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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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