The Draconic Bibliophile

  • Review of “The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England”

    The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. It is an intriguing mix of science fiction and fantasy that ended up being hilarious. The story opens with a man waking up in an unknown location with absolutely no memory. In fact the only thing he seems to have is fragments of a…

  • 3 Books That Take Place on Mars

    We are entering the last month of the year and it is time for my monthly themed recommendation list and this time I am covering books that take place on Mars. That may sound like an odd one but that really is my only requirement for this particular list. Each book I am going to…

  • Review of “Perelandra”

    Perelandra is the second book in the Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis and it continues the story of Ransom. It opens with Lewis traveling to visit Ransom only to arrive and find Ransom preparing to leave. He has received word that he is to travel to the world known as Perelandra, what we call…

  • Review of “Circles of Seven”

    Time for a little dimension hopping. In Circles of Seven, book three of the Dragons In Our Midst series by Bryan Davis, Billy and Bonnie do just that. The book opens with them traveling to England where they meet up with some contacts of Professor Hamilton in order to continue working on fulfilling Merlin’s prophecies.…

  • Review of “A Princess of Mars”

    We are going back to classic science fiction with this next book, A Princess of Mars which is book one in the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter has retired from fighting after the Civil War and is now working on mining when he is chased by local natives. He ends up cornered…

  • Review of “The Lady From the Black Lagoon”

    The Lady From the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara is a rather unusual book. It tells the story of how O’Meara tracked down information about Milicent Patrick, the artist who created the creature from the black lagoon for the movie of the same name. Starting with how O’Meara first learned about Patrick as a teenager…

  • Review of “Voyage of Malice”

    Voyage of Malice is the second book in the Huguenot Connection Trilogy by Paul C. R. Monk and continues the story of the Delpech family. Having been separated for over a year now Jacob and Jeanne each work on trying to find a way to reunite their fractured family. Jacob has been placed in indentured…

  • Review of “Code”

    We return to a world of teenagers with genetic mutations in Code, book three of the Virals series by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs. The book continues the adventures of Tory Brennan and her pack as they get drawn into yet another mysterious adventure, one with deadly consequences. When a geocache is marked on Loggerhead…

  • Review of “Artemis”

    Andy Weir has created an extremely compelling story in his novel Artemis. It tells the story of Jasmine Bashara, a young woman trying to make a living in the one and only lunar colony Artemis. Jazz is a part-time porter and full-time smuggler who is just trying to get rich. Not rich rich but rich…

  • Review of “Echoes of the Fourth Magic”

    Echoes of the Fourth Magic is the first book in the Chronicles of Ynis Aielle by R. A. Salvatore and is a little different than his other work. It tells the story of a ship that ends up in a storm in the Bermuda triangle. Next thing the sailors know they seem to be trapped…