"You can laugh and say I'm a silly girl—but when I see anyone big pick on someone small, well, there's going to be a fight." Kel We finally get to my absolute favorite quartet of the entire Tortall series: The Protector of the Small books. They are the best. This is the pinnacle moment of … Continue reading Book Review: First Test (Tortall 2023 Reread)
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2023 Wrap-Up: Everything Else
And here is where I wrap up the other favorite categories, and share some stats with you all, because I like to track my stats and I know colorful graphs and pie charts are fun for some people (not just me!) to look at. Also, it's a chance to show off my spreadsheet skills because … Continue reading 2023 Wrap-Up: Everything Else
Book Review: Wolf-Speaker (Tortall 2023 Reread)
"If you rush me, I'll do something we'll regret." Numair In which Tammy's titles get shorter and my reviews do the same. Ha. Just kidding. Or maybe not. We'll see how this one stacks up to the rest. Wolf-Speaker is book 2 in The Immortals quartet, aka Daine's quartet. It picks up about a year … Continue reading Book Review: Wolf-Speaker (Tortall 2023 Reread)
Book Review: Wild Magic (Tortall 2023 Reread)
"We share this world, Daine. We can't hold apart from each other—humans and animals are meant to be partners." Onua Odd's bobs, I'm back! Actually, I read Wild Magic in May almost immediately after Tempests and Slaughter, and then I just couldn't bring myself to write a review. The slumpiest of slumps hit me. But … Continue reading Book Review: Wild Magic (Tortall 2023 Reread)
Book Review: Tempests and Slaughter (Tortall 2023 Reread)
"We shall take the world by storm, see if we don't." Ozorne In which we finally come to Numair's book, although in this reread where I am going by internal world chronology, Numair comes before Daine. For an in-depth chronological timeline with (lots of spoilers) details of when people were born and did things, check … Continue reading Book Review: Tempests and Slaughter (Tortall 2023 Reread)
Sapphics in Spaaaaaaace: Queer Women in Science Fiction
I published the first version of this post in February 2021, and it got tweeted by Angry Robot in March of the same year and it got a lot of traction! It was a huge surprise because none of my stuff had been picked up before (or since) by anyone with a large following. My … Continue reading Sapphics in Spaaaaaaace: Queer Women in Science Fiction
Book Review: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Tortall 2023 Reread)
"If I'd known I'd be ridin' with a legend, I'd've thought twice about comin' along." Coram This is book 3 in the Song of the Lioness Quartet. My review for book 1, Alanna: The First Adventure is here, and my review for book 2, In the Hand of the Goddess, is here. I previously read … Continue reading Book Review: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Tortall 2023 Reread)
Book Review: In the Hand of the Goddess (Tortall 2023 Reread)
Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult? Alanna This is book 2 in the Song of the Lioness Quartet. My review for book 1, Alanna: The First Adventure is here. I previously read Beka Cooper's trilogy, and the review can be found here: Terrier (book 1), Bloodhound … Continue reading Book Review: In the Hand of the Goddess (Tortall 2023 Reread)
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread)
"You're here, Alan of Trebond, to learn what it is to be a knight and a noble of Tortall. It's not easy. You must learn to defend the weak, to obey your overlord, to champion the cause of right. Someday you might even be able to tell what right is." Duke Gareth of Naxen It. … Continue reading Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread)
Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (Tortall Reread)
"Forgive me, Beka, but you're my best choice," he told me softly. "Dress and pack what you would need for a woods Hunt and a stay of three days...Tell no one where you're bound or who the summons came from, understood?" It's been three years since Beka stopped the colemongering scheme, resulting in a year … Continue reading Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (Tortall Reread)
The Suspected Bibliophile 