A Wandering Eyre

Mr. Darcy’s Diary by Amanda Grange This is not the first book I have read that is a spin-off of an Austen work. Though this type of novel is glorified fan fiction, many of them are good. Even the novels that are not great are entertaining at worst. The best of this genre strives to [...]

Book Review: Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind secondary: A Song of Fire and Ice Series by George R. R. Martin This is a book review of one book with a bonus review of another. Enjoy! Even when a book is very enjoyable, it can often btter appreciated when compared to other books in its [...]

The Smart Bitches are celebrating Banned Books Week with reviews from readers. All of the reviews are wonderful, but I laughed the hardest over the Harry Potter review. Be a smart bitch and go read some reviews. A ton of my personal favorites made the list. –Jane, the word bitch would get her banned in [...]

Sometimes, once in a great while, you come across that book that you can not put down. I can remember most of the books that have made me feverish to finish them. The kind you stay up reading, long past your eyes and head have given up trying to get you to sleep. I have [...]

His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik It has been awhile since I have been quite so sucked into a book. Novik writes an alternate historical fiction, centering on a British naval Captain during the Napoleonic War. The alternate part of this history is the presence of dragons in the world. Upon capturing a French ship, [...]

Glass Houses by Rachel Caine My friend, also being a lover of vampire books, lent me Rachel Caine’s new YA offering this week. It is a good YA novel with some of the usual teen problems and, of course, some vampires. Claire is young genius who graduated from high school early and is attending a [...]

***Warning: Spoilers for Eragon and Eldest ahead. You have been warned!*** Mr. Rochester recently finished reading the first two books of the Inheritance Trilogy and he remarked how much they mirror Star Wars and LoTR. Below is a guest posting by Mr. R which lays out the similarities of the original Star Wars and Eragon [...]

The Illustrated Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Illustrations by Dame Darcy This book has been sitting on my desk for about two and a half weeks waiting to be reviewed, so Slate beat me to the punch. Their review is quite nice, so feel free to go read it as well. This volume belongs in [...]

Midnighters #1: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld This book was recommended to me by a friend who is a fan of Westerfeld author of Peeps, Uglies, Pretties, The Risen Empire, and many more. The Midnighters are a group of high school kids in Bixby, OK who are the only ones awake during the 25th [...]

Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin This was not my first Le Guin novel, though I think that it is thus far (out of two mind you) my favorite. It is classified as a juvenile fiction book at my library, but it read more like a YA book to me. The story is centered around [...]