Gen X’er raised in the wilds of suburban Detroit, moved to SF Bay Area in 90s and now live in East Bay with family. Secular homeschooler, voracious reader/learner, knitter, gardener, too many interests to mention. I’m also very interested in returning to the internet of old: weird, personal, and mostly run by individuals. Trying to do my part, but I’m shy and quiet…working on it though!
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9% complete! Kris has read 5 of 52 books.
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of …
I thought this was going to be a typical fantasy, but it went a bit deeper and was more complex and compelling than many others. Loved it.
Very cool book that explores 12 medieval manuscripts in detail - if you are interested in lettering and calligraphy, a must read (my library had this, yay!).
Fool Moon takes place six months after the events of Storm Front. Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, Chicagos only professional wizard …
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue …
Something is coming after Tiffany ...Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic …
I’m a tough reviewer so 4 stars for me is a fantastic rating (I save the 5 stars for books that feel like they belong in my top 50 books ever). The character of Dhikilo isn’t completely fleshed out, but she was compelling enough to want to know what happens to her. The plot is - on the surface - mainly typical fantasy but there are events and people and things that go deeper and will leave you thinking and musing after you’ve closed the book. Hence the 4 stars and why I’ll be reading moreFaber pretty soon.
The renowned activist and public intellectual David Graeber teams up with the professor of comparative …
Any book that begins with Hobbes and Rousseau (and will try and prove why their view of humanity is wrong) is going to hook me. It isn’t a dense academic tome either, definitely readable but still smart and dense with ideas (so far - will update when I read more).
Terry Pratchett's hilarious fourth Discworld novel established once and for all that Death really is …
My Libby accounts (three libraries, (love that the SF Main Library lets everyone in the Bay Area have a free library card, they have an extensive collection of books and audiobooks) cover about 70% of the Discworld books between them, and I’ve been reading them for the last month or so for pure comfort. I adore Neil Gaiman but have never really gotten into Terry Prachett’s stuff until now. Maybe I needed to be old enough? grin
