Monthly Archives: March 2021

Bardugo Caps One of the Best YA Series of the Young Century with Ruin and Rising

Posted on March 23, 2021 by H.P.

“I am not ruined.  I am ruination.” Ruin and Rising brings Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha Trilogy to a close.  I was in at the ground floor, reading the first and second books right around the time they came out.  I inexplicably … Continue reading →

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Siege and Storm is The Empire Strikes Back of the Grisha Trilogy

Posted on March 9, 2021 by H.P.

Siege and Storm is the second book in The Grisha Trilogy and the follow-up to Bardugo’s very promising debut, Shadow and Bone.  Rest assured there is no sophomore slump.  The second act of a trilogy can be the high point … Continue reading →

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February 2021 Month-in-Review

Posted on March 2, 2021 by H.P.

Finally, that interminable, endless, incessant month of February has sputtered to a close.  I have to say—not being able to go anywhere grinds a little bit finer when it is so cold and dark (although at least we are getting … Continue reading →

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