This short story collection is meant to draw from fairy traditions around the world, and is therefore surprisingly grounded in real life, with interesting twists. And it is global, with stories from Australian, Native American and Asian traditions, as well as the European traditions you’d expect when the word “fairy” is used. I think my […]
The Faery Reel – ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling Read More »
Here’s the third book of the second Mistborn trilogy, and I will first say that I was very interested to read the forward, because the author noted he’s only about halfway through was he has planned for this world, which is pretty cool. And also a good thing to read up front, because if you
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Natalie’s in college, struggling to make ends meet, and make her tuition payments, while also sending money home to help her family. When she’s offered a job by one of the theater professors, it seems like a dream come true – a steady job that can pay her tuition. It turns out that the professor
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In the second book of the Innkeeper Chronicles series, Dina’s had an offer to host a peace summit between three warring factions at her inn. It’s immediately clear that everyone else has turned them down, because this is the most unlikely peace summit in some time. But the Gertrude Hunt is still fairly new, and
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Here’s another reread. This story is somewhat based on Celtic mythology, but draws in two young people from the “real” world. Westerly and Cally have both lost their parents, and in their grief are both drawn into another world where they met Lugan and Taranis – who both have extraordinary powers. They both know that
Seaward – Susan Cooper Read More »
This story is set in a kingdom with such modern devices as cars and cellphones, but where magic is alive, and religion is still very much a force in the kingdom. Pierce is a young man who grew up in Cape Misbegotten – far from the capital of Severluna. He’s always known his mother was
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I can’t reread The Dark is Rising without also rereading The Grey King. The other books in the series I have to be more in the mood for, but The Grey King to me is totally linked to The Dark is Rising. It’s actually the first book I read in this series (back in the
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Since I’ve been on a rereading binge this year, I had to bring out The Dark is Rising. Set during the twelve days of Christmas, it’s how eleven-year old Will Stanton discovers that he is an Old One – the guardians of the Light, and his first quest as an Old One – to gain
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Jacky Rowan’s just been dumped by her boyfriend, and goes out for an uncharacteristically wild night to compensate. On this night, she manages to stumble into the path of the Wild Hunt, leading her into the doorway to Faerie, where she’s hailed as the Jack of Kinrowan – a hero who can bring down the
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Claudio Bianchi lives alone on his family’s farm in Calabria. At the beginning of the story, he can at best be described as curmudgeonly, until the day that a unicorn appears on the farm. He quickly realizes that she has chosen his farm to have her baby, and while waiting for this event, things begin
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