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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Review
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - review
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The Dark Abyss of Our Sins by Krista D. Ball Review - The Demons We See and The Nightmare We Know
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Review
Queens of the Wyrd by Timandra Whitecastle Review
The Bone Ships by RJ Barker Review
A Magical Inheritance by Krista D. Ball Review
The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards + interpretive dance book review
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A Blade so Black & Fred the Vampire Accountant- contemporary/urban fantasy mini-reviews
27 Aug 2020
A Blade so Black & Fred the Vampire Accountant- contemporary/urban fantasy mini-reviews
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I’ve fallen behind on reviews again. I think this may be a permanent state. At least it’s because I’ve been on a huge reading spree, so there’s that, only the spree was sadness induced so meh. I ended up with 18 books read not reviewed, so gonna try and group
It’s Monday, what are you reading 24.08.2020
24 Aug 2020
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week.  This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at The
Women in Translation: Read, Reading, To Be Read
22 Aug 2020
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What is Women In Translation Month? Well…the official website of the initiative says this: What is WITMonth?WITMonth stands for “women in translation month”! It’s a month in which we promote women writers from around the world who write in languages other than English. Why do we need this separation? Why focus
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Tarot Black Lives Matter Bingo edition
19 Aug 2020
3 Fantasy books by Black authors coming out in 2021
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. I posted a couple of weeks ago about joining the Tarot Sequence – Black Lives Matter –
Mini-reviews again: Heralds of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey and Lirael by Garth Nix
17 Aug 2020
Mini-reviews again: Heralds of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey and Lirael by Garth Nix
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I have nothing but respect for all the people able to put together coherent thoughts this year. It’s become clear to me that I am not among them, so here I go again, scrambling to write some mini-reviews. The Heralds of Valdemar Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey Valdemar somehow never really
Stacking the Shelves
15 Aug 2020
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Stacking The Shelves is hosted at Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts
Stormsong by C.L. Polk Review
13 Aug 2020
Stormsong by C.L. Polk Review
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This review contains spoilers for the first book in the series, Witchmark. Do not read this if you haven’t read that book, but check out my review of Witchmark here. I’ve got feelings about this book, conflicting feelings that are gonna make it sound like two separate people wrote this
Top Ten Tuesday: Short fiction reviews
11 Aug 2020
Short fiction reviews
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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. I’m bending the rules a bit here, as I’m going for 10 12 short stories and novelettes that I read, but
International Caturday! A list of 9 Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books with Cats
08 Aug 2020
International Caturday! A list of 9 Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books with Cats
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Gonna keep this one short and sweet, have some SFF books with cats: Main cats: Swashbuckling Cats – edited by Rhonda Parrish – short story anthology – loved this, pirate cats Nine Lives By Karli Rush, short story – super cute, wish it were longer The Cat Who Walked A Thousand Miles
The Tarot Sequence presents: Black Lives Matter book bingo – my reading plans
01 Aug 2020
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Welcome to the Tarot Black Lives Matter book bingo, presented by The Tarot Sequence fandom! This is run primarily by Kathy @pages below vaulted sky.  If you’re looking for books to use, we’ve got some great lists on reddit in our /r/Fantasy Black Lives Matter Megathread Information about the challenge: This
SEWING & COSPLAY
Mistcloak Cosplay from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
May 14, 2020
Mistcloak Cosplay from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
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This is my “random noblewoman” Cosplay mistcloak from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. I really wanted to cosplay a character from a fantasy book and this was really the obvious choice for something easily recognizable. For full artistic freedom, she lives sometime between era 1 and era 2, just so I could go with the kind