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Tag Archives: Fantasy
A Game of Noctis by Deva Fagan
I’d been taking an unplanned break from middle grade fantasy when Ms. Fagan emailed me to ask if I’d like to review her latest book. As I really enjoyed some of her past books, including her 2021 superhero story Nightingale … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged Fantasy, books, youth fantasy, games, social justice, Middle Grade, book-review, book reviews
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My Top 12 Posts 3-1: LGBTQ+ MG Fantasy, Back to Magic School, and Winter Fantasy
I’m finishing up my tour of my most popular blog posts of all time with numbers 3-1, all booklists that keep attracting readers. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Lists, Middle Grade
Tagged blogiversary, book blogging, book lists, books, Fantasy, fiction, Middle Grade, youth fantasy
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Claws & Contrivances by Stephanie Burgis
First: There are still 5 days to enter the giveaway for Conjure Island! I have been eagerly awaiting the next book of Stephanie Burgis’s Regency Dragons series, so of course I accepted when she asked if I wanted a copy … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Books, Fantasy, Historical, Print
Tagged dragons, Fantasy, Regency, romantic fantasy, Stephanie Burgis, Wales
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Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai
Hadeer Elsbai’s debut book, Daughters of Izdihar is an exciting tale of magic and the struggle for women’s rights inspired by Egyptian women’s quest for the vote. Continue reading
Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
Who’s up for a steampunk mystery in 1912 Cairo, featuring a dapper young female agent? Continue reading
One Long, Two Short: The City We Became, Remote Control, and The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
Here are some speculative fiction books written for adults that I’ve read (and enjoyed, of course!) this year – one full-length novel and two novellas. Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Fantasy, Print, Sci-Fi
Tagged Africa, Fantasy, Ghana, Malaysia, N.K. Jemisin, New York City, Nnedi Okorafor, science fiction, Zen Cho
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Enjoying What Is: Paladin’s Grace and Iron Hearted Violet
It’s so easy to make things harder for ourselves by focusing on the way we think things should be, rather than the way things really are. Here are two stories (Paladin’s Grace for adults, Iron Hearted Violet for kids) about … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Romance
Tagged dragons, Fantasy, fantasy romance, gods, youth fantasy
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Moontangled by Stephanie Burgis
We met Miss Banks and Miss Fennel, a sweet young couple hobbled by strict social rules, back in the first book of the Harwood Spellbook, Snowspelled. Now it’s their turn for their own story.
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