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are taken from books I myself love, and heartily recommend you should read. Every month readers can post comments below the current review – it’s my own Book Club! Please feel free to join in and do check the archives!
~ Eloisa

 

Category Archives: Fantasy

The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar

January 6, 2008 – 5:23 pm

I’ve been reading fantasy novels lately, as evidenced by last month’s pillow talk about War for the Oaks and this month’s The Good Fairies of New York (isbn: 978-1-933368-36-8). But neither of these novels are your average fantasy novel.
So what – you may ask – is the average fantasy novel? You know what I mean! Descended in a direct line from Tolkien, perhaps with a talking tree motif borrowed from C.S. Lewis, the average fantasy novel features friendly animals, perhaps dragons (thank you, Anne McCaffery), ogres, and fairies of some size (willowy and green, or small and […]

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War For The Oaks by Emma Bull

December 3, 2007 – 3:30 pm

Do you remember what reading was like when in high school? There was no particular pressure to be anywhere else than on the couch with a bowl of red apples in reach and an Anne McCaffrey in your hand. Chores, messy room, homework, baby brother… none of that bothered me. If I found a new fantasy novel, I would throw myself on the couch and not get up for hours. I used to sketch thin fairies with ragged wings on the margins of my math notes. Dragons with curly tails, breathing fire, on the cover of my social studies notebook. […]

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