Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

September 6th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Synopsis:
One man’s harrowing journey up the Congo in search of enlightenment.
Review:
Blogging really wasn’t invented for talking about a book like Heart of Darkness. I am utterly incapable of coming up with anything approaching an instant reaction to this book. I need to sit with it for a long time, then read it again, [...]

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Tags: British Literature

Upland Outlaws by Dave Duncan

August 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Synopsis:
A despotic sorcerer has torn the Impire apart through a ruthless program of magical slavery, and imperor Shandie’s small cadre of loyal supporters are forced to travel to the farthest corners of Pandemia in order to save the world.
Review:
Upland Outlaws is Part Two of the Handful of Men series, and I’m sort of running out [...]

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Tags: Canadian Literature

Faery Lands Forlon by Dave Duncan

July 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Synopsis:
Inos might be queen of Krasnegar, but she’s been magicked to the other side of the world, and the same magic has sent stable boy Rap, the goblin Little Chicken, and boy thief Thinal to the land of Faery, where Rap discovers that Inos is a pawn in a deadly game between powers greater [...]

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Magic Casement by Dave Duncan

July 17th, 2007 · 10 Comments

Synopsis:
A stableboy begins to exhibit mysterious powers that draw attention that could be dangerous, and he finds himself a prisoner on the goblin waste as the princess he’s sworn to serve comes ever closer to a danger that only he is aware of.
Review:
Magic Casement is a fantastic start to a four book series that I [...]

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Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell

June 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Synopsis:
When a schedule-obsessed overachiever ends up in Southeast Asia with the grandmother she’s never met before, she’s forced to challenge her own assumptions and maybe even take a risk or two.
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Luck of the Wheels by Megan Lindholm

March 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Synopsis:
Gypsy teamster Ki agrees to ferry a most disagreeable boy to another town, and discovers a world of trouble when she and her companions find themselves in the middle of an uprising.
Review:
Luck of the Wheels, the fourth and final installment in the Ki and Vandien Quartet, is the best Lindholm I’ve read so far. [...]

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Tags: American Literature

Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik

February 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Review:
The second in trilogy begun in His Majesty’s Dragon finds Temeraire and Laurence traveling by sea to China where Temeraire will take his rightful place as the dragon of an emperor–not a member of His Royal Majesty’s Navy battling against an ever-encroaching Napoleon.
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Throne of Jade is a more than worthy installment in the tale of [...]

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Cell by Stephen King

October 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Synopsis:
Cell phones turn the world into a post-apocalyptic nightmare, and a small band of survivors must try to figure out how to stay alive.
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