Time again for Long and Short Reviews Wednesday blogging challenge. Last week’s was a challenge for me. This week’s is easy: I’d love a dragon. Well, I live in a small condo, so perhaps a fire lizard. I’ve always loved dragons. I consumed McCaffery’s Pern Books when I was a kid. I love Novik’s Temaire Series. I see my cat Circe in Toothless. Plus flying. Who wouldn’t want to go flying on the back of a dragon?
Naomi Novik is one of my favorite authors. I often find with series, I run out of steam/get disenchanted after awhile. But her Termeraire series held up over all 9 books. I wept to read the last of them. Just brilliant! Patrick O’Brian meets dragons. She plays brilliantly with folk and fairy tales in Uprooted and Spinning Silver. And, while I’m not through them, I’m enjoying her Scholomance series (Harry Potter if the school was actively trying to kill the students). I also appreciated how she responded to criticism of her first book in the series. If you haven’t read her, I highly recommend.
Ramblings 