Longbourn by Jo Baker. If Pride & Prejudice was turned into Upstairs/Downstairs or Downton Abbey, this would be the Downstairs portion. It's the story of the servants that we just get mere glimpses of in Austen's original, given their own histories and lives and...
Today this little space on the web turns 3 years old. It simultaneously seems like longer and yet not that long. I've been through a slight name change and several blog themes. I've tried and then abandoned sponsorships and certain topics/series. Writing a blog is a...
The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson. I've followed this author, Maureen Johnson, on Twitter for quite awhile (she actually is one of my favorite Twitter personalities), so I thought it was high time I actually checked out her writing. I...
The Winter King by C.L. Wilson. When the rep from Harper Collins/Avon contacted me to see if I'd be interested in reviewing an advance copy of a high/epic fantasy romance, I didn't have to think twice. Magic and princes and sexy times? Yes, please. And The Winter King...
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan. Right, you thought I could walk by this cover in the library and not pick it up? Ha. This book is a fun little adventure story. The conceit is that it's told as a memoir, from the point of view of...
The Forest of Hands & Teeth by Carrie Ryan. I picked up this book because it was billed as an interesting YA dystopia. And it is a dystopia, but it's also a zombie book. Not my usual wheelhouse, but I went with it. The Forest of Hands & Teeth is the story of Mary, a...
The Secret Daughter of the Tsar by Jennifer Laam I've always been a little fascinated with the Romanov family, so this was a no brainer to pick up when I saw it at the library. As Goodreads says, it's "a compelling alternate history of the Romanov family in which a...
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman It'd been too long since I read a book with dragons! This was an excellent remedy for that. Seraphina takes place in a fantasy world where humans and (shape-shifting, uber-logical) dragons live in uneasy peace since the war that raged...
Written in Red by Anne Bishop I've been a long-time fan of Anne Bishop (loved her Ephemera series, and her Black Jewels series is also great). But somehow I missed that book one of her new series came out last year, and only just got around to reading it. It's adult...
Dead Set by Richard Kadrey I'm a big fan of Kadrey's Sandman Slim series, so I was excited to read his new standalone, fantasy-horror YA book. It's the story of Zoe, a girl dealing with the upheaval her father's unexpected death has had on her life. Her best friend is...
Hi, I’m Amanda!
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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