10.18.2015
Fathom
by Cherie Priest, 380 pgs, hardcover
Overall Grade: C
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, genre: historical, media: book
10.14.2015
Blood Canticle
by Anne Rice, 306 pgs, hardcover
Series: Vampire Chronicles #10, Lives of the Mayfair Witches
Overall Grade: C
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, media: book, series: Lives of the Mayfair Witches, series: Vampire Chronicles
10.10.2015
The Emerald City of Oz
original author: L. Frank Baum, writer: Eric Shanower, artist: Skottie Young, 120 pgs, hardcover Series: adapted from 'The Emerald City of Oz' book 6 in the Land of Oz series
Overall Grade: B
Labels: genre: children's, genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, genre: graphic novel, media: book, series: Oz
8.21.2015
Jack Cloudie
by Stephen Hunt, 410 pgs, hardcover
Book 5 in the Jackelian series
Overall Grade: A-
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, genre: steampunk, media: book, series: Jackelian
Blackwood Farm
by Anne Rice, 528 pgs, hardcover
Series: Series: The Vampire Chronicles book 9, The Mayfair Witches
Overall Grade: C
Labels: genre: biographical, genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, genre: horror, media: book, series: Vampire Chronicles
Sharps
by K.J. Parker, 449 pgs, paperback
Overall Grade: B+
The machinations in here are probably less convoluted than Parker's other novels. The story follows a fencing team on a goodwill, exhibition tour of a neighboring, erstwhile-enemy country. Each character brings some figurative baggage (financial, psychological, etc.) only a few are explained upfront.
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, media: book

