3.5 stars When Lord Nicholas Falcott, the Marquess of Something-or-other (I finished this book more than a month ago and can’t be bothered to go looking up piddling details like that) is about to be killed on the battlefield in Spain in 1812, he suddenly finds himself transported forward in time about 200 years. After being nearly run over by a car, he wakes up in a modern hospital, in the company of a stranger who tells him that jumping through time is less unusual […]
Let yourself be triggered.
Well, it’s a first for me to give anything Neil Gaiman has written less than four stars, but I’m reminding myself that according to Goodreads’ rating system, that means “I liked it.” And I did! Some of the stories were delightful and magical, and terrifying. But some of them didn’t really work for me, for one reason or another, and overall, it was actually harder to pay attention to the stories, or work up enough energy to dive back into the book, knowing I’d have […]
You’d think Time-Traveling witchery would be enough of an obstacle to overcome
My Highland Bride, which stars a hard-headed, Scottish nobleman, an equally stubborn, time-traveling Southern lady (& her sister), a set of unfortunate circumstances, a few too many “noble” intentions, and a long tangled road to the happy ending. It’s the second book in Maeve Greyson’s Highland Hearts series, and the ending certainly leads right into book three, whenever that might be coming. Watching Kenna and Collum but heads (and hearts) was entertaining, although I could’ve done with about a third less problems popping up in […]
Sharp, meta, and entertaining
I have to apologize in advance to Redshirts because I have major review fatigue. I was really hoping to do a double cannonball this year, and I can based on my pace, but lawd almighty am I ever running out of different ways to talk about books. And as such, this is going to be such a crappy review. Anyway, Redshirts was great. It hooked me immediately and kept me laughing throughout; I sympathized with the characters and was utterly delighted at each of Scalzi’s uber-winky PLOT […]