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Beauty and the Werewolf
500 Kingdoms: Beauty and the Werewolf(C) 2011 Mercedes Lackey408 pages Isabella Beauchamps is accustomed to being the mistress of her house, keeping the servants and her twin stepsisters in line while her stepmother spends her days gazing out the window … Continue reading
The Sleeping Beauty
A Tale of the Five Hundred Kingdoms #5: The Sleeping Beauty(c) 2010 Mercedes Lackey352 pages Rosamond has the bad luck to be an orphaned princess in a wealthy little kingdom surrounded by larger, hostile enemies, any one of whom will … Continue reading
Watership Down
Watership Down© 1972 Richard Adams413 pages A small community sits on the precipice of destruction, but the few who realize it are unable to fully warn their comrades. A small band leave everything they’ve ever known behind, to face the … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, Reviews
Tagged adventure, Britain, English Literature, fantasy
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Harry Potter Fanfic: They Shook Hands
I’m officially reading two nonfiction works. My weekend was spent, however, reading through a fanfiction series called “They Shook Hands“, an alternate-history approach to the Harry Potter adventures. The titular point of departure is that Harry and Draco’s initial meeting … Continue reading
The Sword and the Serpent
Sword and Serpent © 2014 Taylor R. Marshall411 pages A phoenix from the fire will riseUnchain her and free the worldIn Britannia will rise the eagle whose sign is the CrossIn Britannia will rise the chief dragon whose sign is … Continue reading
His Majesty’s Dragon
His Majesty’s Dragon© 2006 Naomi Novik384 pages William Laurence’s career was all set: a ship of his own, a fair French prize in his sights, and fiance waiting for him at home. But then, in the hold of the French … Continue reading
Dracula
Dracula© 1897 Bram Stoker416 pages Every attorney has problematic clients, but few can claim an actual monster. Such is the case with Count Dracula, as young lawyer Jonathan Hawker discovers to his dismay and horror when he arrives at the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged "classic", Classics and Literary, Classics Club, Classics Club Challenge, fantasy, horror
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Perelandra
Perelandra© 1943 C.S. Lewis322 pages In Out of the Silent Planet, Dr. Erwin Ransom was kidnapped by two malevolent technologists who thought to offer him as a sacrifice to the ruler of Mars, a planet they were interested in mining … Continue reading
Short rounds: explosives and Martians
Tonight I finally gave up on Hayduke Lives!, the sequel to Edward Abbey’s Monkey Wrench Gang. The plot only arrives four-fifths of the way into the book, having been preceded by lots of stream-of-consciousness rambling, pointless arguments, and enough breast … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged American Southwest, C.S.Lewis, CS Lewis, Edward Abbey, fantasy, science fiction
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