On Sunday, Jenn and I made another trip up to the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA, this time to see Lunasa. We’d seen Lunasa perform several times before, usually at either the Towne Crier or the University of Hartford, but this was our first time seeing them at the Iron Horse. Given how much we […]
Paper Mage by Leah R. Cutter [2.5/5] In ancient China, Xiao Yen, a young woman who has been trained as a paper mage, leaves her village and family to escort two foreigners on a journey across the Middle Kingdom. It comes as no surprise that she encounters many obstacles during the trip, or that she […]
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher [4/5] This is the first book in Jim Butcher’s The Codex Alera series, and it’s a fine start. Anyone who’s familiar with Butcher’s Dresden Files won’t be surprised that Jim can write good action scenes, and his general style of writing works well with the swords- and-horses (as he […]
As anyone who has been following this blog for any length of time has probably long since realized, I don’t do a very good job of keeping up with posting reviews of the books I read. This evening I looked at the size of the pile of books that I’d planned to review and realized […]