So I’ve schemed a scheme, and I’ve got a Big Thing coming up in a few days—big for me, anyway. I’ve been working hard to earn enough cash to enjoy the Big Thing, and I haven’t even had time to finish the post I’m writing about the wheres and the whys and what it means for Wanderlust. Right now, I just got home from eight hours of housepainting, and I still have a list of things to do tonight: laundry, packing, cleaning, a little more painting, plus sorting out that real blog post, if I get a chance (I’d like to). I don’t have a lot else to give in the way of writing, so here’s what we’ll do: When I enter in a book at Goodreads, I like to write a quick review, a sort of off-the-cuff attempt to capture my impression of the book. Here’s what I thought of a few things I’ve read in the past few months, all books to which I gave five out of five stars.
The Mystery of Grace by Charles De Lint
This was really good. Shocking and heartbreaking, with just enough grit and grease to balance the themes of fantasy and faith. The Mystery of Grace is urban fantasy at its best.
Zombies vs Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier
This book contained many fun and diverting stories. A very good read to pass the time, and some of the stories were surprisingly deep and challenging. Personally, I liked the unicorn stories best (and found the arrogant tone of the pro-zombie editor a little tiresome. Yeah, you like zombies. Do you have to be so insulting about it?).
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
This is just as good as everyone says it is. Engaging and delightful and devastating, even if you thought you never wanted to start another one of those epic kingdom-building fantasy series again.
Pegasus by Robin McKinley
Robin McKinley has done it again. Those of us who played at pegasus-riding and My Little Pony in preschool may find it difficult to take a book titled ‘Pegasus’ seriously, but you can’t skip a book with the name Robin McKinley on it, and the sophisticated creatures in this book called pegasi may surprise you. Definitely give this book a read, but watch out for the cliffhanger ending. I can’t wait for the next book.
Grace Makley 
I’m adding some of these to my to-read list. Thanks for the links and dang you for feeding my problem! 🙂
You’re welcome, I hope you enjoy them. 🙂
GAME OF THRONES WAS GREAT! i am going with my audio book route on this one. one of my talahi friends asked me what i was listening to and his response was “oh yah that’s the boring one in the series.” eluding to the fact that the rest of them are even more amazing then the first one is! aaah i cant wait to pick up the next one.
I haven’t got my hands on the next one yet either! Amazon reviews says it starts dragging a few books in, so we’ll see, but I’m excited to read more (I wasn’t actually expecting to get into it, so it surprised me).
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