Tag: Fantasy
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Dear THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern: Well worth the long, long wait
Dear The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, As someone who adored The Night Circus, I’ve been eagerly anticipating reading you ever since I first learned that you were being release. What I hadn’t anticipated was developing such a personal connection to you. I started reading you a few days before a break-up and finished reading…
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Dear THE NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfuss: I FINALLY READ YOU!!!
Dear The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, We have skirted around each other for many years, you and I. Countless friends and fellow bookworms have recommended that I read you. Upon learning that I love The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, people have jumped on the opportunity to recommend you time…
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AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir | Review
Months ago I won a copy of An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir in an online giveaway. After enduring its impatient glare from my bookshelf for as long as I could, I finally picked it up and gave it the attention that all of the buzz surrounding it suggests it deserves. Unfortunately, this…
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8 Reasons Why You Should Read THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster
Written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer, The Phantom Tollbooth is often regarded as a classic work of children’s fiction. I never read this book as a child, so when my friend (and roommate!) recommended it to me I had no idea what she was talking about. A phantom tollbooth who takes a boy on…
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BLUE LILY, LILY BLUE by Maggie Stiefvater
“Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn’t all-encompassing, that wasn’t blinding, deafening, maddening, quickening. It was just that now that she’d had this kind, she didn’t want the other.” How Blue feels about her friendships with the Raven Boys is similar to the way I feel about reading…
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Book Review: A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC
Author: V.E. Schwab Number of Pages: 400 Publisher: Tor Books Release Date: February 24, 2015 “Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit. Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing…
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Book Review: THE NIGHT CIRCUS
Author: Erin Morgenstern Number of Pages: 387 Publisher: Doubleday Release Date: September 13, 2011 “The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called “Le Cirque des Reves,” and it is only open…
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