Book Reviews
In an uncharacteristic move, I'd decided to do a little book reviewing sooner rather than later. Of course, it didn't turn out that way in the end, as I didn't publish this when I wrote it, before I went away on vacation.


First up: DragonLight by Donita K. Paul

A good finish to a great series. Despite it being a Christian book (and series), I enjoyed the new adventure. Luckily I've been able to see past the allegory in the book, in reference to certain make-believe supreme being and their spokespeople, because really, they're great books. I found Gilda to be even more annoying in this book though, so I was happy for her redemption, although, as I said, I'm not really into the allegorical religious aspects of the book. I found the reference to Mary through Toopka to be particularly annoying, although I'm glad the mystery of Toopka was taken care of (I still can't get over how much she reminds me of my youngest cousin!). In all, a good book, although maybe not my favourite in the series. Now I'm looking forward to Paul's new series! (It's set in the same world, in a different time)



Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici by Carolyn Meyer

I didn't care for this book as much as I thought I would. The novel skipped along, at a fast enough pace to keep the reader pretty interested, but it moved along in an erratic way. One thing I'd hoped to find in this book was a little bit of romance, but I only got a tiny hint at it, which was rather disappointing, as it seemed that there were some good places to slip some in. The other main disappointing aspect of the novel was the ending. It was kind of rushed, and rather unhappy. I didn't really feel any closure to the story. The whole story was just kind of there.

Well that's all I'm going to say for now, I think this post has gone on long enough, as it's been a few weeks since I last touched it.
For my next book reviews, I have a fabbity-fab-fab subject =)