The Mountains of Instead

Championing fiction as an escape from pandemics, politics and bad TV.

Full Fathom Five My Father Lies (Review: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater)

Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Maggie Stievfater
Scholastic 2014

Blue Lily, Lily Blue is the third book in Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle. This review therefore may contain mild spoilers for the previous two books (reviews of which you can find here and here).

In the arena of 300 Fox Way, Monmouth Manufactu…

FYA Photo-a-Day 9: Most Anticipated... and why I love The Raven Cycle

When having to choose my favourite series, for day whatever it was in the last week, The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater was the first series that came to mind.  The thing is, it isn't finished and it just didn't seem fair to let an unfinished symphony win over the many series that I have …

FYA Photo-a-Day 5: Favourite Author

I have many, many, many favourite authors.  Many.  I literally couldn't choose just one on the merit of books alone so I have instead chosen Maggie Stiefvater because she made me a car to match the one in her book. And I am apparently quite materialistic and like gifts. 

Also, her books are real…

Top Ten (or in this case five) Tuesday (or in this case Thursday) - All about the Music. And the MENS.

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and is just my favourite meme out there in that it caters to both my love of books and obsession with lists of things. 

This week: Musical Boys and Why I Love Them So.
Once again, I am aware that it is not Tuesday.  I am also aware that this list…

Everybody's Looking for Something (Review: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater)

The Dream Thieves
Maggie Stiefvater
Scholastic 2013

And Not A Stone Tell Where I Lie (review of The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater)

The Raven Boys Maggie Stiefvater Scholastic 2012
As never seen in any good fairy tale, Blue must not ever kiss her one true love.  To do so would be to kill him.  A non-psychic in a family of future-tellers, Blue has known this fact for as long as she can remember and has spent her life avoiding almos…

Miles To Go Before I Sleep (Review, Forever by Maggie Stiefvater)

Forever  Maggie Stiefvater Scholastic 2011
Forever is the final book of The Wolves of Mercy Falls and this review contains spoilers for the previous two novels. You have been warned.
When last seen, Grace was disappearing into Boundary Woods as a wolf, accompanied by a messed up rock star, leaving an e…

Whose Woods These Are (Review: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater)

Linger Maggie Stiefvater Scholastic 2010
Linger is the second book in Maggie Stiefvater's Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy. If you haven't read the first, Shiver, then GO AWAY! Even the synopsis contains spoilers. Read Shiver (seriously) and then come back.
In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace…

If Music Be The Food Of Love...or Hot Boys And Their Instruments (ooh er, missus)

After threatening to write a post about hot boys and pianos, I was surprised to receive a couple of requests to actually do so. I'm not complaining. I am also not limiting myself to pianos. I should probably explain... I have always loved a creative sort of guy. Art is good – but music is b…