Tag Archives: Book review
The Manners Fandom
I choose Snobs at the library entirely because it’s by Julian Fellowes, from Downton Abbey, and I was not disappointed. Snobs is sort of a double comedy of manners, half titled Brits surrounded by those who wish they were too, … Continue reading
Book Review: Never Ending Bad Day
I greatly enjoyed The Labyrinth Society, and looked forward to reading middle grade fiction in Never Ending Bad Day. Reading this reminded me how much I loved this type of novel when I was younger! I think I read every … Continue reading
The Summer Queen
Elizabeth Chadwick’s The Summer Queen tells the story of young Alienor (who will be called Eleanor from now on, because my spellcheck prefers it), from her childhood with her sister Petronella in Aquitaine, through her marriage to Louis of France, … Continue reading
Checkpoint: Reflections on Gaming, Travel and Place
I’ve started a new project combining two of my favorite things, gaming and travel, and now I’m looking for contributing writers. This will be a collection of essays, vignettes and general reflections on games and location. I have, um, two … Continue reading
MYS ROB and MYS WIS
After reading Finished Business, I wanted some more ancient Rome, so I picked up Parthian Shot from the library. In actual hardcover, because the Chapel Hill library doesn’t quite have the ebook collection that NYPL has. Across from MYS WIS, … Continue reading
Book Review: Finished Business
Last summer, I posted about reading David Wishart’s latest Marcus Corvinus mystery, Solid Citizens. This summer, I received the newest one, Finished Business, which means more Roman mystery. YEAH! Marcus Corvinus is aging a bit now, and becomes a grandfather when his adopted daughter … Continue reading
Manga Classics: Pride and Prejudice
Manga Classics: Pride & Prejudice is graphic version of P&P, plus with gorgeous hairstyles, spastic Mrs. Bennett, and — most importantly — Darcy’s shirt just can’t stay on. The sisters of Longborne are beautiful in the typical fantasy-manga style of … Continue reading
Feminist Magical Realism, in Cambridge, Plus Books
Menna Van Praag’s The House at the End of Hope Street is magical realism set in Cambridge, which pretty much explains exactly why I wanted to read it. A young Cambridge grad student, Alba, stumbles upon a house she’s never … Continue reading
Editorial and Supernatural Adventures in ‘Ghost Train To New Orleans’
My cousin Andrea got me The Shambling Guide to New York City for Christmas, and I just loved it. Then I received an ARC of Ghost Train to New Orleans, the second book of Zoe and her adventures. I like … Continue reading
I Like Boats: ‘The Girls at the Kingfisher Club’
Genevieve Valentine’s The Girls At The Kingfisher Club is out today! I wrote about it over at Yahoo, where, unfortunately, my original title “I like boats” was not as funny to others as it was for me, and I had … Continue reading
