Adventure | Raging Biblio-holism

Six of Crows / Crooked Kingdom

December 12, 2016 by Drew

SIX OF CROWS Rating: 5 out of 5 The Short Version: After a weaponized form of magic enhancement is discovered, a young rogue puts together a team to pull off a daring heist – from the most impenetrable fortress on the planet. This, assuming they don’t kill each other first… The Review: Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha trilogy passed me by, to some extent. I knew it was out there and was intrigued by the concept, but it’d gotten some rough marks from friends […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: Adventure, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Crooked Kingdom, Fantasy, Fiction, Grisha, Leigh Bardugo, Literature, review, Reviews, Six of Crows, Thriller, Young Adult

Head Lopper and The Island, or A Plague of Beasts

November 22, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: The famed hero Head Lopper (“Norgal is fine”) arrives on the island of XXXX, with the head of Agatha the Blue Witch in tow. After vanquishing a terrible sea serpent in the harbor, he is tasked to slay the sorcerer who has cast such a pall on this land – but the sorcerer has his own plan for Norgal… The Review: I found this one by accident, as often the best discoveries occur. I’ve been reading more […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: A Plague of Beasts, Adventure, Agatha the Blue Witch, Andrew Maclean, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Head Lopper, Head Lopper & the Island, Mike Spicer, Monsters, Norgal, Reviews, Vikings

Leave a comment

Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse #3)

November 7, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: After the protomolecule had its way with Venus, it launched something out into orbit in the outer reaches of the planetary solar system. Nobody has yet gone through this Ring, but when a rogue spacecraft does and discovers something on the other side, humanity’s interest is piqued. And of course, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante find themselves in the midst of it all – but this time, they have to figure out how to battle back […]

Categories: Fiction, Sci-Fi • Tags: Abaddon's Gate, Adventure, Aliens, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Colonization, Fiction, James S. A. Corey, Outer Space, review, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Solar System

Leave a comment

A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2)

April 6, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Four months have passed since the events of A Darker Shade of Magic and the world of Red London has essentially recovered. But Prince Rhy and his magician brother Kell are chafing against their newfound magical bond and Delilah Bard, taken under the wing of a charismatic pirate, is already starting to think about running again. As their lives converge once more, in time for a massive magical tournament, a fourth life – from another London altogether – […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: A Gathering of Shadows, Adventure, Alternate Realities, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fantasy, Fiction, London, Magic, Muse Monthly, Reviews, Shades of Magic, Subscription Box, Tea, Tea Reviews, V.E. Schwab

Leave a comment

The Regional Office is Under Attack!

March 28, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Behind an unassuming fancy travel agency on Park Avenue, down a very deep elevator shaft, sits the headquarters for the Regional Office – a team of highly-trained, highly-talented female assassins. And today, the Regional Office is under attack – by a team of traitors and defectors – and defended only by a few office drones and one woman with a mechanical arm. The Review: I’m so incredibly happy that this book exists. You probably know if you’re […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Sci-Fi • Tags: Advance Review, Adventure, Assassins, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Fun, Literature, Manuel Gonzales, Reviews, Riverhead Books, Sci-Fi, The Regional Office, The Regional Office is Under Attack!

Bookburners, Season One

January 13, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: After her brother nearly dies from calling up a demon, NYPD Detective Sal Brooks joins an oddball team based out of the Vatican and charged with hunting down magical relics. But even the Vatican isn’t necessarily safe from evil… The Review: So let’s talk first about the structure of this here thing. SerialBox Publishing is taking Mark Z. Danielewski’s idea for The Familiar (a reading experience that mirrors the experience of a really great TV series) and doubling down: a […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: Action, Adventure, audiobook, Book Review, Book Reviews, Bookburners, Books, Brian Francis Slattery, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Margaret Dunlap, Max Gladstone, Mur Lafferty, Religion, Reviews, Serial, Serial Box, Serial Novel, Xe Sands

License Renewed

September 18, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Bond is back – only it’s now the 1980s and things have changed. Not everything, of course: there’s still an M and a Q and Bond is still Bond and a crazy person has an idea for how to wreak havoc around the world, this time involving nuclear power stations. And only Bond has a chance at stopping him… The Review: Those old Fleming Bond novels are strangely compelling. Not all of them were terrifically well-written (although […]

Categories: Fiction, Spy • Tags: Adventure, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, England, Fiction, Ian Fleming, James Bond, John Gardner, License Renewed, MI-6, Reviews, Spy

The Scar

August 17, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Bellis Coldwine escapes New Crobuzon on a boat bound for the colonies to the East – but when the ship is turned around and then captured by pirates, she’s left without a plan. Still, Armada (the near-mythic floating city of ships) might provide her with a chance to get home – but the rulers of the city have a plan of their own: to find a rent in the very fabric of the world known as the Scar… […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature • Tags: Adventure, Bas-Lag, China Miéville, Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Multiverse Theory, Oceans, Pirates, Probability Theory, Seafaring, The Scar, Weird, Weird Fiction

Fever Dream (Pendergast #10)

July 3, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Agent Pendergast’s wife died on safari some twelve years ago – but a chance examination of her hunting rifle reveals something else: that she was, in fact, murdered. Pendergast sets off to discover who caused it and why, stripping away parts of himself in the ruthless pursuit of answers… answers that might reveal that he never knew his bride at all. The Review: I’m torn about this Pendergast novel, for a couple of reasons. For one, it […]

Categories: Fiction • Tags: Adventure, Agent Pendergast, Aloysius Pendergast, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Constance Greene, Douglas Preston, Fiction, Laura Hayward, Lincoln Child, New Orleans, Pendergast, Preston & Child, Reviews, Thriller, Vincent D'Agosta

Leave a comment

Raging Biblio-holism

The overwhelming urge to collect, consume, and consider books

Tag: Adventure

Six of Crows / Crooked Kingdom

Head Lopper and The Island, or A Plague of Beasts

Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse #3)

A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2)

The Regional Office is Under Attack!

Bookburners, Season One

License Renewed

The Scar

Fever Dream (Pendergast #10)