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When it was time to start this book I was a little sad as it was the last book in the series. The Dragonslayer’s Return, republished as The Haggis Hunters, is the third and final book in The Spearwielder’s Tale trilogy by R. A. Salvatore. It chronicles the third trip Gary Leger takes to Faerie.…
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It is time to return once again to the land of the peculiar. This time I am going over Hollow City, the second book in Ransom Riggs series Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children. Having narrowly escaped the hollows and wights in their own loop the children now have to travel to London during the time of…
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Today’s book is one that I really would have sworn that I had already read. It happens to be a book that my family has owned for most of my life and it is by one of my favorite authors, Anne McCaffrey. We don’t have all three of the books in the series though, so…
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Gunslinger Girl is the debut novel of Lyndsay Ely. It is the story of Serendipity Jones, commonly called Pity, as she tries to find herself in the relatively lawless Wild West. The thing is that it is not the Wild West we are familiar with as this is a new wild west that is based…
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The Tyrant’s Tomb is the fourth book in The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan. In this story we learn about the events at Camp Jupiter when Apollo arrives with Jason’s coffin. Apollo has to face even more of his demons throughout this adventure as he must confront another source of prophecy that he had…
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Today’s book is one that was both hilarious and heartwarming with a rather nice side note of slightly heartbreaking as well. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie was an incredible read. It tells the story of Junior, a teenage boy on the Spokane Indian reservation as he deals with the…
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White Mulberry is the debut novel of Rosa Kwon Easton. It tells the story of Miyoung, a young Korean woman born in the 1920’s who lived under Japanese occupation. Starting when she was a child it covers her move to adulthood and the challenges she faces in doing so. At the same time it also…
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The Demon Awakens by R. A. Salvatore is the first book in his Demonwars saga. It focuses on three young, soon-to-be, heroes. Elbryan, his close friend Jilseponie, and Avelyn who is unfamiliar to the other two when the story starts. Elbryan and Jilseponie are both from the small village of Dundalis and are barely into…
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Once again, a month is over and it is time for me to provide my monthly overview of my recent reading. In January I had read a total of 23 books but unfortunately I only managed 15 books for February 2025 which adds up to a total of 38 books for the year. This means…
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Dragons of Spring Dawning is the third and final book in the Dragonlance chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It chronicles the trials of the adventurers as they work on gearing up for the, hopefully, final thrust against the armies of evil dragons and their draconian allies. Laurana works with the remnants of the…
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