I will unabashedly admit that my entire Moroccan experience last June was most definitely inspired by Laini Taylor. Largely, by her Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy. Much like Prague had been (which I talked about extensively some years ago!). Once I read about Arabian sunsets and camel-rides in deserts, once I got a taste of what [...]
I haven't done more travel-heavy posts lately, and honestly, had Chokshi's The Gilded Wolves come out before I went to Paris, I totally would have done something like my Prague and Daughter of Smoke and Bone spiel. That being said, I love traveling. When I can--and I've been trying to do so every year--I tend to jet-set it [...]
Initial Thoughts: Dead. I have died and Karou needs to exist to glean my soul into a thurible so she can resurrect me as a monster. This book hurts so much it's a miracle that I'VE not learned the power of invisibility (because in the book, magic is caused by a sort of pain). And [...]
Story and Somnomancy 