I’d never given much thought to Shakespeare in translation – I mean, the thing about his work is his amazing use of the English language. You find lists of words that he pioneered in his work that we’re still using today. Heck, we’ve basically moved on from that particular form of […]
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Here’s another technical re-read, from back in my high school days. It’s the story of Merlin, from childhood, to when he claims the baby Arthur from Uther Pendragon. In this series, Merlin is the son of the bard Taliesin and the Princess Charis of Atlantis, daughter of the Fisher King. He
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This is a great book- it’s a classic haunted house tale, with a wizard and a vampire thrown into the mix. Tony Foster is working as a PA with a Vancouver production company (filming a vampire tv show called Darkest Night that only a few on the crew know is a little more true to
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Here’s another technical reread, though I’m pretty sure my original read was back in high school. There’s also another book in the series, so I was having some weird déjà vu moments that ended up not panning out, because what I was remembering must happen in the next book. The books ends up
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Emereck and Flindaren are traveling with a caravan when they decide to take a shortcut, which brings them to a dangerous adventure. Emereck is a minstrel, and Flindaren is one of the younger sons of the Duke of Minathlan – the perfect combination to find the legendary Harp of Imach Thyssel – one of the
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Here’s the list: The one I couldn’t finish can be found here. I made it past 80!!! It was definitely a good year. For next year, I think I’m going to concentrate on finishing off series. I have several hanging out in my tote of shame that I’ve been delaying gratification on finishing, and
This is a fun end to the Parasol Protectorate books. In the last book, Alexia had had a baby with her werewolf husband, meaning that young Prudence is a metanatural – able to take on the characteristics of a supernatural creature with just a touch. Which is all sorts of fun
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The idea behind the original Austenland book was that Austenland is basically a Regency theme park – set in an English country home – where rich women can pay to be romanced for a couple of weeks as if they were in a Jane Austen novel. The main character in the original book
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Only one of these this year: The Golden Key – Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson and Kate Elliot I can’t even put my finger on why I didn’t like this book. Too much fake Italian, I think. The set up (documenting masterworks done by a family that apparently has the ability to
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Mercedes Lackey’s Elemental Magic books are fairy tale retellings set in the late 19th and early 20th century – the magic in these stories centers on the elements of Air, Fire, Water and Earth. This is the first book that opened up that concept to other authors – and I really enjoyed it.
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