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BOOK REVIEW: Magic Binds (Kate Daniels #9) by Ilona Andrews
BUY IT HERE So far I had the god of evil and the god of terror on my side. My good-guy image was taking a serious beating. Maybe I should recruit some unicorns or kittens with rainbow powers to even...
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Books – September 27, 2016
Books released today… FEATURED TITLES BUY IT HERE Black Jade (Celestial Battle #3) by Kylie Chan. Historical Fantasy, Harper Voyager The Heavenly defenses struggle to hold against the combined might...
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Harry Potter: Over-Rated and Just Not Very Good
There hasn’t been a book series in recent memory that has made as profound an impact on the world as J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter. This depresses me. There are a great many books and book series which...
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Harry Potter: Over-Rated but Still Very, Very Good
Writing on Harry Potter is a daunting task. So much has been written already both in support and against. For every person who loved the novels and the world they created, there are just as many (just...
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Quarter Share, the God Apollo and Badass Voodoo…
BUY IT HERE I’m re-reading Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell, for some relaxation and a brain-break from any heavy thinking. The first book in the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper series, I first read...
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
In this weekly series, we bring you the genre novels you really should have read by now… BUY IT HERE BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley First Published: 1932 Genre: Science Fiction Subgenre: Dystopian...
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Quote of the Day — September 30, 2016
I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical. — Arthur C. Clarke
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Lois McMaster Bujold
A surprisingly classy Q&A… Back in 2004, I attended Balticon 38. Lois McMaster Bujold was the author Guest of Honor. My brush with fame was brief, but I did manage to trade words with her, both...
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The Sunday Quiz — October 2, 2016
Time limit: 0 Quiz-summary 0 of 21 questions completed Questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Information Please note that CORRECT SPELLING and COMPLETE ANSWERS are very...
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)
INTRODUCTION | SERIES Of the seven Harry Potter novels, The Goblet of Fire is the only one to have won a Hugo award, one of highest honors given to works of science fiction and fantasy. Is it the best...
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The Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik
His Majesty’s Dragon, aka Temeraire, UK (2006), Throne of Jade (2006), Black Powder War (2006), Empire of Ivory (2007), Victory of Eagles (2008), Tongues of Serpents (2010), Crucible of Gold (2012),...
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Quote of the Day — October 3, 2016
“My Lord, I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offense against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a...
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Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody (2004) by Michael Gerber
What a terrible book. I could probably leave this review at that. It really is just god awful. Anyone who has read Bored of the Rings will not believe this, but this appalling attempt at parody makes...
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Books — October 4, 2016
Books released today… FEATURED TITLES BUY IT HERE All Your Wishes (Blood Singer #7) by Cat Adams. Urban Fantasy, Tor Books A client begs Celia Graves—part human, part Siren, part vampire—to help...
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Zombies, Fairy Tales and the new Lynn Kurland…
Each week, our crack staff shares their current reading choices… BUY IT HERE I was poking on my tablet and decided that a re-read of Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher was in order. This is a...
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Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
In this weekly series, we bring you the genre novels you really should have read by now… BUY IT HERE STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert Heinlein First Published: Originally as a serial over the course of...
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Quote of the Day — October 8, 2016
The hill road wound upwards, as hill roads do, unless you’re coming down them, of course. — The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (2002) by Robert Rankin
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The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
BUY IT HERE The Amulet of Samarkand (2003), Golems Eye (2004) and Ptolemy’s Gate (2005) Published by Grade: B+ “I am Bartimaeus! I am Sakhr al-Jinni, N’gorso the Mighty, and the Serpent of Silver...
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The Undead Series by MaryJanice Davidson
INTRODUCTION | SERIES BUY IT HERE AKA: The Queen Betsy Series GENRE: Vamp Romantic Comedy with a touch of Urban Fantasy. SETTING: The Twin Cities, Minnesota, with a side trip to Wyndham Werewolf...
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