Tag: Patricia Briggs

  • It’s been awhile

    I’ve been busy with life.  Too busy to write about books I’ve been reading.  I’ve been busy finding and buying my first house, moving, (all while pregnant and working full time), giving birth, and raising my son.  He’s a beautiful boy. And while I’ve been busy with all of this, I’ve still been reading.  Just…

  • Procrastination 2013

    Happy Belated New Year! I started writing this a couple of weeks ago to post in mid-January – and it had been a while since I had finished the books then….  Some parts of my life just feel as though I am wading through quickly drying mud.  A couple of weeks ago, I was going…

  • Masques

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2010, 1993 Recently at work, I was checking in books and this book passed through my hands.  I am mostly familiar with Briggs’s more recent Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega series – both of which I love.  I did read Dragon Blood a little while…

  • River Marked

    By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Lorelei King Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Audio, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, mythic fiction Series: Mercy Thompson; 6 Format: Audiobook – MP3 ISBN: 9781101436547 Audience: Adult Length: 8 hours, 54 minutes Setting: Columbia River Gorge – OR & WA,  Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, &…

  • Silver Borne

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Mercy Thompson; 5 ISBN: 9780441018192 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 342 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Mercy is still adjusting to pack life; this is made…

  • Bone Crossed

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 4 ISBN: 9780441016761 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 309 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), & Spokane, WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Marsilia, the head of the local…

  • Hunting Ground

    By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Holter Graham Place: Publisher & Year: [New York]: Penguin Audio, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Format: Digital download – audio Series: Alpha and Omega series; 2 ISBN: 9781440644634 Audience: Adult Length: 8 hours, 25 minutes, 43 seconds Setting: Seattle, WA (opening scene takes…

  • Blood Bound

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2007 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 2 ISBN: 9780441014736 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 292 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland,Kennewick, &Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Mercy’s friend, Stefan, asks her for a favor in the middle…

  • Cry Wolf

    By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Holter Graham Place: Publisher & Year: [New York, N.Y.]: Penguin Group (USA), Inc., 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance Format: Digital download – audio Series: Alpha and Omega series; 1 ISBN: 9781429526609 Audience: Adult Length: 10 hours, 6 minutes Setting: Cabinet Mountains Wilderness & Aspen Creek, MT…

  • Moon Called

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, paranormal mystery, contemporary fantasy Series: Mercy Thompson; 1 ISBN: 9780441013814 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 288 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA & Aspen Creek, MT Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Mercy Thompson was repairing a VW Jetta transmission when…