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Coraline, written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean, tells the story of a young girl who bravely saves herself and her parents from the ghosts that inhabit their home.
Coraline Jones and her parents stay in a divided up flat. The flat below them is occupied by Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, former theatre actresses who […]
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Continue ReadingThe Spacetime Pool by Catherine Asaro (2008) is a novella from Analog (sci-fi magazine). The story uses the Riemann sheet to explain the portal between alternate universes. The story also contains hostile raiders, a family feud and a prophesy.
The opening line starts with the following sentence, “[t]he hiker vanished.” Janelle Aulair, a recent graduate from MIT, is hiking […]
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Continue ReadingFortune and Fate (2008) by Sharon Shinn, a Novel of the Twelve Houses, Ace Books, published by the Penguin Group.
Fortune and Fate is the 5th book in the Twelve Houses series. This review is mainly for readers already familiar with the series as this is not a stand alone novel.
The author has taken Wen (Willa), a King’s Rider from […]
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Continue ReadingKin (The Good Neighbors):Book One written by Holly Black and Illustrated by Ted Naifeh (2008).
Holly Black, the author of YA fantasy novels such as Tithe and Ironside, pens her first graphic novel about what else, faeries. Surprised? I was. I didn’t realize this was a graphic novel.
Rue Silver’s mother, Nia, is a faerie. She fell in love with a mortal who […]
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Continue ReadingFables: Legends in Exile (2002) written by Bill Willingham and Illustrated by Lan Medina is available in paperback, published by Vertigo and retails for $9.99 US.
This is an ongoing series featuring fairy tale characters who find themselves uprooted from their fairy realm and living in secret exile in upstate New York.
Do you enjoy fairy tales? You […]
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Continue ReadingThe Virtu (2006) by Sarah Monette is dark fantasy at its best. It is the second book in a series of three total so far. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough and I didn’t want this story to end. I was just fully engaged from start to finish. No matter how much I may gush and gush […]
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Continue ReadingLiving Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris, copyright 2002, published by Ace, is the second book in her popular Southern Vampire series. It is available in paperback and in digital format of your choice. I might possibly be the last person on earth to not have read these books but I plan to rectify that.
The story centers around […]
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Continue ReadingDead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1) by Charlaine Harris, published in 2001, is the first book in the Southern Vampire mystery series. Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid from Bön Temps, Louisiana, narrates the story.
Sookie has a gift: she can read minds. She considers her telepathy a disability because many of the townspeople consider her […]
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Continue ReadingGrimspace by Ann Aguirre, paperback, Feb 2008 release, published by Ace, fantasy. As many readers have stated, Grimspace has various shades of pop culture influence, featuring a diverse and motley crew of voyagers traveling throughout the galaxy, trying to topple an established institution with controversial ideas for change.
Sirantha Jax is a jumper. She works for the Farwan […]
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Continue ReadingThe Unnatural Inquirer (2008) by Simon R. Green is the 8th entry in the Nightside series. This is my first foray into the Nightside. The Nightside is described as a place where monsters exist alongside humans in a pocket of London where the sun never shines. It’s a place where venality is apart of the social order and […]
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Continue ReadingIron Kissed by Patricia Briggs, published Jan 2008, is the third book in the Mercy Thompson series, published by Ace.
VW mechanic, Mercy Thompson, is a shape shifter. She is a walker who shifts from human to coyote at will. In the world that Mercy inhabits, the werewolves, fae and vampires exist alongside humankind.
However, the fae and the werewolves have been somewhat forced […]
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Continue ReadingI am a fan of myth and fantasy. I am a huge fan of authors who can blend reality with that of the fantasy world together so skillfully. Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale, c2007 is the third book in Holly Black’s Modern Faery Tale series. The first book, Tithe, introduced us to this wonderful, vivid world where faerie’s are malevolent creatures who […]
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Continue ReadingThe Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner opens with the Thief of Eddis spying on the Queen of Attolia. Eugenides makes quite a few trips to the Queen’s palace without getting caught. It is a game of cat and mouse for him that he enjoys playing. However, Eugenides is eventually caught and expects to hang. However, the Queen of Attolia metes […]
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Continue ReadingBlood Bound (2007) by Patricia Briggs is an urban fantasy novel and the second book in the Mercy Thompson series.
Just in case you haven’t read the first book, Moon Called, here is a brief synopsis for you: Mercy Thompson is a mechanic who is not human. She’s a coyote or “walker” who changes at will; coyotes are an ancient […]
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Continue ReadingPreludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman. Where does one even begin? I was curious about Mr. Gaiman’s Sandman series as I’m told repeatedly, that’s it’s popular. I had bought Endless Nights not realizing that it was not the first volume in the series. I rushed back to the store and got a copy of Preludes and Nocturnes. Here is […]
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