February 2023 – Spencer's Bookcase

Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2023

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Monthly Wrap-Up where I give updates on my reading and other things I’m up to in the past month. So let’s get to it! Total Books Read: 5 I managed to do quite a bit of reading done this month. I got to read five books, three of them fromContinue reading “Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2023”

Like A Curse

Title: Like A Curse Author: Elle McNicoll Genre: Fantasy, Disability Pages: 300 Pages Synopsis: Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya Knox is frustrated. She’s supposed to be learning magic from her Aunt Opal, but that isn’t going as smoothly as she’d hoped. As she pushesContinue reading “Like A Curse”

Winter’s Heart

Title: Winter’s Heart Author: Robert Jordan Genre: Fantasy Series: Wheel of Time #9 Pages: 548 pages Synopsis: The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age,Continue reading “Winter’s Heart”

Far-Seer

Title: Far-Seer Author: Robert J. Sawyer Genre: Science Fiction Series: Quintaglio Ascension #1 Pages: 277 pages Synopsis: Sixty-five million years ago, aliens transplanted Earth’s dinosaurs to the moon of a gas-giant world. Now, intelligent saurians—the Quintaglios—have emerged. The Face of God is what every young saurian learns to call the immense, glowing object which fills theContinue reading “Far-Seer”

Parable of the Sower

Title: Parable of the Sower Author: Octavia E. Butler Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia Pages: 329 Pages Synopsis: When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day.Continue reading “Parable of the Sower”

Misery

Title: Misery Author: Stephen King Genre: Horor Pages: 422 pages Synopsis: Bestselling novelist Paul Sheldon thinks he’s finally free of Misery Chastain. In a controversial career move, he’s just killed off the popular protagonist of his beloved romance series in favor of expanding his creative horizons. But such change doesn’t come without consequences. After aContinue reading “Misery”