If you’ve read Tamora Pierce’s Tortall universe stories, the name Numair Salmalin may sound familiar. As the chief mage of the king of Tortall, he’s immensely powerful, highly skilled, well educated, and deeply intelligent. His major character flaw, however, is his tendency to speak and act (and react) first and suffer the consequences later. Tempests … Continue reading Another Prequel
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Countdown to Extinction
Well, almost. The world is coming to a fiery, crashing end—or is it? Not even those investigating the ongoing crisis from James D. Prescott’s Extinction Code know for sure. The author keeps the reader guessing to the very end of this second book of the series. Prescott’s writing style and language expression show vast improvement … Continue reading Countdown to Extinction
Journey to Wonderland
M. D. Massey continues Colin McCool’s tale in Underground Druid, which starts several weeks after the end of Moonlight Druid. Colin decides to launch a rescue mission into Underhill, the hidden magical realm of the Tuatha De Danann and the Fae, to rescue the children abducted by the bad guys in Book Three. Unfortunately, Colin … Continue reading Journey to Wonderland
Ill Met By Moonlight
Welcome to the third installment of M. D. Massey’s Druidverse series, in which Colin McCool joins the local werewolf pack in an attempt to learn to control his alter-ego. He also, likely to no one’s surprise, gets dragged into Fae business with some exceedingly sinister criminal connections. Speaking of unhealthy connections, this story is darker in many ways than the previous two as Colin comes face to … Continue reading Ill Met By Moonlight
Even More About Zombies!
(From Wiki--Etymology segment) -- George Romero never used the word "zombie" in Night of the Living Dead., even though his film became the Zombie movie that spawned most of the others that came later. His word for the undead creatures terrorizing the Pennsylvanian countryside was "ghoul". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie And on that note,-- Night of the Living … Continue reading Even More About Zombies!
Pork
However you feel about livestocik and meat consumption, pig farming is big business world wide. Being omnivores, they can consume most kitchen scraps and in some situation are used to dispose of certain types of household waste. Since they can live on less expensive types of feed, they're meat tends to cost less than beef. … Continue reading Pork
Horse-drawn boats
Until steam and diesel powered engines replaced them , horses were once used to tow boat along rivers. Thanks to much lower friction, they could move loads fifty times as much weight as it could overland (such as loads of limestone). Horse-Drawn Boats | Amusing Planet Horse-drawn boat - Wikipedia Horseboating Society (archive.org)
When Myth invades the Modern World…
Junkyard Druid by M. D. Massey is the first installment of a long (twelve book!!!) series centered squarely in the first person perspective of the story’s protagonist, Colin McCool. Colin is a direct descendent of Fionn McCumhaill of ancient Irish legend, but lives in modern day Austin, Texas rather than the Old World. Thanks to … Continue reading When Myth invades the Modern World…
Salutations and Introductions
Well, here goes. Hi! I'm BlueGlass and this is my shiny new blog where I'll be posting my reactions, good, bad, and mixed, about the books I've been reading--specifically in the science fiction and fantasy genre. I hope my musings help other readers decide what stories and series they'd like to dive into next. I'm … Continue reading Salutations and Introductions
Dreams of Blue Glass 