Date Read: July 7 Author: C.L. Polk Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 When Miles was born, he was destined to either be sent to an asylum for witches or become a magical battery for his younger sister. He runs away to the military, and comes back to be a doctor. When a poisoned patient dies andContinue reading “Witchmark”
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The Eyes of the Dragon
Date Read: July 5 Author: Stephen King Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 When the king dies, murdered with a strange poison, his oldest son is imprisoned in a tower. He must find a way to escape, because he is one of the few who knows that the true murderer is Flagg, an evil wizard who isContinue reading “The Eyes of the Dragon”
The Genius Plague
Date Read: July 3 Author: David Walton Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 When Neil’s older brother returns from a trip to the Amazon, he’s not the same as when he left. He survives a severe fungal infection, and immediately starts to claim that the fungus is still in his brain – and has made himContinue reading “The Genius Plague”
Mexican Gothic
Date Read: July 2 Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre: Horror Rating: 5/5 When Noemí receives a frantic letter from her recently-married cousin, she finds herself in an isolated house in the Mexican countryside. The longer she’s there, the more she finds herself unable to trust anyone…even herself. Ever since I read Gods of Jade and Shadow,Continue reading “Mexican Gothic”
The Stone Sky
Date Read: July 1 Author: N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 The moon is returning, and what happens next depends on Essun and Nassun and their choices. The world is ending for the last time, and sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed. It must be destroyed. “I think,” Hoa says slowly, “that if youContinue reading “The Stone Sky”
The Obelisk Gate
Date Read: June 30 Author: N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 The second book of the Broken Earth trilogy is just as well-written as the first. The Season grows darker as it settles, and as people begin to realize that they might be in for a longer, more dangerous Season than they are truly preparedContinue reading “The Obelisk Gate”
The Fifth Season
Date Read: June 29 Author: N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 In the land of the Stillness, the earth is trying to kill everyone on it. Every few hundred years a Season arrives, a natural disaster of such huge proportions that humans must fight to survive. When a Season arrives again, the people of theContinue reading “The Fifth Season”
How Long ’til Black Future Month?
Date Read: June 27 Author: NK Jemisin Genre: Fantasy and Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 A collection of short stories by NK Jemisin, each story well-crafted and attention-grabbing from the first sentence. Every story is unique, and each leaves you hungry for more from the world it is set in. This is the paradox of tolerance,Continue reading “How Long ’til Black Future Month?”
The Witch Elm
Date Read: 14 Author: Tana French Genre: Mystery Rating: 5/5 Rather than focusing on the detectives, in The Witch Elm the novel is written and the mystery is presented from the perspective of one of the suspects involved. I always love an unreliable narrator, and this is perhaps one of the best novels with anContinue reading “The Witch Elm”
The Trespasser
Date Read: June 13 Author: Tana French Genre: Mystery Rating: 5/5 What starts as an open-and-shut case quickly becomes complicated: who killed Aislinn? Was it her overly-attached new boyfriend, or the mysterious other man her best friend will only hint at? You can knock down a genuine belief, if you load up with enough factsContinue reading “The Trespasser”
Zoey's Year in Books 2020 