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Friday Face-Off: Early Fantasy Read
Posted on May 14, 2021 12 Comments
Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy! Each Friday, we will pit cover against cover while also taking the opportunity to showcase gorgeous artwork and feature some of our favorite book covers. If you want to join the fun, simply choose a book each Friday that fits that week’s predetermined […]
Friday Face-Off: Staircase
Posted on February 23, 2018 31 Comments
Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy! Each Friday, we will pit cover against cover while also taking the opportunity to showcase gorgeous artwork and feature some of our favorite book covers. If you want to join the fun, simply choose a book each Friday that fits that week’s predetermined theme, […]
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Favorite Books From the Year I Started Reviewing
Posted on September 12, 2017 28 Comments
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. They created the meme because they love lists. Who doesn’t love lists? They wanted to share these list with fellow book lovers and ask that we share in return to connect with our fellow book lovers. To learn more about participating in […]
Tough Traveling: Unique Flora
Posted on April 9, 2015 30 Comments
The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan of Review Barn, who has come up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone who is interested to […]
Tough Traveling: Musicians & Bards
Posted on March 19, 2015 18 Comments
The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan of Review Barn, who has come up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone who is interested to […]
Book Review: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Posted on January 18, 2015 21 Comments
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Genre: Fantasy Series: The Kingkiller Chronicle #1 Publisher: Penguin Group (March 2007) Wendy’s Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Kote is an intriguing man. To his patrons, he is merely a friendly barkeep, but some spy what lies beneath the vibrant red hair and haunted eyes. But even […]
Tough Traveling: Holidays
Posted on January 1, 2015 14 Comments
The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan of Review Barn, who has come up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone who is interested […]
Posted on December 28, 2014 6 Comments
“A poet is a musician who can’t sing. Words have to find a man’s mind before they can touch his heart, and some men’s minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly, no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.” The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Tough Traveling: Traveling Folk
Posted on December 18, 2014 21 Comments
The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan of Review Barn, who has come up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone who is interested […]
Novella Review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
Posted on December 17, 2014 17 Comments
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 2.5 of Kingkiller Chronicle Publisher: DAW (October 28, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars I have so much to say about this novella, but to make a long story short: The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a gorgeously written novel, both haunting […]
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