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The Song of Achilles – Book Review

Mel – I loved this book. I will read it again one day.

Achilles, Book Review, LGBT book review, LGBT Fantasy, LGBT Fiction, Madeline Miller, Patroclus, The Song of Achilles, The Song Of Achilles Review, TSOA

Father of the Future – Book Review

Mel – A futuristic romp with an AI supercomputer!

Book Blog, Book Review, Darren Shan, Sci-Fi

Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome – Review

Argo – A haunting review of the horror experience that is Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome

Book Blog, Book Review, british author, Garth Marenghi, Horror, humour, just plain weird, Typewriter

Is Warbreaker a Standalone – Book Review

Mel – Warbreaker was steamier than I was expecting!

Book Blog, Book Review, Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere, Nalthis, Warbreaker

Blake Eastwood Case 2 – Book Review

Mel – Blake Eastwood Case 2 just dropped and it’s dead cool!

Argo Ashton, Blake Eastwood, Book Blog, Book Review, Detective, Detective Fiction

Yangchen Book 2 Review – The Legacy of Yangchen

Mel – Find out if it was better than Yangchen book one!

Air Bender, Avatar Yangchen, Book Blog, Book Review, F. C. Yee, Kavik, Water Bender

Blake Eastwood Case 1 – Book Review

Mel – An author of this blog wrote a book!? Check it out…

Blake Eastwood, Blake Eastwood Case 1, Book Blog, Book Review

Meet Me in Another Life – Review

Argo – I might have enjoyed this in another life.

Book Blog, Book Review, Reincarnation, Time Shenanigans

The House in the Cerulean Sea – Review

Argo – A story about orphans and bureaucracy, and that sometimes kids are just that, kids.

Antichrist, Book Blog, Book Review, Fantasy, Orphanage, TJ Klune

Yangchen Book 1 Review – The Dawn of Yangchen

Mel – Better or worse than the Kyoshi books? Read on to find out!

Air Bender, ATLA, Avatar, Bin-Er, Book Blog, Book Review, Kavik, Kyoshi, Water Bender, Yangchen

Legends & Lattes

Argo – D&D meets Full House meets Diner Dash

Book Blog, Book Review, Fantasy, Low Stakes, Travis Baldree

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England – Book Review

Mel – Reviewing Sanderson’s latest, hot off the press.

Book Blog, Book Review, Brandon Sanderson, Cliché, Ealstan, Frugal Wizard, Isekai, John West, Medieval England, Runian, Sanderson, Sefawynn, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Wolfsong – Book Review

Mel – Wolfsong had issues, but if you’re mindful then you can still find an amazing book.

Bennett Pack, Book Blog, Book Review, canine, Fantasy Book, Green Creek, Joe Bennett, Literature, Lore Olympus, Oxnard, Oxnard Matheson, PackBrotherSonLove, Romance, Shifter, shifter romance, TJ Klune, Twilight, Werewolf, wolf
banner image best dog book covers Wolfsong, Call of the Wild, Darkest Powers, The Sight, Well of Ascension

The Best Dogs in Fiction

Mel – I’ve read a lot of stories about dogs, wolves, and their human companions. Here are some of my favourites.

A Song of Ice and Fire, ASOIAF, Book Blog, Book Review, Brandon Sanderson, canine, David Clement-Davies, Dogs, Fantasy, Game of Thrones, Ghost, Ghsot, GRR Martin, GRRM, Hound, Hounds, Jack London, Michelle Paver, Mistborn, Nymeria, T. J. Klune, The Call of the WIld, The Sight, The Well of Ascension, warg, Werewolf, Werewolves, White Fang, Wolfsong

Ghost Hunter – Book Review

Mel – It’s the original finale for The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness! It’s not my favourite book in the series…

Book Blog, Book Review, darkfur, fin-kedinn, Ghost Hunter, Michelle Paver, renn, Soul Eaters, The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, torak, wolf, wolf clan

Riftan’s POV, or Under the Oak Tree: Side Story – Book Review

Mel – The Under the Oak Tree prequel does not disappoint.

Book Blog, Book Review, English Translation, Korean, Korean Literature, Maximillian Croyso, Prequel, Riftan Calypse, Riftan's POV, Ruth Serbel, Suji Kim, Translation, Under the Oak Tree, Webcomic

Kyoshi Book 2 Review – The Shadow of Kyoshi

Mel – Could this be the finale to the Kyoshi book series?

ATLA, Avatar, Avatar Kyoshi, Avatar The Last Airbender, Book Blog, Book Review, Hei-ran, Kyoshi, Rangi, The Rise of Kyoshi, The Shadow of Kyoshi, Yun

The Last Unicorn – ReRead – Book Review and Connections with Autism

Mel – This book is more than you expect. I love this book.

Autism, Autistic, Book Review, Booktok, Fantasy Books, King Haggard, Lir, Molly Grue, Patrick Rothfuss, Peter S. Beagle, Schmendrick, The Lady Amalthea, The Last Unicorn, The Red Bull, Unicorn, Wednesday Addams

The Lost Metal – A Wayne Centric Review

Mel – I quite enjoyed the finale of Mistborn era 2!

Book Blog, Book Review, Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere, Elendel, Mistborn, scadrial, Terris, Terrisborn, The Bands of Mourning, The Lost Metal, Waxillium, Wayne

Oathbreaker – Book Review

Mel – Book 5 is a great return to Torak and Renn!

bale, Book Blog, Book Review, canine, clans, fin-kedinn, Michelle Paver, oathbreaker, raven clan, renn, Romance, The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, thiazzi, torak, tribal, wolf clan, wolves

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