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Mirrorscape by Milk Wilks Mirrorscape is probably one of the most creative, imaginative YA fantasy books that I have read in a while, but that’s not to say it’s without it’s problems. The biggest draw of Mirrorscape is the imagination and creative environment that has been developed. There was so much imagination involved in developing
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When we seek happiness outside of ourselves, we are being perfectly human; but it is the person who looks within and changes what they don’t like, that truly ends up being happy. Such reminders are abundant in these days but rarely is a book fictionally interesting and captivating, yet also inspiring and even meditative in it’s unfolding. Dat Phan has penned a novel, “The Changing River,” that will leave readers looking within and building their own bridges over troubled waters.
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Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett Mr. Shivers is a bit of an odd ball book. It beings as a simple quest and murder story set in the depression era of America (readers will be reminded of the HBO TV series Carnivale as it’s set in the same era but Mr. Shivers is a bit
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Warriors edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois In his Introduction, George R. R. Martin describes “Warriors” as a ‘spinner rack’, which is an apt description for an anthology that includes stories of every ilk from historical fiction, fantasy and sci-fi to a Western, mysteries, “some mainstream”, and “a couple of pieces that
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The Shadowmask: Stone of Tymora, Book II by Geno and R.A. Salvatore I have been a long time fan of Drizzt and the Forgotten Realms series. It’s one of the first fantasy series that I got into when I was in high school and really sparked my love for reading fantasy. So when I heard
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City of Dreams & Nightmare by Ian Whates “City of Dreams & Nightmare” has two strengths that make it such an addictive read. Sense of wonder and fast pace with many twists and turns. It is hard to overemphasize how many cool things the author throws in here, but I will give several examples: -magical
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The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry Jonathan Maberry’s “Patient Zero” was quite possibly the most entertaining novel I read in all of 2009. As a result, the sequel couldn’t come fast enough for me. Unfortunately, “Patient Zero” must have set the bar too high, because even though “The Dragon Factory” was another entertaining reading experience,
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The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology edited by Christopher Golden In the Foreword, editor Christopher Golden asks, “Why are we fascinated by zombies?” I’m not sure “The New Dead” anthology ever adequately answers that question, but it does provide readers with a collection of short stories that not only celebrates the zombie genre, but also
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Nightchild (Chronicles of the Raven 3) by James Barclay To start, let me say that I LOVED this book. Definitely the best of the series, and could be on my list of all time favorites. This was mostly due to how Barclay has evolved the Raven, and how they have changed over the course of
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City of Torment: Abolethic Sovereignty, Book II by Bruce R. Cordell While the first book in a fantasy series is traditionally used to establish plot and introduce characters, subsequent books often start out just as slowly, with the first several chapters painstakingly recapping previous happenings. Bruce R. Cordell's City of Torment, the second book in
The Pilo Family Circus by Will Elliott