Category Archives: Fantasy

The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman
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Posted on February 28, 2018 by

Let me first say I ADORE everything I’ve read by Fredrick Backman. Everything. Even the ones like Britt-Marie Was Here which wasn’t my favorite of his, didn’t make me ugly-cry like A Man Called Ove or And Every Morning The Way … Continue reading →

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The Mermaid’s Sister by Carrie Anne Noble
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Posted on February 14, 2015 by

I read this for my challenge book with non-human characters. This is the story of babies left with a childless old healer woman on a mountaintop. The woman’s name is Verity, and as one might expect, she can tell no lies. One … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: The King’s Dragon by Una McCormack
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Posted on February 7, 2015 by

I read this as my “based on a TV show” book for the challenge. I’d read several other Doctor Who novelizations and they’ve been pretty good. This one doesn’t disappoint if you accept it for what it is: a light … Continue reading →

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Written in my Own Heart’s Blood (Outlander #8) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on June 26, 2014 by

Oh man. There’s so much here that I COULD complain about. I could complain that this book didn’t really advance any storylines at all. Nothing life-altering happens, no big mysteries are solved, they basically spent the whole book thinking that … Continue reading →

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An Echo in the Bone (Outlander #7) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on June 24, 2014 by

I am not cool with this book. I could maybe learn to be OK with leaving the Claire and Jamie chapters to see Bree and Roger in the 80s and living at Lallybroch once in a while, but…I do NOT … Continue reading →

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A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on June 19, 2014 by

***Spoilers all over the place up in here!*** Well, things definitely happen in this book, evenm though most of it felt like long, unedited, random filler at the time. Fergus is finally around more than the past few books but … Continue reading →

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The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on May 23, 2014 by

Ugh. I just…I don’t know what to say about these books anymore. It’s so difficult to review these since they’re SO FREAKING HUGE and they don’t necessarily have a theme. So much stuff happens that things that happened in the … Continue reading →

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Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on May 21, 2014 by

Drums of Autumn picks up 2 months after the end of Voyager, with Claire and Jamie in America. There’s the most boring and un-dangerous pirate robbery EVER, where Claire decides to A) ignore Jamie being in danger and worry about … Continue reading →

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Voyager (Outlander #3) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on May 5, 2014 by

So at the end of the last book, Dragonfly in Amber, Claire realizes that Jamie didn’t die after Colloden and so he could still be alive in the past, 20 years later. Well, I don’t really think I’m giving too … Continue reading →

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Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on April 29, 2014 by

So this is an enormous series of books, and it’s got all kinds of novellas and short stories, so the author actually has a chronology on her website, which is really helpful. And for Dragonfly in Amber, she writes: “It … Continue reading →

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