Contents of blog copyright Book Dragon's Lair 2009-2023
I've been gone a while. I started reading fanfiction to escape and I got sucked in an abyss.

I have no idea if someone else is hosting similar challenges. I just grabbed some of what I have hosted before.

Here's to a happy year of great reading
Jan2023: Not much has changed. Writing a fanfiction now O_o as well as reading but I bought 7 new books in December and hope to get those read soon. Crossing fingers about adding challenges (late!)
Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts

Monday, December 28, 2015

RC: Flights of Fantasy


Flights of Fantasy
2016

hosted by Alexa Loves Books & Hello, Chelly
for more information and to sign up, click here or here

#flightsoffantasy

This one is all about fantasy. There will be twitter chats and there's a book club with discussions. I failed with keeping track last year but I'm sure I read at least one fantasy book. Maybe. I hope to do better in 2016, SIX books is my goal.


~ Books Read ~
  1. Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Thoughts on ...Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis

Fast paced action. Great imagination. Good vs. Evil with a Camelot twist. Strong faith, in the goodness of people, in the Creator. This is a Christian based world with prayer and faith, some of them just happen to be dragons.

I'm on page 306 and for some reason I looked at the cover... Hey, they got it right! So many times something is missing but not this time. Great cover!

Back.

As this is book one of four, I am not expecting a Happy-Ever-After, but I am hoping that all the good guys are safe. Just as I'm sure book two will have more danger and twists so too I believe there will be prayers, "Please God? Help Billy get home."

Back.

The book ends. There are loose ends but I am not "dying" to find out what happens. While I still need to know, and care what happens, I can take the time to make breakfast.

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary, autographed copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed in this post are mine and may differ from yours. Book information courtesy of Barnes and Noble


Raising Dragons
Dragons in Our Midst
by Bryan Davis

publisher: Living Ink Books ... AMG Publishers
ISBN: 978-0899571706
format: Trade Paperback
date published: February 2000
format: Trade paperback
genre: Fantasy, Juvenile Fiction
pages: 371
ages: 12?
Grade: B+

Product Description:
A boy learns of his dragon past; a girl has known of hers for years. They combine their faith, courage, and love to overcome evil, a slayer who seeks to bring an end to dragon heritage, forever.
The kids at school call Billy “Dragon Breath” for good reason. His breath is bad! It isn’t the normal, morning-mouth bad; it’s the hot-as-fire, “don’t-you-dare-get-near-me” bad. Trouble erupts when his hot breath sets off the fire sprinklers in the boys’ restroom at school, and his parents learn that they’ve kept their secret for too long.
Billy finally discovers the secret. His father was once a dragon! Now that’s a piece of news a guy doesn’t deal with every day! Billy feels betrayed, alien, lost. When the dragon slayer traps him on a cold mountaintop in West Virginia, Billy learns to battle with weapons of steel and spirit while relying on a power he doesn’t understand, a power that helps him learn to trust again.
Bonnie, an orphan, tries to find a home, someone to love her, even though she feels like a freak because of a body feature that she calls a deformity. But this unusual feature becomes a life-saving attribute as she discovers that her love for others and her faith in a creator hold the answers she’s looking for.

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Thoughts on...Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey

I'm not sure I can accurately review this title. You see, my high school graduation was 29 years ago and this is a book (not just the title-the book) I read while in high school. The whole series is comfort reading for me and I re-read them last year as well as this year.

The best I can do is tell you more about the book then amazon does ;)

"There's nothing for you to fear from Harpers" said T'gellan, rider of Bronze Dragon Monarth to Menolly, Petiron's lost apprentice.

Wait. maybe that's not the best introduction ;) Pern is a earth colony that has had all contact severed. The space travel is unheard off and the planet has gone back to a class system.

People live in cities called Holds with a main person in charge, the Holder. Several Holds look to a Lord Holder. There are apprentices, journeyman and Masters of crafts, such as ship building, mining and teaching. Masters are over city-like places called Halls, with one Master leading the others.

Most teaching is done by a Harper and is musically taught. Harpers are men.

That is way too simple. It doesn't say anything about Thread, a dangerous eating-everything-but-solid-rock organism that falls from the sky on a recognisable rotation. Nor about Dragons, yes, flying, fire-breathing dragons that flame the thread from the sky at great risk to themselves and their riders.

Menolly grew up in an island sea hold. Fishing was their main livelihood but Menolly was a square peg trying to fit into the round hole of her world. She is tall for a girl, too musically sensitive for a girl, and the last one able to teach when the Harper dies. This shouldn't be the problem that it is but the Sea Holder, for lack of a better term, has a stick up his butt about women harpering. Is embarrassed to have a young girl lead the teaching and beats her when she writes her own songs.

After injuring her hand gutting fish, told not to sing with the others, she runs away and impresses nine Fire Lizards (pet-sized dragons).

Menolly ends up at a Weyr (where the dragons live) where she is discovered by the Masterharper and whisked to the Harper hall.

Book two, this book, starts with her landing at Harper Hall.

The book spends a week with Menolly fighting envy, backstabbing, fist fights, the same attitude of her father, all to find her place in the hall. True friends are introduced and....

maybe amazon got it right, "Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words."

One of the nice things about the trilogy is that it follows along with the rest of Pern, we are not isolated at the Hall but events around the world impact the story. As well as the story impacting the rest of the world and at the end of the week, she and her Fire Lizards have settled in.

This is not a good place to start reading the series from try Dragonsong, or better yet, Dragonflight.


Disclaimer: This title is from my personal library. The opinions expressed in this post are mine and may differ from yours. Book information courtesy of amazon


Dragonsinger
Pern's Harper Hall trilogy
by Anne McCaffreyr


publisher: Spectra/Bantam
format: Mass Market paperback
genre: fantasy
age range 12+
256 pages


Product Description:
Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words.



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Monday, August 15, 2011

Book list: 101 (813) Fantasy Titles



101 Fantasy Reading Challenge
perpetual
hosted by Michelle of
The True Book Addict
at it's own blog

My post about the challenge is here
This is "the list" of 813 titles.

Some weren't voted for at all but they were nominated so they're on the list. I have no idea, at this time, how I'm going to decide which ones to read for the challenge. Update: read the ones I currently own and/or are on my TBR list.



1. ROWLING, JK – Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows – 255
2. MEYER, STEPHENIE – Twilight – 252
3. ROWLING, JK – Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone – 246 (I read the US title)
4. ROWLING, JK – Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban – 239
5. ROWLING, JK – Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince – 238
6. ROWLING, JK – Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire – 234
7. ROWLING, JK – Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix – 231
8. ROWLING, JK – Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets – 220
9. MEYER, STEPHENIE – Eclipse – 210
10. MEYER, STEPHENIE – New Moon – 208
11. MEYER, STEPHENIE – Breaking Dawn – 197

12. TOLKIEN, JRR – The Fellowship of the Ring – 188
13. NOEL, Alyson – Evermore – 183
14. TOLKIEN, JRR – The Return of the King – 177
15. TOLKIEN, JRR – The Two Towers – 171
16. NOEL, Alyson – Blue Moon – 166
17. TOLKIEN, JRR – The Hobbit – 161
18. LEWIS, CS – Chronicles of Narnia – 142
19. CLARE, Cassandra – City of Bones – 131
20. MEAD, Richelle – Vampire Academy – 123
21. CASHORE, Kristin – Graceling – 122
22. CLARE, Cassandra – City of Glass – 122
23. COLLINS, Suzanne – The Hunger Games – 122 ~ read 4-13-12
24. CLARE, Cassandra – City of Ashes – 117
25. MEAD, Richelle – Shadow Kiss – 115
26. MEAD, Richelle – Frostbite – 113
27. L’ENGLE, Madeline – Wrinkle in Time – 111
28. BRIGGS, Patricia – Moon Called – 108
29. SNYDER, Maria – Poison Study – 104
30. MEAD, Richelle – Blood Promise – 101
31. BRIGGS, Patricia – Bone Crossed – 98
32. MARR, Melissa – Wicked Lovely – 98
33. HARRIS, Charlaine – Dead Until Dark – 96
34. BRIGGS, Patricia – Iron Kissed – 96
35. BRIGGS, Patricia – Blood Bound – 96
36. DE LA CRUZ, Melissa – Blue Bloods – 88
37. SHAKESPEARE, William – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 87
38. ARMSTRONG, Kelly – Bitten – 87
39. PAOLINI, Christopher – Eragon – 82
40. HARRIS, Charlaine – Dead to the World – 80
41. SNYDER, Maria – Fire Study – 79
42. ARMSTRONG, Kelley – The Summoning – 79
43. FROST, Jeaniene – One Foot in the Grave – 78
44. DE LA CRUZ, Melissa – Masquerade – 78
45. DE LA CRUZ, Melissa – Revelations – 77
46. FROST, Jeaniene – Halfway to the Grave – 77
47. SNYDER, Maria – Magic Study – 76
48. GAIMAN, Neil – Stardust – 76
49. MARR, Melissa – Ink Exchange – 75
50. HARRIS, Charlaine – Club Dead – 74
51. WARD, JR – Dark Lover – 74
52. MCKINLEY, Robin – The Blue Sword – 73
53. VINCENT, Rachel – Stray – 73
54. RICE, Anne – Interview with the Vampire – 73
55. KENYON, Sherrilyn – Acheron – 73
56. HARRIS, Charlaine – From Dead to Worse – 72
57. HARRIS, Charlaine – Dead as a Doornail – 72
58. HARRIS, Charlaine – Living Dead in Dallas – 72
59. HARRIS, Charlaine – Definitely Dead – 72
60. WARD, JR – Lover Awakened – 72
61. FROST, Jeaniene – At Grave’s End – 71
62. HARRIS, Charlaine – All Together Dead – 71
63. MARR, Melissa – Fragile Eternity – 70
64. CARROLL, Lewis – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – 69
65. VINCENT, Rachel – Prey – 69
66. HARRISON, Kim – Dead Witch Walking – 68
67. BRAY, Libba – A Great & Terribly Beauty – 67
68. DE LA CRUZ, Melissa – The Van Alen Legacy – 65
69. VINCENT, Rachel – Pride – 64
70. VINCENT, Rachel – Rogue – 63
71. WYNNE JONES, Diana – Howl’s Moving Castle – 63
72. PULLMAN, Philip – Northern Lights – 62
73. MONING, Karen Marie – Darkfever – 62
74. MONING, Karen Marie – Bloodfever – 62
75. STOKER, Bram – Dracula – 60
76. PULLMAN, Philip – The Subtle Knife – 60
77. CARD, Orson Scott – Ender’s Game – 59
78. PULLMAN, Philip – The Amber Spyglass – 59
79. MCKINLEY, Robin – The Hero & the Crown – 59
80. WARD, JR – Lover Eternal – 59
81. MONING, Karen Marie – Dreamfever – 58
82. LEVINE, Gail Carson – Ella Enchanted – 58
83. WILLIAMSON, Jill – By Darkness Hid – 58
84. PIERCE, Tamora – Trickster’s Choice – 58
85. MURPHY, CE – Urban Shaman – 57
86. WARD, JR – Lover Revealed – 57
87. NIX, Garth – Sabriel – 57
88. WARD, JR – Lover Unbound – 56
89. HAMILTON, Laurell K – Guilty Pleasures – 56
90. PAOLINI, Christopher – Eldest – 55
91. BEAGLE, Peter S – The Last Unicorn – 55
92. KENYON, Sherrilyn – Night Play – 55
93. MEAD, Richelle – Succubus Blues – 55
94. BAUM, Frank – Wizard of Oz – 54
95. WARD, JR – Lover Enshrined – 54
96. MEAD, Richelle – Storm Born – 54
97. GAIMAN, Neil & PRATCHETT, Terry – Good Omens – 54
98. ANDREWS, Ilona – Magic Strikes – 53
99. MONING, Karen Marie – Faefever – 53
100.MCKINLEY, Robin – Beauty – 53
101.HARRISON, Kim – The Outlaw Demon Wails – 53


102.GAIMAN, Neil – Neverwhere – 53
103.HARRISON, Kim – Every Which Way But Dead – 53
104.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Fantasy Lover – 53
105.CARROLL, Lewis – Alice through the Looking Glass – 52
106.BRAY, Libba – A Sweet Far Thing – 52
107.PIERCE, Tamora – Trickster’s Queen – 52
108.MEAD, Richelle – Succubus Dream – 52
109.CAINE, Rachel – Glass Houses – 52
110.MEAD, Richelle – Succubus Heat – 52
111.HARRISON, Kim – The Good the Bad and the Undead – 52
112.ANDREWS, Ilona – Magic Bites – 51
113.MEAD, Richelle – Succubus on Top – 51
114.HARRISON, Kim – For a Few Demons More – 51
115.BRAY, Libba – Rebel Angels – 51
116.HARRISON, Kim – Fistful of Charms – 50
117.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Seize the Night – 50
118.GAIMAN, Neil – The Graveyard Book – 50
119.HARRISON, Kim – White Witch, Black Curse – 50
120.RIORDAN, Rick – The Lightning Thief – 50
121.LEGUIN, Ursula – A Wizard of Earthsea – 49
122.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Night Pleasures – 49
123.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Night Embrace – 49
124.MEAD, Richelle – Thorn Queen – 49
125.BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer – The Mists of Avalon – 48
126.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Dream Warrior – 47
127.VINCENT, Rachel – My Soul to Take – 47
128.MCCAFFREY, Anne – The Dragonriders of Pern – 47
129.CAINE, Rachel – Carpe Corpus – 47
130.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Unleash the Night – 46
131.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Dance with the Devil X – 46
132.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Dragonflight – 46
133.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Devil May Cry – 46
134.GAIMAN, Neil – Coraline – 45
135.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Kiss of the Night – 45
136.CAINE, Rachel – Feast of Fools – 45
137.BARRIE, JM – Peter Pan – 45
138.COLFER, Eoin – Artemis Fowl – 45
139.ANDREWS, Ilona – Magic Burns – 45
140.COOPER, Susan – The Dark is Rising – 45
141.CAINE, Rachel – The Dead Girls Dance- 45
142.NIX, Garth – Abhorsen – 45
143.KENYON, Sherrilyn – The Dark Side of the Moon – 44
144.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Dragonsong – 44
145.CAINE, Rachel – Midnight Alley – 44
146.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Dream Chaser – 44
147.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Bad Moon Rising – 43
148.MURPHY, CE – Coyote Dreams – 43
149.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Sins of the Night – 43
150.KENYON, Sherrilyn – One Silent Night – 43
151.CAINE, Rachel – Lord of Misrule – 43
152.JORDAN, Robert – The Eye of the World – 42
153.RICE, Anne – The Vampire Lestat – 42
154.KENYON, Sherrilyn – The Dream Hunter – 42
155.MURPHY, CE – Thunderbird Falls – 42
156.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Dragonsinger – 42
157.MONING, Karen – The Immortal Highlander – 42
158.MONING, Karen – The Dark Highlander – 41
159.BUTCHER, Jim – Storm Front – 41
160.NIFFENEGGER, Audrey – The Time Traveler’s Wife – 41
161.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Upon the Midnight Clear – 41
162.MONING, Karen – Spell of the Highlander – 41
163.PRATCHETT, Terry – Wyrd Sisters – 40
164.MCKINLEY, Robin – Sunshine – 40
165.RICE, Anne – The Queen of the Damned – 39
166.KENYON, Sherrilyn – Dragonswan – 39
167.NIX, Garth – Lirael – 39
168.HAMILTON, Laurell K – The Lunatic CafĂ© – 39
169.LACKEY, Mercedes – Magic’s Price – 38
170.MONING, Karen – Kiss of the Highlander – 38
171.JACQUES, Brian – Redwall – 38
172.MARTIN, George RR – A Game of Thrones – 38
173.RIORDAN, Rick – The Last Olympian – 38
174.LACKEY, Mercedes – Magic’s Pawn – 38
175.GOODKIND, Terry – Wizard’s First Rule – 38
176.VINCENT, Rachel – My Soul to Lose – 38
177.WREDE, Patricia – Talking to Dragons – 37
178.VERNE, Jules – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – 37
179.MAGUIRE, Gregory – Wicked – 37
180.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Dragonquest – 37
181.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Circus of the Damned – 37
182.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Dragondrums – 36
183.GAIMAN, Neil – American Gods – 36
184.RIORDAN, Rick – The Sea of Monsters – 36
185.LACKEY, Mercedes – Magic’s Promise – 36
186.PIKE, Aprilynne – Wings – 36
187.GOLDMAN, William – The Princess Bride – 36
188.WREDE, Patricia – Searching for Dragons – 36
189.WEIS, Margaret and HICKMAN, Tracy – Dragons of Autumn Twilight – 35
190.BUTCHER, Jim – Fool Moon – 35
191.UNKNOWN – Arabian Nights – 35
192.HAMILTON, Laurell K – The Killing Dance – 35
193.MCCAFFREY, Anne – The White Dragon – 34
194.PRATCHETT, Terry – The Wee Free Men – 34
195.WEIS, Margaret and HICKMAN, Tracy – Dragons of Winter Night – 34
196.HAMILTON, Laurell K – The Laughing Corpse – 34
197.MONING, Karen – The Highlander’s Touch – 34
198.WREDE, Patricia – Calling on Dragons – 34
199.MONING, Karen – Beyond the Highland Mist – 34
200.RIORDAN, Rick – The Titan’s Curse – 34
201.RIORDAN, Rick – The Battle of the Labyrinth – 33
202.PRATCHETT, Terry – Night Watch – 33
203.MURPHY, CE – Walking Dead – 33
204.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Obsidian Butterfly – 33
205.WEIS, Margaret and HICKMAN, Tracy – Dragons of Spring Dawning – 33
206.MONING, Karen – To Tame a Highland Warrior – 32
207.ALEXANDER, Lloyd – The Prydain Chronicles – 32
208.CAREY, Jacqueline – Kushiel’s Dart – 31
209.DICKENS, Charles – A Christmas Carol – 31
210.EDDINGS, David – Pawn of Prophecy – 31
211.PETTERSSON, Vicki – The Scent of Shadows – 31
212.COLFER, Eoin – Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox – 31
213.BUTCHER, Jim – Grave Peril – 31
214.HOMER – The Odyssey – 31
215.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Blue Moon – 30
216.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Narcissus in Chains – 30
217.TWAIN, Mark – A Connecticut Yankee – 30
218.PRATCHETT, Terry – Guards! Guards! – 30
219.COLFER, Eoin – Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code – 30
220.SHEARIN, Lisa – Magic Lost, Trouble Found – 30
221.MARTIN, George RR – A Clash of Kings – 30
222.FEIST, Raymond E – Magician – 30
223.PRATCHETT, Terry – Mort – 30
224.MOORE, Moira J – Resenting the Hero – 30
225.BISHOP, Anne – Queen of the Darkness – 30
226.SHEARIN, Lisa – Armed & Magical – 29
227.ROTHFUSS, Patrick – The Name of the Wind – 29
228.BISHOP, Anne – Heir to the Shadows – 29
229.ANONYMOUS – Beowulf – 29
230.BISHOP, Anne – Daughter of the Blood – 29
231.STROUD, Jonathan – The Amulet of Samarkand – 29
232.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Bloody Bones – 29
233.COLFER, Eoin – Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony – 29
234.VONNEGUT, Kurt – Slaughterhouse-Five – 29
235.PETTERSSON, Vicki – The Taste of Night – 28
236.ANTHONY, Piers – On a Pale Horse – 28
237.ENDE, Michael – The Neverending Story – 28
238.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Danse Macabre – 28
239.HAMILTON, Laurell K – The Harlequin – 28
240.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Cerulean Sins – 28
241.HOBB, Robin – Assassin’s Apprentice – 28
242.MARTIN, George RR – A Storm of Swords – 28
243.ALEXANDER, Lloyd – The Black Cauldron – 28
244.COLFER, Eoin – Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident – 28
245.PRATCHETT, Terry – Small Gods – 28
246.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Skin Trade – 27
247.STROUD, Jonathan – Ptolemy’s Gate – 27
248.WYNNE JONES, Diana – The Lives of Christopher Chant – 27
249.COLFER, Eoin – Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception – 27
250.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Incubus Dreams – 27
251.PRATCHETT, Terry – Soul Music – 27
252.MARILLIER, Juliet – Daughter of the Forest – 27
253.SHEARIN, Lisa – The Trouble with Demons – 27
254.SAGARA, Michelle – Cast in Shadow – 26
255.SAGARA, Michelle – Cast in Courtlight – 26
256.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Micah – 26
257.MARTIN, George RR – A Feast for Crows – 26
258.STROUD, Jonathan – The Golem’s Eye – 25
259.TOLKIEN, JRR – Children of Hurin – 25
260.ATWOOD, Margaret – The Handmaid’s Tale – 25
61.KING, Stephen – The Gunslinger – 25
262.HAMILTON, Laurell K – Blood Noir – 25
263.MCKILLIP, Patrica A – Riddle-Master of Hed – 25
264.PETTERSSON, Vicki – The Touch of Twilight – 25
265.STEWART, Mary – The Crystal Cave – 25
266.SAGARA, Michelle – Cast in Secret – 25
267.PRATCHETT, Terry – The Color of Magic – 25
268.PETTERSSON, Vicki – City of Souls – 24
269.TURNER, Megan Whalen – The King of Attolia – 24
270.PRATCHETT, Terry – The Truth – 24
271.GABALDON, Diana – Cross Stitch – 23
272.ALEXANDER, Lloyd – The Book of Three – 23
273.LEGUIN, Ursula – The Tombs of Atuan – 23
274.SMITH, L.J. – The Forbidden Game: The Chase - 23
275.STEWART, Mary – The Hollow Hills – 23
276.MURPHY, CE – Winter Moon – 22
277.EDDINGS, David – Polgara the Sorceress – 22
278.MOORE, Moira J – The Hero Strikes Back – 22
279.ALEXANDER, Lloyd – The High King – 22
280.KING, Stephen – The Dark Tower – 22
281.SWIFT, Jonathan – Gulliver’s Travels – 22
282.EDDINGS, David – Belgarath the Sorcerer – 22
283.CLARKE, Susanna – Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – 22
284.TURNER, Megan Whalen – The Queen of Attolia – 22
285.BROOKS, Terry – The Sword of Shannara – 22
286.KLAUS, Annette Curtis – Blood and Chocolate – 22
287.WYNNE JONES, Diana – Charmed Life – 21
288.RICE, Anne – The Vampire Armand – 21
289.SAGARA, Michelle – Cast in Fury – 21
290.SMITH, L.J. – The Forbidden Game: The Hunt – 21
291.EDDINGS, David – Magician’s Gambit – 21
292.STEWART, Mary – The Last Enchantment – 21
293.ALEXANDER, Lloyd – Taran Wanderer – 21
294.SMITH, L.J. – The Forbidden Game: The Kill – 21
295.EDDINGS, David – Enchanter’s End Game – 21
296.SANDERSON, Brandon – Mistborn – 21
297.BISHOP, Anne – Dreams Made Flesh – 21
298.EXUPERY, Antoine de Saint – The Little Prince – 20
299.SCOTT, Michael – The Alchemist – 20
300.JORDAN, Robert – The Shadow Rising – 20
301.JORDAN, Robert – The Great Hunt – 20
302.WYNNE JONES, Diana – Castle in the Air – 20
303.ALEXANDER, Lloyd – The Castle of Llyr – 20
304.WYNNE JONES, Diana – Fire & Hemlock – 20
305.JORDAN, Robert – The Dragon Reborn – 20
306.WYNNE JONES, Diana – Witch Week – 20
307.WYNNE JONES, Diana – The Many Lives of Christopher Chant – 19
308.CAREY, Jacqueline – Kushiel’s Avatar – 19
309.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Dragonseye – 19
310.KITTREDGE, Caitlin – Street Magic – 19
311.LOVECRAFT, HP – Cthulu Mythos – 19
312.CAREY, Jacqueline – Kushiel’s Chosen – 19
313.LEGUIN, Ursula – The Farthest Shore – 19
314.JORDAN, Robert – The Fires of Heaven – 19
315.CHAUCER, Geoffrey – Canterbury Tales – 19
316.BROOKS, Terry – The Elfstones of Shannara – 19
317.WILLIAMS, Tad – The Dragonbone Chair – 19
318.DONALDSON, Stephen R – Chronicles of Thomas Convenant the Unbeliever – 19
319.STIEFVATER, Maggie – Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception – 18
320.HOBB, Robin – Royal Assassin – 18
321.MOORE, Moira J – Heroes Adrift – 18
322.WYNNE JONES, Diana – House of Many Ways – 18
323.MCMASTER BUJOLD, Lois – A Civil Campaign – 18
324.GALENORN, Yasmine – Witchling – 18
325.EDDINGS, David – Queen of Sorcery – 18
326.WREDE, Patricia – Mairelon the Magician – 18
327.SMITH-READY, Jeri – Wicked Game – 18
328.KAY, Guy Gavriel – Tigana – 17
329.PRATCHETT, Terry – Nation – 17
330.FEEHAN, Christine – Night Game – 17
331.BISHOP, Anne – The Shadow Queen – 17
332.DE LINT, Charles – Dreams Underfoot – 17
333.BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice – Tarzan – 17
334.MCKILLIP, Patrica A – The Harpist in the Wind – 17
335.MCMASTER BUJOLD, Lois – The Curse of Chalion – 17
336.JACQUES, Brian – Mossflower – 17
337.EDDINGS, David – The Seeress of Kell – 17
338.HOBB, Robin – Assassin’s Quest – 16
339.FEEHAN, Christine – Mind Game – 16
340.GALENORN, Yasmine – Changeling – 16
341.RICE, Anne – Blood and Gold – 16
342.WYNNE JONES, Diana – The Magician’s of Caprona – 16
343.EDDINGS, David – The Redemption of Althalus – 16
344.FEEHAN, Christine – Murder Game – 16
345.RICE, Anne – The Tale of the Body Thief – 16
346.GALENORN, Yasmine – Darkling – 16
347.BISHOP, Anne – The Invisible Ring – 16
348.FEEHAN, Christine – Shadow Game – 16
349.EDDINGS, David – Castle of Wizardry – 16
350.GALENORN, Yasmine – Night Huntress – 15
351.VELDE, Vivian Vande – Heir Apparent – 15
352.RICE, Anne – Blackwood Farm – 15
353.JORDAN, Robert – Knife of Dreams – 15
354.JORDAN, Robert – A Crown of Swords - 15
355.BISHOP, Anne – Tangled Webs – 15
356.EDDINGS, David – Guardians of the West – 15
357.FEEHAN, Christine – Deadly Game – 15
358.NIX, Garth – Superior Saturday – 15
359.GABALDON, Diana – Dragonfly in Amber – 15
360.FEEHAN, Christine – Conspiracy Game – 15
361.SCOTT, Michael – The Magician – 15
362.JORDAN, Robert – Winter’s Heart – 15
363.GAIMAN, Neil – Anansi Boys – 15
364.EDDINGS, David – King of the Murgos – 15
365.CARD, Orson Scott – Enchantment – 15
366.FEEHAN, Christine – Magic in the Wind – 15
367.RICE, Anne – Memnoch the Devil – 15
368.MCKILLIP, Patrica A – Ombria in Shadow – 15
369.ANTHONY, Piers – A Spell for Chameleon – 15
370.FEEHAN, Christine – Predatory Game – 15
371.FEIST, Raymond E – Silverthorn – 14
372.WEEKS, Brent – Beyond the Shadows – 14
373.BROOKS, Terry – The Wishsong of Shannara – 14
374.FEIST, Raymond E – A Darkness at Sethanon – 14
375.GALENORN, Yasmine – Demon Mistress – 14
376.PRATCHETT, Terry – The Last Hero – 14
377.EDDINGS, David – The Diamond Throne – 14
378.EDDINGS, David – Demon Lord of Karanda – 14
379.MCKILLIP, Patrica A – Heir of Sea and Fire – 14
380.CARMODY, Isobelle – Obernewtyn – 14
381.JORDAN, Robert – Lord of Chaos – 14
382.EDDINGS, David – The Sapphire Rose – 14
383.FEEHAN, Christine – Oceans of Fire – 14
384.GALENORN, Yasmine – Dragon Wytch – 14
385.KING, Stephen – The Wastelands – 14
386.WREDE, Patricia – The Magician’s Ward – 14
387.EDDINGS, David – Sorceress of Darshiva – 14
388.LYNCH, Scott – The Lies of Locke Lamora – 14
389.KING, Stephen – Wizards and Glass – 14
390.NIX, Garth – Mister Monday – 13
391.EDDINGS, David – The Ruby Knight – 13
392.WREDE, Patricia – Thirteenth Child – 13
393.MANTCHEV, Lisa – Eyes Like Stars – 13
394.NIX, Garth – Lady Friday – 13
395.CAREY, Jacqueline – Kushiel’s Scion – 13
396.FEEHAN, Christine – Safe Harbor – 13
397.WEEKS, Brent – Shadows Edge – 13
398.VON GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang – Faust – 13
399.MOORCOCK, Michael – Storm Bringer – 13
400.DE LINT, Charles – Widdershins – 13
401.WELLS, Jaye – Red-headed Stepchild – 13
402.JORDAN, Robert – Crossroads of Twilight – 13
403.FEEHAN, Christine – Turbulent Sea – 13
404.JORDAN, Robert – The Path of Daggers – 13
405.GABALDON, Diana – Voyager – 13
406.NIX, Garth – Grim Tuesday – 13
407.WREDE, Patricia – Snow White and Rose Red – 13
408.GABALDON, Diana – The Drums of Autumn – 13
409.FEEHAN, Christine – Dangerous Tides – 13
410.NIX, Garth – Sir Thursday – 13
411.ABE, Shana – The Smoke Thief – 12
412.BROOKS, Terry – Magic Kingdom for Sale – Sold – 12
413.FEEHAN, Christine – The Twilight Before Christmas – 12
414.BRUST, Steven – Jhereg – 12
415.GABALDON, Diana – The Fiery Cross – 12
416.MAGUIRE, Gregory – Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister – 12
417.NIX, Garth – Drowned Wednesday – 12
418.SMITH-READY, Jeri – Voice of Crow – 12
419.HAYDON, Elizabeth – Rhapsody: Child of Blood – 12
420.CAREY, Jacqueline – Kushiel’s Justice – 12
421.WYNNE JONES, Diana – Conrad’s Fate – 12
422.SMITH-READY, Jeri – Eyes of Crow – 12
423.KAY, Guy Gavriel – A Song for Arbonne – 12
424.WYNNE JONES, Diana – The Pinhoe Egg – 12
425.GABALDON, Diana – A Breath of Snow and Ashes – 12
426.LEIGH, Lora – Coyote’s Mate – 12
427.LIU, Marjorie – The Iron Hunt – 12
428.KAY, Guy Gavriel – The Summer Tree – 12
429.BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice – John Carter – 12
430.KING, Stephen – The Drawing of the Three – 12
431.BEAGLE, Peter – A Fine and Private Place – 12
432.KING, Stephen – Song of Susannah – 12
433.CAREY, Jacqueline – Kushiel’s Mercy – 12
434.WEEKS, Brent – The Way of Shadows – 12
435.SMITH-READY, Jeri – Bad to the Bone – 11
436.COELHO, Paul – The Alchemist – 11
437.MARILLIER, Juliet – Child of the Prophecy – 11
438.KOSTOVA, Elizabeth – The Historian – 11
439.KAY, Guy Gavriel – The Lions of Al-Rassan – 11
440.MARILLIER, Juliet – Son of the Shadows – 11
441.JACQUES, Brian – Mattimeo – 11
442.KING, Stephen – Wolves of the Calla – 11
443.HUFF, Tanya – Summon the Keeper – 11
444.HOBB, Robin – The Golden Fool – 11
445.RICE, Anne – Blood Canticle – 11
446.SCOTT, Michael – The Sorceress – 11
447.DE LINT, Charlies – The Onion Girl – 11
448.LEIGH, Lora – Dawn’s Awakening – 11
449.KAY, Guy Gavriel – The Wandering Fire – 11
450.SIMMONS, Dan – Hyperion – 10
451.BROOKS, Terry – The Talismans of Shannara – 10
452.LEIGH, Lora – Bengal’s Heart – 10
453.BROOKS, Terry – The Scions of Shannara – 10
454.LEIBER, Fritz – The Swords of Lankhmar – 10
455.ZINK, Michelle – Prophecy of the Sisters – 10
456.HOBB, Robin – Fool’s Errand – 10
457.LEIGH, Lora -Mercury’s War – 10
458.LEIGH, Lora – Elizabeth’s Wolf – 10
459.ANTHONY, Piers – For Love of Evil – 10
460.ANTHONY, Piers – With a Tangled Skein – 10
461.KAY, Guy Gavriel – The Darkest Road – 10
462.STEWART, Mary – The Wicked Day – 10
463.SMITH-READY, Jeri – The Reawakened – 10
464.HOBB, Robin – Fool’s Fate – 10
465.LEGUIN, Ursula – The Other Wind – 9
466.WREDE, Patricia – Dragonsbane – 9
467.WATT-EVANS, Lawrence – The Misenchanted Sword – 9
468.RAWN, Melanie – Stronghold – 9
469.LEGUIN, Ursula – Tehanu – 9
470.EDDINGS, David – The Hidden City – 9
471.RAND, Ayn – Atlas Shrugged – 9
472.LEIGH, Lora – Megan’s Mark – 9
473.WILSON, CL – Lady of Light and Shadows – 9
474.WREDE, Patricia – Shadows Over Lyra – 9
475.EDDINGS, David – The Shining Ones – 9
476.LEIGH, Lora – Jacob’s Faith – 9
477.WILLIAMS, Tad – Stone of Farewell – 9
478.RAWN, Melanie – The Dragon Token – 9
479.GOODKIND, Terry – Faith of the Fallen – 9
480.KERR, Katharine – Daggerspell – 9
481.HOBB, Robin – Ship of Destiny – 9
482.RAWN, Melanie – Skybowl – 9
483.EDDINGS, David – The Domes of Fire – 9
484.DONALDSON, Stephen R – A Man Rides Through – 9
485.MARILLIER, Juliet – Heir to the Sevenwaters – 9
486.LEIGH, Lora – Harmony’s Way – 8
487.GREEN, Simon R – Nightside: Something from the Nightside – 8
488.BROOKS, Terry – The Druid of Shannara – 8
489.LIVINGSTON, Leslie – Wondrous Strange – 8
490.WILLIAMS, Tad – Storm – 8
491.DONALDSON, Stephen R – The Mirror of Her Dreams – 8
492.BRUST, Steven – Phoenix – 8
493.HOBB, Robin – Ship of Magic – 8
494.ANTHONY, Piers – Being a Green Mother – 8
495.LEIGH, Lora – Tanner’s Scheme – 8
496.WINDLING, Terri – The Wood Wife – 8
497.ANTHONY, Piers – Wielding a Red Sword – 8
498.GOODKIND, Terry – Stone of Tears – 8
499.HOWARD, Robert E – Conan the Barbarian – 8
500.SANDERSON, Brandon – Hero of the Ages – 8
501.WILLIAMS, Tad – Siege – 8
502.ANTHONY, Piers – The Source of Magic – 8
503.HAYDON, Elizabeth – Prophecy: Child of Earth – 8
504.BRUST, Steven – Taltos – 8
505.LEIGH, Lora – Tempting the Beast – 8
506.SANDERSON, Brandon – The Well of Ascension – 8
507.KURTZ, Katherine – Camber of Culdi – 8
508.CAREY, Jacqueline – Naamah’s Kiss – 8
509.ANTHONY, Piers – Bearing an Hourglass – 8
510.LEIGH, Lora – Soul Deep – 8
511.LEIGH, Lora – Aiden’s Charity – 8
512.BRUST, Steven – Yendi – 8
513.CASTLE, Jayne – Ghosthunter – 7
514.BARKER, Clive – The Thief of Always – 7
515.MARTEL, Yann – Life of Pi – 7
516.HOBB, Robin – The Mad Ship – 7
517.KERR, Katharine – Darkspell – 7
518.HEARN, Lian – Across the Nightingale Floor – 7
519.WALKER, Shiloh – Interlude – 7
520.KAY, Guy Gavriel – Sailing to Sarantium – 7
521.MOORCOCK, Michael – The Weird of the White Wolf – 7
522.BROOKS, Terry – The Elf of Shannara – 7
523.McCARTHY, Cormac – The Road – 7
524.MOORCOCK, Michael – The Sailor of the Seas of Fate – 7
525.WALKER, Shiloh – The Beginning – 7
526.PAUL, Donita K – Dragonspell – 7
527.HAYDON, Elizabeth – Destiny: Child of the Sky – 7
528.WALKER, Shiloh – Heart and Soul – 7
529.BRUST, Steven – Orca – 7
530.ERIKSON, Steven – Gardens of the Moon – 7
531.WALKER, Shiloh – Malachi – 7
532.BRUST, Steven – Dragon – 7
533.LEIGH, Lora – Kiss of Heat – 7
534.MACDONALD, George – Phantastes and Lilith – 7
535.KAY, Guy Gavriel – Lord of Emperors – 7
536.WALKER, Shiloh – Hunter’s Pride – 6
537.BLOCK, Francesca Lia – Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books – 6
538.WALKER, Shiloh – The Huntress – 6
539.LEIGH, Lora – The Man Within – 6
540.WALKER, Shiloh – Hunter’s Edge – 6
541.SETTERFIELD, Diane – The Thirteenth Tale – 6
542.MIEVILLE, China – The Scar – 6
543.WALKER, Shiloh – Rafe & Sheila – 6
544.GOODKIND, Terry – Confessor – 6
545.BRETT, Peter V – The Painted Man/The Warded Man – 6
546.WALKER, Shiloh – Ben and Shadoe – 6
547.PAVER, Michelle – Wolf Brother – 6
548.FREIDMAN, CS – Black Sun Rising – 6
549.ANTHONY, Piers – And Eternity – 6
550.GOODKIND, Terry – Blood of the Fold – 6
551.PAUL, Donita K – Dragonfire – 6
552.KEYES, Greg – The Briar Knight – 6
553.WALKER, Shiloh – Hunter’s Salvation – 6
554.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Acorna: The Unicorn Girl – 6
555.WALKER, Shiloh – Hunter’s Need – 6
556.MARILLIER, Juliet – Blade of Fortriu – 6
557.KANE, Stacia – Personal Demon – 6
558.GOODKIND, Terry – Temple of the Winds – 6
559.WALKER, Shiloh – Hunting the Hunter – 6
560.COLLINS, Suzanne – Gregor the Overlander – 6
561.LEGUIN, Ursula – Voices – 6
562.ANTHONY, Piers – Under a Velvet Cloak – 6
563.BRUST, Steven – Teckla – 5
564.GOODKIND, Terry – Naked Empire – 5
565.DEL FRANCO, Mark – Unquiet Dreams – 5
566.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Acorna’s World – 5
567.KANE, Stacia – Demon Inside – 5
568.PAUL, Donita K – Dragonlight – 5
569.DEAN, Pamela – The Secret Country – 5
570.PAVER, Michelle – Soul Eater – 5
571.FORD, John M – The Dragon Waiting – 5
572.CHALKER, Jack – Midnight at the Well of Souls – 5
573.MACDONALD, George – At the Back of the North Wind – 5
574.DOUGLASS, Sara – Enchanter – 5
575.GOODKIND, Terry – Phantom – 5
576.DEL FRANCO, Mark – Unshapely Things – 5
577.GREEN, Simon R – Hawk and Fisher – Haven Of Lost Souls – 5
578.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Acorn’s Rebels – 5
579.DEL FRANCO, Mark – Unfallen Dead – 5
580.DONALDSON, Stephen R – Mordant’s Need – 5
581.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Acorna’s Triumph – 5
582.MODESITT Jr, LE – The Magic of Recluce – 5
583.CONNOLLY, John – Book of Lost Things – 5
584.GOODKIND, Terry – Chainfire – 5
585.SIMMONS, Dan – Endymion – 5
586.PAUL, Donita K – Dragonknight – 5
587.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Acorna’s Quest – 5
588.PAVER, Michelle – Spirit Walker – 5
589.KIRIKI HOFFMAN, Nina – The Thread that Binds the Bones – 5
590.MONETTE ,Sarah – Melusine – 5
591.HAYDON, Elizabeth – Requiem for the Sun – 5
592.PAVER, Michelle – Ghost Hunter – 4
593.CARMODY, Isobelle – Ashling – 4
594.FREIDMAN, CS – When Night Falls – 4
595.BEAGLE, Peter – Tamsin – 4
596.MONETTE, Sarah – The Virtu – 4
597.GOODKIND, Terry – The Pillars of Creation – 4
598.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Acorna’s Search – 4
599.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Acorna’s People – 4
600.DEAN, Pamela – The Dubious Hills – 4
601.SKYE, OBERT – Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo – 4
602.PAVER, Michelle – Oath Breaker – 4
603.KERR, Katharine – Dawnspell: The Bristling Wood – 4
604.CARMODY, Isobelle – Darkfall – 4
605.DEAN, Pamela – The Hidden Land – 4
606.KERR, Katharine – A Time of Exile – 4
607.MCLEOD, Suzanne – The Sweet Smell of Blood – 4
608.MOORCOCK, Michael – The Jewel in the Skull – 4
609.DART-THORNTON, Cecilia – The Ill-made Mute – 4
610.GOODKIND, Terry – Soul of the Fire – 4
611.MCCAFFREY, Anne – Acorna’s Children – 4
612.PAVER, Michelle – Outcast – 4
613.IRVINE, Ian – The Three Worlds Cycle – 3
614.COLLINS, Suzanne – Gregor and the Mark of Secrets – 3
615.MOORCOCK, Michael – The Sword of the Dawn – 3
616.JOYCE, Brenda – Dark Embrace – 3
617.CARMODY, Isobelle – Darksong – 3
618.FRIEDMAN, CS – The Madness Season – 3
619.BEAM PIPER, H – Lorad Kalvan of Otherwhen – 3
620.DART-THORNTON, Cecilia – Lady of the Sorrows – 3
621.SIMMONS, Dan – The Rise of Endymion – 3
622.HOWARD, Robert E – Tower of the Elephant – 3
623.COLLINS, Suzanne – Gregor and the Code of Claw – 3
624.MOORCOCK, Michael – The Runestaff – 3
625.GRANGE, Amanda – Mr Darcy, Vampyre – 3
626.HILTON, James – Lost Horizon – 3
627.DEL FRANCO, Mark – Skin Deep – 3
628.KURTZ, Katherine – The Bishop’s Heir – 3
629.MOORCOCK, Michael – The Mad God’s Amulet – 3
630.MARILLIER, Juliet – The Well of Shadows – 3
631.MODESITT Jr, LE – The Magic Engineer – 3
632.JOYCE, Brenda – Dark Seduction – 3
633.MONETTE, Sarah – Corambis – 3
634.MOORCOCK, Michael – The King of the Swords – 3
635.BRUST, Steven – Agyar – 3
636.KURTZ, Katherine – High Deryni – 3
637.COLLINS, Suzanne – Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane – 3
638.DART-THORNTON, Cecilia – The Battle of Evernight – 3
639.COLLINS, Suzanne – Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods – 3
640.DOUGLASS, Sara – BattleAxe – 3
641.SIMMONS, Dan – The Fall of Hyperion – 3
642.MOORCOCK, Michael – The Queens of the Swords – 3
643.SEE, Lisa – Peony in Love – 3
644.PEARSON, Mary – Adoration of Jenna Fox – 3
645.FREIDMAN, CS – Crown of Shadows – 3
646.JOYCE, Brenda – Dark Victory – 3
647.DEAN, Pamela – Whim of the Dragon – 3
648.DOUGLASS, Sara – Starman – 3
649.MODESITT Jr, LE – Fall of Angels – 3
650.MONETTE, Sarah – The Mirador – 3
651.MOORCOCK, Michael – The Knight of the Swords – 3
652.MARILLIER, Juliet – The Dark Mirror – 3
653.EDDISON, Eric Rucker – The Worm Ourobors – 3
654.KURTZ, Katherine – Saint Camber – 3
655.MOORCOCK, Michael – Vanishing Tower – 3
656.JOYCE, Brenda – Dark Rival – 3
657.CARMODY, Isobelle – The Farseekers – 3
658.MURAKAMI, Haruki – A Wild Sheep Chase – 3
659.DICAMMILLO, Kat – The Miraculous Journey of Edward Toulane – 3
660.BROOKS, Terry – Wizard at Large – 3
661.MACDONALD, George – Lillith – 3
662.KERR, Katharine – Dragonspell: The Southern Sea – 3
663.KURTZ, Katherine – Deryni Rising – 3
664.MODESITT Jr, LE – Scion of Cyador – 2
665.DOUGLASS, Sara – Crusader – 2
666.MODESITT Jr, LE – The White Order – 2
667.DUNCAN, Dave – The Reluctant Swordsman – 2
668.BUCKLEY, Michael – The Fairy Tale Detectives – 2
669.HAYDON, Elizabeth – Elegy for a Lost Star – 2
670.KURTZ, Katherine – Camber the Heretic – 2
671.KURTZ, Katherine – The Quest for Saint Camber – 2
672.ONO, Fuyumi – Sea of Wind – 2
673.MODESITT Jr, LE – The Order War – 2
674.HARDINGE, Frances – Fly By Night – 2
675.KERR, Katharine – A Time of War – 2
676.BRIN, David – Infinity’s Shore – 2
677.DOUGLASS, Sara – Sinner – 2
678.KERR, Katharine – A Time of Justice – 2
679.CARMODY, Isobelle – The Keeping Place – 2
680.SEDGWICK, Marcus – My Sword Hand is Singing – 2
681.MURAKAMI, Haruki – Kafka on the Shore – 2
682.JOYCE, Brenda – Dark Lover – 2
683.WEST, Michelle – Sun Sword – 2
684.KURTZ, Katherine – Deryni Checkmate – 2
685.MODESITT Jr, LE – Ordermaster – 2
686.HORWOOD, William – Duncton Wood – 2
687.BLOCK, Francesa Lia – Necklace of Kisses – 2
688.BROOKS, Terry – The Black Unicorn – 2
689.ONO, Fuyumi – The Vast Spread of the Seas – 2
690.BROOKS, Terry – The Tangle Box – 2
691.DUNCAN, Dave – The Destiny of the Sword – 2
692.KURTZ, Katherine – The King’s Justice – 2
693.MODESITT Jr, LE – Magi’I of Cyador – 2
694.HOWARD, Robert E – The Song of Red Sonja – 2
695.ONO, Fuyumi – Sea of Shadow – 2
696.LEGUIN, Ursula – Lavinia – 2
697.GREGORY, Daryl – Pandemonium – 2
698.GRAY, Claudia – Evernight 2
699.KERR, Katharine – A Time of Omens – 2
700.FUREY, Maggie – Aurian – 2
701.HAYDON, Elizabeth – The Assassin King – 2
702.GREGORIAN, Joyce Ballou – Broken Citadel – 2
703.MILLER, Karen – The Riven Kingdom – 2
704.HORWOOD, William – Journeys to the Heartland – 1
705.OPPEGAARD, David – Suicide Collectors – 1
706.BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice – Pirates of Venus – 1
707.MILLER, Karen – Empress of Mijak – 1
708.HOWARD, Robert E – Skulls in the Stars – 1
709.WEST, Michelle – Sea of Sorrows – 1
710.MODESITT Jr, LE – Natural Ordermage – 1
711.HORWOOD, William – Duncton Tales – 1
712.EVANS, Chris – A Darkness Forged in Fire – 1
713.HOWARD, Robert E – Rogues in the house – 1
714.DUNCAN, Dave – The Coming of Wisdom – 1
715.BUCKLEY, Michael – Tales from the Hood – 1
716.HAWKER, John Twelve – The Traveller – 1
717.MODESITT Jr, LE – Mage-Guard of Hamor – 1
718.HORWOOD, William – Duncton Found – 1
719.WEST, Michelle – The Uncrowned King – 1
720.GREGORIAN, Joyce Ballou – Castledown! – 1
721.BUCKLEY, Michael – Magic and Other Misdemeanors – 1
722.VUN KANNON, Marc – A Warrior Made – 1
723.MODESITT Jr, LE – Colors of Chaos – 1
724.HORWOOD, William – Ducton Quest – 1
725.HOWARD, Robert E – The Hills of the Dead – 1
726.HARPER, Molly – Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs – 1
727.MCKILLOP, Patricia – The Changeling Sea
728.ARTHUR, Keri – Full Moon Rising – 1
729.WEST, Michelle – The Riven Shield – 1
730.SMALL, Beatrice – Lara: Book One of the Word of Heta – 1 (read 1/11/14)
731.BUNYAN, John – Pilgrim’s Progress – 1
732.MODESITT Jr, LE – The Chaos Balance – 1
733.CAST, PC – Untamed - 1
734.DE LINT, Charles – Memory - 1
735.WELLS, HG – The Time Machine – 1
736.MCKILLOP, Patricia – The Forgotten Beasts of Eld - 1
737.DRAKE, Jocelyn – Night Walker - 1
738.GREFORIAN, Joyce Ballou – The Great Wheel – 1
739.BRUST, Steven – To Reign in Hell – 1
740.MILLER, Karen – Hammer of God – 1
741.HOGAN, James P – The Proteus Operation – 1
742.MODESITT Jr, LE – Wellspring of Chaos – 1
743.BROOKS, Terry – Witches’ Brew – 1
744.BUCKLEY, Michael – The Problem Child – 1
745.CASS, Kiera – The Siren – 1
746.BAKKER, Scott R – The Darkness That Comes Before – 1
747.BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice – Pellucidar – 1
748.MILLAR, Martin – The Good Faeries of New York – 1
749.MODESITT Jr, LE – The Towers of Sunset – 1
750.HOWARD, Robert E – Shadow in the Tomb – 1
751.BUCKLEY, Michael – The Everafter War – 1
752.HORWOOD, William – Duncton Stone – 1
753.WILLIAMS, Charles – The Place of the Lion – 1
754.BROOKS, Terry – A Princess of Landover – 1
755.HIEBER, Leanna Renee – The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker – 1
756.BUCKLEY, Michael – Once Upon a Crime – 1
757.HORWOOD, William – Ducton Rising – 1
758.CARMODY, Isobelle – The Stone Key – 1
759.HOWARD, Robert E – The Moon of Skulls – 1
760.WEST, Michelle – The Shining Court – 1
761.LANAGAN, Margo – Tender Morsels – 1
762.FORD, John M – The Final Reflection – 1
763.MODESITT Jr, LE – The Death of Chaos – 1
764.HOWARD, Robert E – Kull the Destroyer – 1
765.BARZAK, Christopher – One for Sorrow – 1
766.DOUGLASS, Sara – Pilgrim – 1
767.HOWARD, Robert E – The Hand of Kane – 1
768.LENDER, Sandy – Choices Meant for Gods – 1
769.WEST, Michelle – The Broken Crown – 1
770.BUCKLEY, Michael – The Unusual Suspects – 0
771.MELUCH, RM – The Queen’s Squadron – 0
772.MORRIS, William – The Well at World’s End – 0
773.MCBRIDE, Bess – Love of My Heart – 0
774.FUREY, Maggie – Sword of Flame – 0
775.BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice – Lost on Venus – 0
776.COOK, Glen – The Tower Of Fear – 0
777.SANDERSON, Brandon – The Gathering Storm – 0
778.MCBRIDE, Bess – A Train Through Time – 0
779.TAYLOR, Roger – The Return of the Sword – 0
780.FUREY, Maggie – Dhiammara – 0
781.HOWARD, Robert E – The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane – 0
782.SEDGWICK, Marcus – Witch Hill – 0
783.SMALL, Beatrice – The Twilight Lord – 0
784.BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice – Escape on Venus – 0
785.HOWARD, Robert E – Kull: Exile to Atlantis – 0
786.SANDERSON, Brandon – Shifting Winds – 0
787.SHIELDS, Gillian – Immortal – 0
788.TAYLOR, Roger – The Call of the Sword – 0
789.BRIN, David – Brightness Reef – 0
790.HOWARD, Robert E – Solomon Kane – 0
791.MOSTERT, Natasha – Season of the Witch – 0
792.WATT-EVANS, Lawrence – Touched By the Gods – 0
793.EVANS, George – Bloody Good – 0
794.MELUCH, RM – Sovereign – 0
795.FRIEDMAN, CS – The Alien Shore – 0
796.MORRIS, William – The Glittering Plain – 0
797.MCBRIDE, Bess – Caribbean Dreams of Love – 0
798.TAYLOR, Roger – The Walking of Orthlund – 0
799.FUREY, Maggie – Harp of Winds – 0
800.HOWARD, Robert E – Riders of the River-Dragons – 0
801.JOHNSON, Kij – The Fox Woman – 0
802.SANDERSON, Brandon – Tamon Gai’don – 0
803.WILSON, Kathleen S – Rumer & Qix: The Race to Terra Incognita – 0
804.TAYLOR, Roger – The Fall of Fyorlund – 0
805.VUN KANNON, Marc – Unbinding the Stone – 0
806.SEDGWICK, Marcus – The Forshadowing – 0
807.BRIN, David – Heaven’s Reach – 0
808.MURAKAMI, Haruki – The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – 0
809.SMALL, Beatrice – Sorceress Belmair – 0
810.BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice – Carson of Venus – 0
811.TAYLOR, Roger – Into Narsindal – 0
812.BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice – The Wizard of Venus – 0
813.SMALL, Beatrice – A Distant Tomorrow – 0




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Monday, February 23, 2009

The Circle Opens

This is another quartet and is the sequel to "Circle of Magic", I recommend you read my review of the first quartet then come back.


After such an intense year, the four settle down to actually learn properly. That part happens in between quartets and it might be fun for us if Ms. Pierce wrote another book. THIS quartet is four years later. They are 14, full mages in their own right but are still students and three are traveling with their teachers.

Book 1: Magic Steps
Sandry is living at Discipline with Lark while the others travel when she gets word that her uncle has had a heart attack. The book starts out with her going horseback riding with her uncle, who is a Duke, so his people can see he is alive and doing well. While out she sees a boy dancing in the sand over a net.

How do you convince a family that has always been in police work that dancing is magic and the magic testers missed it? That even if it isn't police work it's still important?

Dancing, bully cousins and murder. Oh, and one rule they were not told when they received their credentials. If you find someone with magic you must find them a teacher in their field or teach them yourself.



Book 2: Street Magic
Briar is traveling with his teacher, Rosethorn. She's helping the farmers in the area develop better seeds and improve the soil. Briar is at a healer's Temple, boosting the power of their herbs and medicines as well as making new ones. His job is finished and he takes a walk in the shopping district. Lots of gangs but the shops are supposed to be neutral territory. Briar stops to look at some stones and sees a girl polishing them - with magic. When he questions her, she runs. Now Briar hears the rule, find them a teacher or teach them yourself.

Briar's "student" is a street kid and he must convince her she has magic. There is a mage in the city with the same kind of magic but he doesn't want a student and has an attitude about it. "What are they going to do about me when they are so far away". The gangs and a patron become involved with a kidnapping and this is when you see that being able to grow a plant with magic means you can really grow a plant. And that a street rat can become respectable without losing what was learned in the streets.



Book 3: Cold Fire
Daja finds two students, twins, in the household where she and her teacher, Frostpine, are staying. She also finds a hero. A firefighter who goes into burning buildings to rescue people trapped inside. Now, remember, this isn't a firefighter like we have, this man drapes a wet blanket over himself and that's all the protection he has! Daja decides to make him a suit out of her living metal to give him more protection. She starts with the gloves to protect his hand and forearms. With a firebug in a city of wood, he'll need all the protection he can get.

Luckily for Daja, one twin's magic is cooking related and another is carpentry. The parents have a whole list of teachers to check out. Daja may not need to teach but each teacher asks her to teach the meditation part. Without meditation, the students will have a had time controlling their magic.



Book 4: Shatterglass
Tris's teacher is at a conference of mages and has dragged Tris along. There are practices in the city she doesn't like, a serial killer that the police are calling Ghost and she too finds a student. A glass blower makes a living dragon. Tris finds him when the magic embedded in neighboring stalls is drawn to his creation. Imagine a 14-year-old scolding a man, late 20's?, about working magic without a protective circle when the man doesn't know he has magic big enough to need a circle. Yep, Tris has found her student. Actually, the man takes matters into his own hands and goes to the mage offices to find a teacher. After jumping through hoops all day, he's asked to come back. He loses his temper loud enough the mages there for the conference come out. Niklaren Goldeneye is one of them. Lightning has become mixed up with the little seed of glass magic the man had and has not only increased his power, glass and weather mages can't work with him because they don't know lightning. Guess who does?




All of the books ended well but I have always thought a follow-up series would be wonderful. Even if it was just a larger book telling us about all four. Imagine my pleasure when I discovered one was planned. The Circle Reforged book 1, Melting Stones, came out last October. (dang, one a year means late 2011 for the fourth book!)



Read in February, reviewed in February.





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Circle of Magic

This is a world where magic works. Be it a cook who never burns her food or a carpenter who never misses the nail! Magic is such a part of everyday life that children are tested for it. Small and big, magic is real but sometimes it doesn't work like it is expected to and is missed...

Niklaren Goldeneye is a Great Mage who can "see". He finds four older children, each at the brink of disaster, rescues them and takes them to Winding Circle. A teaching facility and community.

The first book introduces us to how the four are rescued and end up at Discipline Cottage, in Winding Circle, with Lark and Rosethorn as teachers. The other three books continue their adventures and covers a year. The four become friends, surviving earthquakes, cave-ins, plague, pirates, betrayal, and a runaway forest fire. That's a lot of adventure for a year!

Sandry talent is thread, Daja's is metal, Briar works with plants and Tris the weather. Sounds simple, even mundane but nothing about these four is close to simple.

All four books should be read in order, each one mentioning what has happened before and smoothly transitioning between books. These could have been published in one binding as "Circle of Magic" but I feel the publisher went for "look it's short, not scary at all" since these came out before Harry Potter.

I don't have graphics of all four of my personal covers and my scanner is unavailable, here is a couple of covers, the other two "match".



Read in February, reviewed in February.




Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Last Herald Mage

This is another Valdemar series. Arrows of the Queen was the first book published and a character in them now has his own series.

Vanyel has never fit in well at home. He would much rather spend time with his music then being "beat upon" by the weaponsmaster. His father finally has enough and sends him to Haven hoping his Herald aunt can "make a man out of him" for his father fears he is fey. The other boys are jealous because they think it would be the most wonderful thing to be sent to the capitol where the Guard may take notice of them thus earning a position. For Vanyel it is punishment.

The trilogy starts with him at home and we learn how awful it is for him. We end up in the capitol city where his dream of becoming a Bard are crushed. We're with him for his first love & first heartbreak. We're there when he is chosen. We learn of his wild talent and his trip to the Shin'a'in for help. He starts having dreams of a dark master.

All this happens in book 1, Magic's Pawn.

Book two, Magic's Promise, has Vanyel going to another country to protect a newly chosen from another Herald (unheard of!). Of course, this is only the tip of the iceberg of trouble that Vanyel has found and must fix.

Book three, Magic's Price, has a King near death, Karse attacking one border and "forces led by a master of dark forbidden magic" getting ready to attack on another border.

Through out these books, Vanyel is lonely but afraid that anyone close to him can (and does!) be used against him, even his parents. He tries to stay friendless, not even letting those in the captitol know how close he is to his nephew. It is his nephew that forces him to open up to another love, Stephan. His father was right. Vanyel doesn't like girls but will his "friend" ever be welcome at his father's home? How can Vanyel keep all he loves safe? Who is the dark master? What threat does he bring and how can Vanyel counteract it?


I enjoyed these very much. True, the main character is gay but the sex is all behind closed doors. I don't know if the series is listed as teen or not but I would have no problem with my 5th grader reading this if he has the skill/interest.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Mage Storms trilogy

Book 1: Storming Warning
DAW
mmp released Sep 1995
432 pages

Book 2: Storming Rising
DAW
mmp released Oct 1996
416 pages

Book 3: Storming Breaking
DAW
mmp released Oct 1997
464 pages



This may look like a complete series but it is actually part of Valdemar and you will understand what's happening if you've read previous books.

In this series, Ancar of Hardorn is dead and the Empire is moving in to take over the leaderless country. Karse and Valdemar form an uneasy alliance because the Empire is not the only problem facing their countries.

Long ago and far to the north, lived two mages. One didn't like to be the equal of anybody, he wanted to "rule the world" and the two fought with magic. The "good" mage decided to take out both of them and unleashed a magical weapon. Unfortunately, the shock wave it caused is coming back through time and disrupting magic, changing animals and the very land.

This sounds a bit far fetched and not very exciting but it is exciting and it makes sense. First, two countries that have been enemies for so long, with prejudice and mistrust on both sides, must work together. The waves are thought to be a new weapon of the Empire and the mages of both countries, as well as some unlikely new people (Griffins anyone?) must discover what the waves are, how to avoid the danger areas, and figure out how to STOP them from happening. Help comes from several different mage schools that don't usually work together, the Prince-Consort's home country sends help and an unexpected source comes forward.

There is court intrigue as well as stupidity as a small group races against time to save the world. The story goes from country to country and group to group to let you know what is happening. I was sad to see it end and want just one more book to tie up a couple of loose ends for me and find out what happens next.

I've already read these twice, maybe three or four times, and will again in a couple of years.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Warrior Heir


The Warrior Heir
Cinda Williams Chima

Hyperion Paperbacks
February 2007
ages 9 - 12
448 pages (trade size)

Jack had heart surgery when he was a baby and must take medicine everyday for the rest of his life or he will die. So he & his mother were told by the London Specialist flown to Ohio just for him. Except, one day when Jack is 16, he forgets. And he's never felt better! Stronger, fiercer and more confident than ever before. Then he loses control and almost kills another player during soccer try-outs, never mind that the kid is a bully.

One forgetful moment leads him into a world of waring wizards intend on capturing him to use in a tournament. A tournament to the death to decide the next ruler of the Council.

Jack is one of the last warriors left and the two strongest fractions are looking for him, dead or alive.


This book throws some history at you but it is a delightful read. A classic good vs evil but sometimes you can't tell who is on which team!

Glad a read it? YES, will I read the next? Already ordered.

The Wizard Heir & The Dragon Heir follow
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