In my reading habits, I do not read too much fantasy. I have never been a fan of high fantasy, those works that are set in an alternate world. I struggled with The Hobbit for years before finally managing to get through the audio book last year, for example. I do better with “low” fantasy, stories set in the recognizable world which include magical or mythological elements, which is where books like Daughter of Smoke and Bone work much better for me. The Devourers, our […]
Discussion Topics: The Devourers
Discussion day is today, 3/8 – Visit the discussion page and join the conversation! Hello Book Clubbers! We’re about 9 days away from our book club meeting on Wednesday March 8th to discuss Indra Das’ The Devourers. I’ll be honest, I’ve not finished it yet, but I did want to get this reminder post up for those of you who are like me, and get some of the possible discussion topics out for you to be thinking about. I’ve seen a variety of reviews […]
A Case Where the Book and Movie have *VASTLY* Different Plots
It would appear that I am in the minority as regards my opinions regarding Moonraker, the third James Bond novel by Sir Ian Fleming. I didn’t much enjoy it. Moonraker is back to the three-act structure we found in Casino Royale, and the three acts are decidedly similar. Act one is background knowledge via gambling, act two is the discovery of the mission and its true scope, act three is the part where Bond makes his moves and recovers from the physical cost of the […]
We Could All So Easily Be Wrecked
I’m rating this one 5 stars not because it’s perfect (although I feel it is pretty close) but instead because it is perfect for right now. In Trainwreck, Sady Doyle unpacks the ways that society judges women who dare to live too big a life and how historically “too big a life” has been pretty darn small. I was already in an angry feminist headspace last November when I read badkittyuno’s review and her description of the book as a journey through the cycle of […]