When I was a kid, “Choose Your Own Adventure” books were one of my favorite kinds of books. They both thrilled me and made me nervous at the same time: the uncertainty that comes with open ended stories always cause me some concern, lol. So I was rather excited when… Read more »
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Andre Norton’s Witch World: High Hallack, Arvon and the Waste
High Hallack, Arvon and the Waste are located on a different continent of the Witch World than Norton’s Estcarp Cycle. High Hallack contains the Dales – quite similar but still rather different than Karsten’s Keeps. The Dales are spread out around the land – each one holding a few hundred… Read more »
Lost Sales 2014: Week of November 16-22
20-Nov-2014 Book: Nice Dragons Finish Last (Heartstrikers #1) Author: Rachel Aaron/Rachel Bach How We Met: I saw a post somewhere on Goodreads that there was a new UF series released by Rachel Aaron. Since I’ve read her before and my friends all loved Fortune’s Pawn (Rachel Bach)… Problem:… Read more »
Review: Ciara’s Song by Andre Norton
I love this book and the sequel The Duke’s Ballad. This is one of the few books in Andre Norton’s Witch World series that I feel allow for new reader explanations. It’s also an unusual Fantasy book by today’s standards: It’s mostly a stand-alone, it follows the lives of three… Read more »
Video Game Review: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (PC Only)
The core concept originates from one of the protagonists in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, namely Van Helsing, the legendary vampire hunter, in this case set in a similar universe that resembles Europe in the 19th century, where monsters, magic and weird technology is real. Our protagonist is the son of the… Read more »
2014 Book Purchases: July
I always start the draft for these monthly book purchase updates at the beginning of the month. It gives me a chance to look back over the previous month and encourage myself to do better throughout the coming month. Wooooohoooo! I have a balance left over! Sorta. 😀 … Read more »
Wings of Fire Anthology Review: The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin *spoilers*
Dragons: Fearsome fire-breathing foes, scaled adversaries, legendary lizards, ancient hoarders of priceless treasures, serpentine sages with the ages’ wisdom, and winged weapons of war… Wings of Fire brings you all these dragons, and more, seen clearly through the eyes of many of today’s most popular authors, including Peter S. Beagle,… Read more »
Wings of Fire Anthology Review: Stable of Dragons by Peter S. Beagle
Dragons: Fearsome fire-breathing foes, scaled adversaries, legendary lizards, ancient hoarders of priceless treasures, serpentine sages with the ages’ wisdom, and winged weapons of war… Wings of Fire brings you all these dragons, and more, seen clearly through the eyes of many of today’s most popular authors, including Peter Beagle, Holly… Read more »
Coursera: Online Games Week 2
This week in Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative This week the class is going to dig a little deeper into Tolkien, the social aspect of MMOs and take a look at one of my favorite epic poems: Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. Readings – J.R.R Tolkien’s… Read more »
Flights of Fantasy: July 2014 Books of the Month
The July 2014 Flights of Fantasy group reads and my early decision on reading them. I meant to have this posted early last week for those who are joining in on the reads. 🙁 YA/MG: Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy #1) Decision: Maybe The war begins… Darrow is a… Read more »
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