Top Ten Tuesday: Traits I Like in Characters (Sorted by Character Class/Type)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is "Traits I Like in Characters," but I decided to get a little more specific, because honestly, there are a LOT of traits that I like in characters. And a couple of years ago I realized that there are specific …

Top 5 Wednesday – Favourite Magic Systems

"Top 5 Wednesday" is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes in which you list your top 5 for the week's chosen topic. This week's topic is favourite magic systems. "Kathy, why do you have like a thousand shelves on your Goodreads?" Well, readers, I have them for moments like …

Diversity Spotlight Thursday: Pirates Ahoy!| 3 Days, 3 Quotes [Day 2]

Diversity Spotlight Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Aimal from Bookshelves & Paperbacks. Each week you come up with three book for three different categories: a diverse book you've read and enjoyed; a diverse book that's already been released and is in your TBR; and a diverse book that hasn't been released yet. And …

Top 5 Wednesday – Favourite SFF Covers (that are Red and Blue)

"Top 5 Wednesday" is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes, where you list your top 5 for the week's chosen topic. May is rewind month, and my chosen topic is: favourite SFF covers. Now, there are many incredible SFF covers out there, and it's impossible to include them all …

Undertaking the Heroine’s Journey in Fantasy Books

The Hero's Journey. We all know it. We've seen it played out countless times--from the classic Greek myths to more modern stories like Star Wars, The Lord of the Ring, Eragon, and the game Journey. Mythologist Joseph Campbell was the first to propose the archetype. Seeing a common pattern across various mythologies, he suggested the …

The 20 Questions Book Tag

I was tagged by Amy from A Court of Crowns and Quills for this, so thank you, Amy! She takes the loveliest book photos and her reviews are just as wonderful. Plus, she's a former aviator, which is the coolest thing in the world, so go check her out! 1. How many books is too …

Top 5 Wednesday – Auto-Buy SFF Authors

"Top 5 Wednesday" is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes, where you list your top 5 for the week's chosen topic. This week's theme is: your auto-buy authors that write SFF. I used to buy a lot of books on their release date without reading samples or consulting reviews. …

Book Haul – March 2018

My March book haul was the biggest so far this year, mostly because the Canadian customs is annoyingly slow and inconsistent, so books I'd ordered months ago from the UK just now arrived. A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers I confess I haven't read The Long Way to A Small Angry Planet yet, …

Top 5 Wednesday – Favourite Mentors/Teachers in Books

"Top 5 Wednesday" is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes, where you list your top 5 for the week's chosen topic. This week's theme is: favourite mentors/teachers. I had a lot going on this past week, so this was compiled kind of at the last minute. Which means it's …

“Champions of the Genre” – Explanation and Examples

As I write more and more reviews on this blog, you'll see a small notation/badge (that I've yet to design) sometimes appear beside the review score: "Champions of the Genre." You'll also notice an identically-named shelf on my Goodreads page. It's a designation plagiarized from inspired by video game critic Jim Sterling from the Jimquisition. …