2011 has come and gone, and now that it’s 2012, the fangirls here at TDF are feeling nostalgic. This week, a few of us will be talking about what we think was the best that 2011 had to offer. First up? Books!
TDF Pamela’s Picks
Late Eclipses and One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire
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Dark Road To Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
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Series: Fourth in the Lady Julia Grey series
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Mira
Available Formats: Paperback / E-book
Description: Lady Julia Grey and detective Nicholas Brisbane are ready to put their investigative [...]
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Description: A spy for the Typhon Pact—a new political rival of the Federation—steals the plans for Starfleet’s newest technological advance: the slipstream drive. To stop the Typhon Pact from unlocking the drive’s secrets, Starfleet Intelligence recruits a [...]
Drought by Pam Bachorz
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Description: Ruby dreams of escaping the Congregation. Escape from slaver Darwin West and his cruel Overseers. Escape from struggling to gather the life-prolonging Water that keeps the Congregants alive–and Darwin rich. Escape [...]
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Description: Kestrel was born a Promise, a child with magical talents, and as such sought by the Danisoban mages who control all use of magic. After the Danisoban Brethren kill her parents, Kestrel survives as a street urchin and tavern maid [...]
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Description: Jane, a shapeshifting vampire-hunter-for-hire, crosses paths with a stranger who has arrived in New Orleans, enlisted to hunt vampires who have gone insane-or so he says… {from author’s website, faithhunter.net}
This review is based on a copy I purchased [...]
Well of Shades by Juliet Marillier
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Description:Sent home to Ireland on a secret mission for King Bridei of Fortriu, Faolan must first deliver the news of a brave warrior’s death. Unexpectedly, Bridei’s chief assassin and spy also finds himself facing the demons of his family’s dark past. By the [...]
Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier
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Description:The kingdom of Fortriu has enjoyed five years of peace since Bridei came to the throne. Now the king is preparing for the long-awaited war that he hopes will see the Gaelic invaders driven from the west forever. The princess Ana, a hostage [...]
The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
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Description: In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This act of kindness engulfs Oree [...]
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I was surprised to find that there was no post about the Temeraire series by fellow-geek-girl Naomi Novik on this blog. It’s about time we had one!
Several months ago, TDF Pamela asked us about “comfort reads”–books we read and reread all the time. I didn’t have an answer for her at the time, but [...]