Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is unpopular bookish opinions! (You can share opinions surrounding being a reader, a book reviewer, etc. OR you could share your opinions on specific […]
The Sky on Fire is a supremely fun book centering around heists, dragons, and magic with fantastic world-building. In a year when books can barely hold my attention, I was immediately hooked on The Sky on Fire and never wanted to put the book down. For me, the standout of The Sky on Fire was definitely the world-building. The world is divided into high and lows, with the rich […]
Over the years, I’ve seen countless rave reviews and hype about author Martha Wells’s Murderbot series, but have never gotten around to reading any of them. I tend to prefer fantasy to science fiction myself, so when I read that Martha Wells was releasing a new fantasy novel, Witch King, I was super excited and immediately requested an ARC. Unfortunately, though I really wanted to love Witch King, I really […]
Empire of Exiles is a truly unique reading experience, with this novel managing to be a fantasy novel, murder-mystery, and a novel of political intrigue all-in-one. Though the pacing of the novel was often a bit of a struggle for me, I was very intrigued by the mystery surrounding the cast of characters, the exceptionally unique magic system, and the world-building at large. “‘Those who sow deception,’ Karimo called […]
The Discord of Gods is a fast-paced and fitting conclusion to the A Chorus of Dragons series. The novel features many of the hallmarks of the series, the insanely complex character connections and relationships, the wit and the banter, and a whole lot of gods, god-kings, and dragons running amok. Though The Discord of Gods wraps up the series, it doesn’t exactly tie everything up neatly in a bow. […]