The Rook (The Checquy Files #1) by Daniel O'Malley. Myfanwy (rhymes with Tiffany) Thomas wakes up surrounded by dead bodies, with no memory and a strange letter in hand. Through information left by her pre-amnesia self, Myfanwy learns that a) she has special powers,...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
Cartoon series of the week: They Can Talk. What animals are really thinking. Videos of the week: Penguins vs. A Rope, and Buddy the Rescue Dog and the GoDogGo ball thrower. Pro-choice advocates just won the biggest Supreme Court abortion case in decades. Woo!...
Book Review: Steelheart
Steelheart (Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanderson. I'm a fan of Sanderson's Mistborn books, and his Stormlight Archives series so far. And while I never finished the Wheel of Time series (as of yet), I heard he did good things with it after Robert Jordan's death. So I've...
Taking Stock
Taking a page from Pip's book and using this list to do a life snapshot. I don't have any fun pictures to intro this, so we're just going to jump right into the list: Making: cupcakes in the morning! Cooking: Nothing at the moment, but I made this for my mom and...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
This week in You've Been Lied To: Sorry But Medieval Armies Probably Didn't Use Fire Arrows. Ironic Serif: A Brief History of Typographic Snark and the Failed Crusade for an Irony Mark. Your romantic first dates? Restaurants hate them. Delusion at the...
Book Review: Arena
Arena by Holly Jennings. Arena is the story of Kali Ling, a gamer-gladiator competing in the elite RAGE tournaments. It takes place in the not-too-distant future, where virtual reality games are the latest sports craze. Contestants compete in to-the-death matches,...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
If you only read one thing this week, read this: Female Rage Doesn’t Exist In A Vacuum. Girly Book Covers and Man Book Clubs In Defense of Unlikable Women (characters). “Like it or not, failure of empathy in the face of unlikable women in fiction can often lead...
Currently Reading
I haven't finished a book I felt could use a full review since my last review, so instead today I'm talking about 3 books I'm currently work my way through. Here's the latest picks from my TBR pile: Arena by Holly Jennings. One of my recent NetGalley grabs. It tells...
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I’m a self-employed graphic designer by day, and a crafty hungry bookworm by night. Dragonflight Dreams is where I write about books, recipes, internet goodies, life things, crafty projects, Austin happenings, and more.
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