Category Archives: october daye

Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Nathan

Clockwork Boys, by T. Kingfisher – This is the first book the author wrote in what became known as the World of the White Rat. Part of her goal in writing it was to counteract how paladins often appear in … Continue reading →

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Where a God Can Be a Kid

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Nathan

The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of Redemption, by James Branch Cabell – The follow-up to Figures of Earth has a lot of characters, with the focus on the Order of the Silver Stallion, the knights appointed by the late Manuel … Continue reading →

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Mundus Vult Decipi

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Nathan

Sleep No More, by Seanan McGuire – Pretty early on in this book, I was reminded of The Wishing Horse of Oz. Someone has cast a spell to put them in charge and make everyone else accept that, but it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Santa and the Asteroid

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Nathan

I’ve finished several books as of late, but I kind of want to space them out a bit, and haven’t been able to think of much else to write about in between. Here are my thoughts on a few of them. Be … Continue reading →

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It’s Craning Men

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Nathan

When Sorrows Come, by Seanan McGuire – After a lot of build-up throughout the last few books, we finally get to see Toby and Tybalt’s wedding, at the court of the High King of the Divided Courts in Toronto. Of … Continue reading →

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The Seas with Nemo and Friends

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Nathan

Five Portraits, by Piers Anthony – I was up to date on the Xanth series for a little while, but then I fell behind again. This one is from 2013, and doesn’t particularly deviate from the formula, although it does … Continue reading →

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Changing in the Telling

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Nathan

The Unkindest Tide, by Seanan McGuire – This book deals with the Roane, the aquatic children of the Luidaeg who had been mostly killed off centuries earlier, their skins then being used to create Selkies. The sea-witch vows to revive … Continue reading →

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Tammy and Tommy in Fairyland

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Nathan

Picture by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law I’ve come across multiple mentions of the Ballad of Tam Lin, so I thought that might be something worth addressing in a post. The Scottish song is thought to have existed as far back as … Continue reading →

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That Vodou That Yo Dou So Well

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Nathan

The Hollow Places, by T. Kingfisher – When a woman named Kara is going through a divorce, she moves in with her uncle, a conspiracy-minded man who doesn’t believe in evolution until he figures he needs to in order to … Continue reading →

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The Anti-Chaos Committee

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve finished several books recently, but I was holding off on writing about them not just because I had other stuff to do, but because it seems like I don’t do much else besides book reviews these days. Oziana isn’t … Continue reading →

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