Welcome to my weird world!
Some of these books I read should be looked at in Sociology classes. They're terrific ways of looking at alternative worlds with our same type of human behaviours within. Sara Holland's description best explains it so I'm going to steal it for this little section: "In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency—extracted from blood,... Continue Reading →
Eragon with phoenixes instead of dragons has arrived. And just like in Eragon, we enter into a world with no mythical creatures left. There were phoenixes once. And marvellous Phoenix Riders, who could telepathically communicate with their winged partners. The most famous include sisters Avalkyra and Pheronia Ashfire who long ago battled a throne to... Continue Reading →
I’ve been reading loads of fantasy and sci-fi lately, which is fine, but I tend to connect to contemporary novels surprisingly quite often. Despite that, there have been numerous contemporaries I’ve been very hesitant about. I guess I maybe expect another typical romance sprinkled with overstretched fears. But this one was a treat I needed,... Continue Reading →
After reading this and her debut earlier this year, The Girl From Everywhere, I feel Heidi Heilig is a good author. It’s just for me, her stories fall a little straightforward, never agonizing to read and sometimes very intriguing but a bit forgettable thanks to not much of an angry push in the stories. They’re light... Continue Reading →
In the animated movie, Hoodwinked, there’s a flashback where Little Red Riding Hood, or Red, finds a medal in her grandma’s spoon drawer. It said, “Battle of the Iron-Cage Gladiators”. I think I finally get the idea now. I hope for my sanity that Granny Puckett never had to stab someone’s intestines out. Fallon is... Continue Reading →
(For those who don't know, that is 4/4, not 4/5. It's a perfect score of 100!) When I read Ahmed’s debut, which was Love, Hate, & Other Filters, I awarded it only 1 and a half stars, saying it was The Hate U Give lite, being too romance-heavy, taking too long for things to heat up and then... Continue Reading →
So how many words is The Last Magician? That info’s probably available somewhere, but I did some math and estimations and I’d say a fair bet is 185,000 words. It took me two weeks to get through this 500-paged monster. The last time I can remember reading a book with this noticeable length was maybe... Continue Reading →
Did you guys notice the human face looking to the side in the cover of the last book, Scythe, and the two in this one? It’s crazy, for the longest time I did not notice the head shapes as they corresponded to the handle pattern in the axes against the cloaks. I always thought it was... Continue Reading →
I’ve been wanting to start this series for literally two years. I once saw this book displayed at the very top of a ten-foot shelf at a bookstore somewhere while on vacation. I said in my review of “Long May She Reign” that HarperTeen, which published that book and this one, make the best covers... Continue Reading →
Pretty much every time I’ve been at the bookstore, I saw this book pass me by and I considered getting it. I read Neal Shusterman’s Unwind, but just the first book. I did enjoy it but as the years have went on I felt it was a little overhyped. But this one, boy, the chills... Continue Reading →
William J. McGinn 