Tag Archives: fantasy

Thoughts: The Fall of Gondolin, by JRR Tolkien

Posted on 7 July 2019 by Dove

So. Been a while. Moving on. After frying my brain with Nnedi Okorafor in German, I tret myself to some pure comfort reading, going back to the start of my love affair with the speculative literary genres. When I was … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell

Posted on 1 March 2018 by Dove

This is sort of cheating, because I’d read it before, a long time ago, but hey, I didn’t tell anyone what I thought of it, so it still counts!

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Thoughts: Promise of Shadows, by Justina Ireland

Posted on 14 January 2018 by Dove

This book found its way onto my TBR list because a friend found it on Goodreads and the summary sounded like amazing, silly fun to fill the impending Kitty Norville-shaped hole in my life. I want to say it sounded … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Clockwork Princess, by Cassandra Clare

Posted on 11 January 2018 by Dove

Thank you all for accompanying me on this journey. I feel much better now that I’ve written out my feelings on this trilogy. Also, spoiler alert ahead. All the others had spoilers alerts too, but this is the finale so … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Clockwork Prince, by Cassandra Clare

Posted on 7 January 2018 by Dove

You’ll be glad to know that this is much shorter than my ramble on about Clockwork Angel. Most of what I said there still holds here, so let’s just take all that as a given. Now that we’re in the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare

Posted on 6 January 2018 by Dove

This is going to be an absolute monster post, so bear with me. I don’t usually talk much about the authors of the books I read, because I like a work to stand on its own merit. But Cassandra Clare … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Short Story Round-Up!

Posted on 17 December 2017 by Dove

In late October I read a load of short stories in a short timeframe, so I’m going to do a quick round-up here. I’ll be doing a similar graphic novel round-up soon too, because I’ve been riding that train these … Continue reading →

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German Reading Project: Der Kleine Prinz, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Grete and Josef Leitgeb

Posted on 16 July 2017 by Dove

A whole book this time, and not just chapters! Der Kleine Prinz is both short enough and simply written enough that I managed it without too much heartache. My general German skills update: I’m improving in some ways and stalling … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Kitty Saves The World, by Carrie Vaughn

Posted on 5 July 2017 by Dove

Oh my goodness, this is the LAST ONE. I can finally rest easy knowing that the werewolves and assorted characters of supernatural Denver aren’t going to get into any more scrapes. I really shouldn’t need to spoiler warn for the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Low Midnight, by Carrie Vaughn

Posted on 11 June 2017 by Dove

So, maybe you thought I’d turned some kind of classy corner in my reading material. Maybe you were wrong. Time to review the penultimate book in the Kitty Norville series! We’re well over halfway there!

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