I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons is a pretty hilarious fantasy by Peter S. Beagle. Robert is the local exterminator who is only called in to help with dragon infestations. While Robert doesn’t actually like the job due to his fondness for the dragons it does allow him to support his mother and siblings after the…
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is a bit of a weird book but still a good one. It follows an unnamed black man during an unspecified time but it is presumed to be around the same time the book was published so probably the 30’s or 40’s. The man in question claims he is invisible…
To Ride A Rising Storm is book two of Nampeshiweisit by Moniquill Blackgoose and continues the story of Anequs. Having successfully navigated her first year at Kuiper’s Academy she now has some knowledge of skilta and various other so-called necessary skills for a dragoneer. As she prepares to return for her second year though she…
The Magician by Michael Scott is the second book in the series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. It picks up with our group now in Paris having narrowly escaped the forces of Dr. Dee in Ojai. They find themselves in what appears to be a basement room that they quickly discover is in…
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon tells the story of Martha Ballard, a midwife who lived in the eighteenth century. The story opens in November of 1789 when a body is found in the frozen Kennebec river in rural Maine. As the local midwife and licensed medical practitioner, Martha Ballard is summoned directly from a…
Ken Follett dives into the turbulent world stage of 1914 with The Man From St. Petersburg. Walden is a lord and peer of the realm in the British Empire and as such a stalwart defender of that empire who is willing to do whatever it takes to support if the potential war actually starts. When…
Have you ever read a book that is the end of the beginning? Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb is just that as it is the final book in The Farseer Trilogy which is also the first of five series in The Realm of the Elderlings. It continues where the previous book, Royal Assassin, left off…
The Maze Runner is the first book in the aptly named Maze Runner series and is an interesting if somewhat disturbing teen dystopian novel by James Dashner. It opens with Thomas, a teenage boy who wakes up in what seems to be a dark black box with no way out. He also seems to have…
House of Echoes by Nat is the first book in the Hundred Hearts series. Rian is a teenage boy, about fifteen, and comes to the house to work. The house is where various people serve the voice that lives under the house and takes its warnings to the general public. Rian goes there because he…
This book is one that I have read before but not for several years and I felt like circling back around to it for some reason. The Testament is by John Grisham and it tells the story of the last will and testament of Troy Phelan. He is an older gentleman who is a multibillionaire…
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