook/NetgalleyPublished: Oct 2024Publisher: Tordotcom (Macmillan)Length: 224 pages Genre: FantasyTarget Age: Adult (suitable for +14) Summary 💬 The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril. She has mothered, married, and maddened the city and its people for generations, and built it into a place of joy and desire, revelry and riot. And then the angels come, and the city falls. Vitrine is left with nothing but […]

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November 2024 Month In Review

1 December 2024 / month in review / 16 Comments
November 2024 Month In Review

Where did November go? It was another one of those months that flew by. Mostly I have been absorbed by work uncertainty. My contract went until Nov 29. On Nov 7, news came down and it suddenly seemed unlikely that my contract would be renewed. On Nov 21, the contract got extended two weeks to Dec 13… now I continue to wait and see what’s next. Maybe I’ll have end […]

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Indians on Vacation by Thomas King [Family Reads]

24 November 2024 / family reads / 2 Comments
Indians on Vacation by Thomas King [Family Reads]

Why we chose Thomas King’s Indians on Vacation Dad’s church book club was reading Indians on Vacation, but he wasn’t able to attend the book club discussion. So, he suggested we pick up the book for Family Reads. I had previously read a couple Thomas King books (Green Grass, Running Water and Inconvenient Indian). But that was quite some time ago, and I was curious to read something newer by […]

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