This was a year of significant change for me. I took a break from blogging back in the Spring/Summer to deal with some family illnesses, career changes, and other 'life' events that demanded my focus, and I honestly wondered if I was simply just done. Fortunately, reading from my shelves, without the pressure of release... Continue Reading →

Kings of the Wyld is a book I'd seen kicking around on social media - mostly in the circles of grimdark - but one to which I really hadn't paid much attention. However, when an unexpected copy arrived in my mailbox, complete with a Canadian flag sticker on the front, the promise of "brazen fun and a rock... Continue Reading →

The Grace of Kings is, in a word, stunning. Normally I try to avoid making comparisons with my reviews, but here it's fitting. Ken Liu's debut possesses all the epic grandeur, intelligence, and dignity of a Guy Gavriel Kay novel, accented by the complexities, intricacies, and smirking humor of Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen. It's a huge,... Continue Reading →