Ah boy, I haven't been in a food and fandom kick since my birthday, and we really need to fix that! Thankfully, I found the right kind of inspiration. Without fail, I've managed to do at least one dish from each of Katherine Arden's Winternight Trilogy, and for good reason! (See my food and fandom posts [...]
Initial Thoughts: Finishing this book was like letting out the biggest sigh of awe and wonder. This book was a culmination of stories from the beginning of the trilogy, with a resolution that quite honestly made me tear up with satisfaction. Also, say what you will about the secondary romance element, but in a story [...]
Initial Thoughts: Well hot damn. From my thoughts about the last book, I honestly didn't think I'd be won over so well and truly with the love story that became super pervasive in all three books. I mean. I GET that it had to happen, because where would the poetry be that tied all three [...]
I needed to get back into gear with the blogging, and what better time to do so especially when all I want to do is talk about food? I think it's totally the right time, mostly because for me, Lent just began and it's practically a countdown for me until Easter. Why is this important [...]
Initial Thoughts: Like its predecessor, this sequel is a slow-burning tale of characters in a fantasy, medieval Russia, where the world is churning out of the old ways and into the new. But there are still winter-kings and firebirds and men who cannot die. And it was so. friggin. GOOD. THE GIRL IN THE TOWER [...]
Story and Somnomancy 