Inventrix | February 17, 2010
original post is here
You may all be pleased/excited/uncaring to know that, thanks to my mother’s excellent advice in pointing me towards the BookSleuth forum at AbeBooks, I now have the title and author of the bizarre and confusing book that I was so puzzling over!
It is “Lavondyss” by Robert Holdstock, and the reviews on amazon.com [...]
Inventrix | August 14, 2009
You can blame theladyisugly for my doing this!
I’ve read the ones in bold. I’d like to read the ones in italics. I plan to someday finish reading the ones underlined
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series – [...]
Inventrix | July 17, 2009
Have I read it recently? Halfway
As a quick note, I just want to say that this new cover (visible to the left) is absolutely hideous. Mine looks like this one, and is in my opinion vastly superior a design. I mean, what is with that hideous pink? Blech!
Anyway. I normally try [...]
Inventrix | July 8, 2009
Have I read it recently? Sort of
This book has one of the best (in my opinion, of course) alternate world premises I’ve read so far. It’s quite clever and unique. On the flip side, this does have one characteristic which may put off a lot of you… I’m going to present the [...]
Inventrix | July 1, 2009
I couldn’t come up with a book review for today, so I decided to run a rough editing job over an excerpt of my current manuscript project and let you all read it.
But first, a few disclaimers.
This is a rough edit of the first draft. As a result, the final result may end up [...]
Inventrix | June 29, 2009
Have I read it recently? No
Okay, I have to admit something before going into this review (which is going to be short). Namely, this book is what I consider “fluff”. It’s a light, fun read, little to no substance, nothing particularly notable or special about it other than I like it and it’s [...]
Inventrix | June 19, 2009
Have I read it recently? Yes
Ladies and gentlemen, may I give you my first steampunk offering in this series of reviews… Lord Kelvin’s Machine! I’m sorry to say that Amazon doesn’t seem to be selling the paperback copy new, which is why I uncharacteristically linked to the hardcover.
This is one of my more obscure [...]
Inventrix | June 17, 2009
Have I read it recently? No
Dragonsdawn is the story of the first settlers on Pern, the fictional world of Anne McCaffrey’s creation which has spawned such a great multitude of draconic science fiction/fantasy. But, don’t be fooled. McCaffrey’s Pern books are, for the most part, written with a target audience of the world’s [...]
Inventrix | June 16, 2009
It occurred to me that it might be rather nice to give you guys the original poem that I mentioned that Susan Cooper wrote, and which the entire series is based around. It’s effectively an age-old prophetic poem, and is rather nice in its own right.
When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it [...]
Inventrix | June 6, 2009
Of course, I have to start this off with my beloved Asimov, master of the science fiction short story. You’ll never see me referring to him as a scifi author, either, because he stated that he hated the term. I forget the exact reason he gave, but it’s irrelevant.
Most of you should at [...]
