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A Conspiracy of Kings: Weighty YA

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

Eugenides is now the respected, if not loved, King of Attolia. When his childhood friend improbably becomes King of Sounis, Attolia’s neighboring country and historical adversary, Eugenides has to choose between loyalty to his new country, his queen, his homeland and his friend. Is there any way to balance the competing claims on his heart and his conscience?

This fourth book in THE THIEF series by Megan Whalen Turner brings it back to his former brilliance. The character of Gen and his friend Sophos,


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June 22nd, 2010. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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The Hero and the Crown: This award-winning YA has aged well

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

Aerin cannot remember a time when she did not know the story. The tale of how her mother, a witchwoman from the north, had ensorcelled her father, the king, and bewitched him into marrying her so that she could bear a son to inherit the kingdom. When Aerin was born, her mother turned her face to the wall, and died of grief. Rejected by many of the royal court for her suspect lineage, and feared by the average person for the same reason, Aerin struggles to find her place in the court,


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June 18th, 2010. , , and ´s rating: | | , | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |

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Thoughtful Thursday: Mad Lib Cover Art

I’ve been waiting for Kelly to post her review of the book that I will feature in this week’s Rename That Cover feature since I saw it when we passed it around the FanLit offices.

Apparently there is a new trend in cover art: covers that are so bizarre that you feel compelled to read the book just to find out what in the world is going on. I mean, seriously, it’s like they played a game of Mad Libs and made it into a cover art. “Okay, I need an animal, a fruit,


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June 17th, 2010. | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 15 comments |

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Bones of the Moon: Got sent back

Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll

I know Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll has gotten really good reviews, and is supposed to be the source material for the Sandman graphic novels by Neil Gaiman, but 50 pages in to the story, I didn’t care about any of the characters and the only fantastical thing that had happened was the main character, a self-involved woman named Cullen, started having weird serial dreams about a talking dog and a young boy named Pepsi.


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June 14th, 2010. ´s rating: | | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |

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Soulstring: Resonates with mythic weight

Soulstring by Midori Snyder

In the first few pages of Soulstring, I was worried that I was reading another book about a spoiled princess who was going to do nothing but complain about how hard she suffered in her privileged life. But by page thirteen, I was deeply engrossed in the story of a young woman who is hated by her parents for the sin of being the firstborn and a girl. Soulstring is a high fantasy story about a young woman who has to discover a way to reclaim the magical power that has been taken from her by her father,


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June 13th, 2010. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | 8 comments |

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Thoughtful Thursday: Where the Weird Things Are

This week I bring to you the results of our MBTI-type survey from two weeks ago. The results are in: our readers are not normal! (Haha, statistics joke.) If you don’t like stats, jump down past the chart. For those of you who like stats, look at this:

GRAPH UPDATED LATER TO SHOW FINAL RESULTS

MBTI Type (based on population stats) Observed % Expected % Residual INTJ 28 2.2 25.8 INFJ 16 1.6 14.4 ISTJ 11 12.1 -1.1 INFP 9 4.5 4.5 INTP 8 3.4 4.6 ENFJ 7 2.5 4.5 ISFJ 5 14.4 -9.4 ENFP 3 8.5 -5.5 ENTJ 3 1.9 1.1 ENTP 3 3.3 -0.3 ESFJ 2 12.8 -10.8 ISFP 2 9.2 -7.2 ESFP 1 8.9 -7.9 ESTJ 1 9.1 -8.1 ISTP 1 5.6 -4.6 Total 100

That’s a statistically significant difference (Chi-square value (df=14)=498.761,


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June 10th, 2010. | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 7 comments |

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Thoughtful Thursday: Happy Birthday to Us!

Do you know who is three? My son! You know who else is three?  Fantasy Literature!  We celebrated our third birthday on Tuesday. As we were sitting around the FanLit (virtual) offices, we were chatting about what to do to incorporate our birthday into the Thoughtful Thursday post. Bill suggested we could do a list of series that stopped at a trilogy that should have continued, but then we realized that would be a short list. Like, two series short. Do authors stop at trilogies any more? Then, Bill offered a birthday toast, “may your pants remain free of firedrakes and your staff never warp.”


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June 3rd, 2010. | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 8 comments |

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Finders Keepers: Pern with cats

Finders Keepers by Gayle Greeno

Finders Seekersis the first book in Gayle Greeno’s Ghatti’s Tale series. The Ghattis are large telepathic catlike creatures who lifebond with humans. Together, the two serve as a truthseeker team, sifting through the thoughts of people involved in civil and criminal disputes. When someone starts killing the Ghattis and their human companions, the Ghatti Khar and her bondmate Doyce set out to unlock the secret behind the deaths, and attempt to hold the world of Methuen together.

One of the goals we have at FanLit is to get a review up for every author in our database.


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May 31st, 2010. ´s rating: | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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A Wrinkle In Time: Timeless themes

A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle

First published in 1962, Madeleine L’Engle‘s classic book (along with its subsequent sequels) remains one of the greats of children’s literature, and it is a testimony to her skill that she can get away with using the line “it was a dark and stormy night” as her opening sentence. Widely considered the first science fiction novel written for children, A Wrinkle in Time is a must for any serious young reader’s bookshelf.

Margaret “Meg” Murry is a rather despondent child: her father is missing,


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May 30th, 2010. , and ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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Thoughtful Thursday: What’s in your mind?

Kat and I both teach research methods at different universities. We both love statistics and charts and data and… well, you get the idea. Kat teaches psychology and today (at this very moment) she is teaching her students about personality types. The two of us were wondering if people who love to read and talk about fantasy literature might be likely to have similar personalities. To find out (we realize this isn’t completely scientific), we thought we would measure the different personality types showing up here at FanLit and compare that to the “normal” population. So here’s your task for today:

Go take this personality test which is a pretty good approximation of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and then come back and let us know what MBTI type you are in this poll.


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May 27th, 2010. | Thoughtful Thursday | 23 comments |

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