Ahoy there me mateys! For those of ye who are new to me log, a word: though this log’s focus is on sci-fi, fantasy, and young adult, this Captain does have broader reading tastes. Occasionally I will share some novels that I enjoyed that are off the charts (a non sci-fi, fantasy, or young adult … Continue reading Off the Charts that Walks the Plank – the silent patient (Alex Michaelides)
Ahoy there me mateys! I slowly be working me way through the novels by Daryl Gregory. This is me fourth book of his but by far me least favourite of the bunch so far. Part of that may be that it is a first novel. Part of it was the resolution. And part of it … Continue reading Walk the Plank – pandemonium (Daryl Gregory)
Ahoy there me mateys! I really wanted to like this book. I really did. The book is an alternate history of Victorian England where sin is marked in a person by Smoke that pours out of their skin. The rich rule in absolute authority because they be clean and seemingly free of Smoke. The poor … Continue reading Walk the Plank – smoke (Dan Vyleta)
Ahoy there me mateys! This be the second book in me Ports for Plunder - 19 Books in 2019 list. I had been on the fence about this book for quite some time. But the book won the 2018 Goodreads Choice for best debut author and then I read matey Paul @ paul'spicks review and so … Continue reading Walk the Plank – children of blood and bone (Tomi Adeyemi)
Ahoy there me mateys! I have read more books this year then there are days left to review them individually. So today I bring ye a muster of mini-reviews of books that must walk the plank! Books walk the plank when I finish them but do not like them. What be a muster? Well the … Continue reading Walk the Plank – a Muster of Mini-Reviews of 4 Novels
Ahoy there me mateys! I received this fantasy eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. So here be me honest musings . . . city of broken magic (Mirah Bolender) Title: city of broken magic Author: Mirah Bolender Publisher: Macmillian-Tor/Forge Publication Date: TODAY!! (paperback/e-book) ISBN: 978-1250169273 Source: NetGalley I was excited about this … Continue reading Walk the Plank On the Horizon – city of broken magic (Mirah Bolender)
Ahoy there me mateys! I received this sci-fi dystopian eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. So here be me honest musings . . . vox (Christina Dalcher) Title: vox Author: Christina Dalcher Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Publication Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2018! (hardback/e-book) ISBN: 978-0440000785 Source: NetGalley So I seem to be … Continue reading Walk the Plank On the Horizon – vox (Christina Dalcher)
Ahoy there me mateys! This was an young adult fantasy audiobook that I picked up because it takes place in a magical Venice, the author is German, and it has a wonderful cover: I loved the setting of the book. The story takes place in an alternate magical Venice. The world is ruled by the … Continue reading Walk the Plank – the water mirror (Kai Meyer)
Ahoy there me mateys! I received this young adult gothic fiction eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. So here be me honest musings . . . girl at the grave (Teri Bailey Black) Title: girl at the grave Author: Teri Bailey Black Publisher: Macmillian-Tor/Forge Publication Date: TODAY! (hardcover/e-book) ISBN: 978-0765399489 Source: NetGalley … Continue reading Walk the Plank On the Horizon – girl at the grave (Teri Bailey Black)
Ahoy there me mateys! This was another audiobook that I picked up because it takes place at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina and because of the wonderful cover: I loved the setting of the book. I visited the Biltmore Estate as a younger human and had so much fun there. Both the house … Continue reading Walk the Plank – serafina and the black cloak (Robert Beatty)
