Dragonsdawn is the ninth book in the Dragonriders of Pern series but takes place approximately 2,500 years before Dragonflight, the first book in the series. I discovered Anne McCaffrey in an English textbook sample my dad brought home from school when I was about 13. There was an excerpt from Dragonsinger in there and I fell in love. I devoured every Pern book our local library had over the next few months and set out to collect the ones they didn’t have. I purchased […]
Cannonball Read Review #3: In the Hand of the Goddess
I review Tamora Pierce’s In the Hand of the Goddess over on my blog. This is the second novel in the Song of the Lioness quartet, one of my all-time favorite book series. I don’t gush in this review like I did in my review of Alanna: The First Adventure, because I’ve already said how much I love these books and why.
CBR Review #2: Alanna: The First Adventure
The book cover I’m using is the original cover for the first edition of this book, from back in 1982 (I think). To me, this is the only cover that I even acknowledge. It’s the first one I saw, and the best one. It’s so evocative of the story, whereas the newer ones are just blah. I review this book over on my blog. Sorry, my site is slow. I need my husband to upgrade the hosting to a *faster* site, but he’s cheap. […]
“Come with us if you want to live”
I review Rhapsody: Child of Blood over on my blog. The review doesn’t really do the book justice, but I don’t want to give away plot points and twists. “You’re the dirt of the ground Oi walk on, You’re pond scum under my heel. Just try disobeyin’ my orers, Oi’ll feed ya three feet o’ black steel. It’s a crime to despise the Sergeant, No matter what ‘e thinks o’ you Be sure not to spread your opinion Or you’ll wind up for sure in […]