Over halfway done with our final year of #ReadingValdemar, Melanie @ Grab the Lapels and I pick up the second book in The Herald Spy trilogy. The previous book, Closer to Home was an unexpected Romeo & Juliet retelling with a twist (obviously, we’re in Valdemar!). Could this book be another retelling with a twist? It doesn’t seem like it from the synopsis, but there is only one way to tell… 11 books. 12 months. 3 ...

  Melanie @ Grab the Lapels and I are halfway through the year and it’s finally time to start a new Valdemar series! This whole year we will follow Mags and his family through Lackey’s 11 most-recent Valdemar books. I can’t wait to see what sort of drama Mags and Amily get up to now that Mags has his Whites… 11 books. 12 months. 3 series. The journey concludes.    In some ways, Closer to Home was very predictabl...

  And so we’ve come to the end of The Collegium Chronicles – Lackey’s only Valdemar quintet book series. Melanie @ Grab the Lapels and I both found the previous books to feel like more of the same over and over again. As we come to the conclusion of this quintet will we feel the repetition again? Or will Lackey finally break her streak as Mags’s story concludes? 11 books. 12 months. 3 series. The journey concludes. ...

  Typically, Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar novels are either standalone or trilogies. This month, Melanie @ Grab the Lapels and I read the fourth book in Lackey’s first Valdemar Quintet – The Collegium Chronicles. This is Lackey’s first Valdemar series that extends beyond a trilogy. Will it be worth it? 11 books. 12 months. 3 series. The journey concludes.  Last time in Changes… Despite everything seeming to ret...

  Continuing my Great Newbery Quest, I have made my way into one of the few poetry winners. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices won the 1989 Newbery Award and is only the second book of poetry to ever win this prestigious children’s book award. As April is National Poetry Month in America, I thought it would be fitting to finally pick this book up. As I enjoy listening to poetry read aloud, I opted to listen to the audiobook. This audio...

  Typically, Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar novels are either standalone or trilogies. This month, Melanie @ Grab the Lapels and I read the third book in Lackey’s first Valdemar Quintet – The Collegium Chronicles. The first two were slower but addicting. Will the trend continue? 11 books. 12 months. 3 series. The journey concludes.  Last time in Intrigues… Mags has finally started to acclimate to life as a Trainee Her...

  Last month’s Valdemar book, Foundation, left me wanting more from Mags and the Collegium. I had hoped for more plot but ended the book with an urge to keep reading the series immediately. A strange combination for me. As Melanie @ Grab the Lapels and I continue reading The Collegium Chronicles, I can’t help but wonder if Intrigues will follow a similar format. 11 books. 12 months. 3 series. The journey concludes.  Last time ...

  Here we are – the first review for #ReadingValdemar 2021! This year, Melanie @ Grab the Lapels and I are reading the most recent, and final, 11 Valdemar universe novels. All these books follow the same character, Mags, and his family. It’s time to settle my biggest worry: Will I enjoy Mags enough as a character to enjoy #ReadingValdemar 2021? 11 books. 12 months. 3 series. The journey concludes.    So. This was unexpected...

  I love my Science Fiction/Fantasy book club. We are all well-read people who are passionate about literature but in very different ways. That said, the biggest challenge is to find a book the majority of us haven’t read. When The Lives of Tao was recommended for our book club and hardily seconded by the only other person in the group who has read it before (actually, the only other person who had heard of it before…), I knew I ...

  Continuing my quest to read all 100 Newbery Award Winners before January 2022, I have finally reached Smoky the Cowhorse. This book is one I know The Captain @ The Captain’s Quarters grew up loving. As such, I picked up the 1927 Newbery Award Winner with excitement. I should have known better, though. I was never really a horse-story girl… The little horse was having a great time up in that high country, and if he’d seen more...

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