Dragon’s Bloodby Jane Yolen320pp (Paperback)My Rating: 7/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.15/5Goodreads Rating: 3.9/5 Dragon’s Blood, which first came out in the 1980s, is the first book in the Pit Dragon Chronicles trilogy by Jane Yolen. Although it is the first book in a series, there are no cliffhanger endings and the book stands quite well on its own. This is tagged as a young adult book and the main story is very reminiscent of books I read as a child; […]

The Princes of the Golden Cageby Nathalie Mallet320pp (Paperback)My Rating: 5/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.25/5Goodreads Rating: 2.5/5 The Princes of the Golden Cage is Nathalie Mallet’s debut novel and the first book in the Prince Amir series. I was fortunate enough to receive a copy from a book giveaway on Fantasy & Sci-Fi Lovin’ Book Reviews last month, so I recently read it to review here. This mystery story is not one I would recommend, but it is good if […]

Lords of Rainbowby Vera Nazarian424pp (Paperback)My Rating: 9/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.33/5Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Lords of Rainbow by Vera Nazarian is the first book in a duology, although it is a complete story that works perfectly well as a stand alone novel. (I actually thought it was a stand alone book until I looked at the works in progress on Nazarian’s site and saw that she was working on a “standalone sequel” called Lady of Monochrome.) This fantasy story was […]

Making Moneyby Terry Pratchett400pp (Hardcover)My Rating: 7/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.99/5Goodreads Rating: 4.01/5 Making Money, the thirty-second novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, is the second book in the series about con-artist Moist von Lipwig. Both stories are self-contained, meaning that you do not have to read any of the previous Discworld books in order to enjoy the newest one, although a few minor parts of the book will probably make more sense to you if you have […]

The Amber Spyglassby Philip Pullman560pp (Hardcover)My Rating: 7/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.17/5Goodreads Rating: 4.09/5 The Amber Spyglass is the third book in the His Dark Materials series. (I was going to say it was also the final book, but apparently Philip Pullman is writing a fourth book in the series called The Book of Dust.) While it was still a good book that I did not regret reading, I felt it was the weakest book in the series. There were […]

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Palby Christopher Moore464pp (Paperback)My Rating: 7.5/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.39/5Goodreads Rating: 4.39/5 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore is a humorous account of the life of Christ told from the perspective of an old friend of his. It starts with his life as a young boy and ends with the crucifixion and primarily focuses on the “missing” years that are absent from the gospels in the […]