4 out of 5 Stars The Blurb Welcome to Trace Italian, a game of strategy and survival! You may now make your first move. Isolated by a disfiguring injury since the age of 17, Sean Phillips crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to play in. From his small apartment in Southern California, he orchestrates fantastic adventures … Continue reading Book Review: Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
Month: February 2021
Book Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
4 out of 5 Stars The Blurb Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Well, he would be perfectly normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the world … Continue reading Book Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Book Review: The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
5 out of 5 Stars! The Blurb A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril, has returned to the noble household he once served as page, and is named, to his great surprise, as the secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in line to rule. It is an … Continue reading Book Review: The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Book Review: Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
5 out of 5 Stars! The Blurb In the third book in Ashley Poston's Once Upon a Con series, Beauty and the Beast is retold in the beloved Starfield universe.Rosie Thorne is feeling stuck—on her college application essays, in her small town, and on that mysterious General Sond cosplayer she met at ExcelsiCon. Most of … Continue reading Book Review: Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
Art Prompt: Horns
Keeping on with the belated Goretober prompts, the next theme was "horns". This is fan art of one of my favorite scenes from The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. Ink on grey paper. You can tell profiles aren't a strength of mine, but this was good practice 🙂