Talking to Dragons was the first book Patricia C. Wrede wrote in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and it was never meant to be the capstone of a four-book series. Luckily for us, someone convinced her to go back and fill in the missing pieces, and we got the rest of…
It’s always funny to me when authors write books about authors. Tell me you’ve never had a real job without telling me you’ve never had a real job. Oops, my mistake Mr. Wirt used to work for Dairy Queen and can still do the signature swirl at the top of…
At the start of Biggest Fake in the Universe by Johan Rundberg, Mo is a chess nerd with a love for his guinea pig and astronomy. Then he discovers a new love, a skater girl, and decides to transform himself into a skater guy to win her heart. Trouble is,…
Morwen and her cats take center stage in the third book of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede, which was a bold choice that paid off. This time around we’re Calling on Dragons and Morwen is leading the way with Cimorene in tow. I think Ms. Wrede did…
This is the second in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede and I thought she made the right call when she chose a new viewpoint for this one. I loved Cimorene, but it was fun to see her from the outside, too. In Searching for Dragons, someone (obviously…
I don’t remember much about the Enchanted Forest Chronicles from when I read them as they were published in the 90s, but I know I loved them and thought they were both revolutionary and hilarious. Let’s talk about how they hold up. The first in the series, chronologically, is Dealing…
There will be plenty of people who tell you that Harlequin romances, especially those by Betty Neels, are fluff and complete nonsense and not worth the read. Sometimes they’re right. The Doctor’s Girl by Betty Neels is everything that makes people cringe about this genre. Loveday, whose name is literally…
At the time of the publishing of this Betty Neels book, I was not much older than the protagonist and was either working for the philanderer who impregnated three women in a few months, or I was working at the phone sex place. Either way, my experience of the early…
My dad was in the army so I moved around a lot, and I thought I had trouble with putting down roots. I had no idea how good I had it. In The Warbler by Sarah Beth Durst, Elisa is rootless and completely unmoored by a curse that has kept…
I have kind of a love/hate relationship with Lee Child and his most famous brain-child, Jack Reacher. I hate how much I love him. When you read a Jack Reacher book, you know what you’re going to get, some kind of inciting incident, disgusting villains who deserve all the violence…
