The Draconic Bibliophile

  • Review of “Gregor the Overlander”

    I know many, if not all, of my readers are probably familiar with the hugely popular series, The Hunger Games. This series helped make the author, Suzanne Collins, a household name. How many of you would be surprised to hear that I was a fan of her before the published The Hunger Games. Her previous…

  • Review of “Dracul”

    This next book grabbed my attention in large part because of the name and author before I actually learned what it was about. Dracul was written by Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker so you can see why it grabbed my attention. The book is a fictional memoir of Bram Stoker and recounts the events…

  • Review of “The Evening and The Morning”

    This next book is actually a prequel to a series I’ve already discussed with my previous reviews of A Column Of Fire and The Armor of Light. In between writing these two books the author, Ken Follett, traveled further back and wrote The Evening and The Morning which serves as a prequel to the entire…

  • Review of “The Burning Maze”

    The Burning Maze is the third book in the Trials of Apollo series by celebrated author Rick Riordan. It continues the story of Apollo’s quest to restore the various sources of prophecy in order to regain his godhood. Having acquired a guide in the form of Grover, Apollo and Meg work on finding their way…

  • Review of “A Cast of Stones”

    Time to go over a new series that I recently found. A Cast of Stones by Patrick W. Carr is the first book in The Staff & The Sword series. It is the story of Errol Stone, a young man who is a drunk that it willing to do just about anything for coin to…

  • Review of “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”

    I first started this series back when it first started, when there was only one book instead of six and long before there was a movie. The series I am referring to is Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Recently, I decided to reread the earlier ones and catch up on the later ones…

  • Review of “Myrren’s Gift”

    This next book is a good one but a bit of a weird one. Myrren’s Gift is the first book in The Quickening trilogy by Fiona McIntosh. The book opens on a battlefield where Magnus, King of Morgravia, is fighting alongside close friend Fergys Thirsk, General of the Morgravian Army. Fergys takes a deadly hit…

  • Review of “The Dragon’s Dagger”

    This next book is the sequel to another book that I recently reviewed, The Woods Out Back. The Dragon’s Dagger is the second book in The Spearwielder’s Tale by R. A. Salvatore and continues the adventures of Gary, Mickey, Kelsey, And Geno. It opens on Mickey stealing the armor and spear of Cedric Donigarten in…

  • Review of “Dragons of Winter Night”

    Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman is the second story in the Dragonlance Chronicles. It continues the adventures of the group of friends who are trying to find some way to battle the dragons that have come back and are terrorizing their world. Getting caught up in the politics of the…

  • Review of “Keeper”

    Today’s book is an odd one but a good one. I can legitimately say that this is possibly the only one I’ve come across that falls into this particular unique mix of genres. It is a ghost story that is neither horror nor mystery. At the same time it is a story about sport, specifically…