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Bones of Faerie: Faults and sparks of brilliance

Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner

The human world has been rendered almost unlivable, victim of the wild magic unleashed by the faeries in their war with the humans twenty years earlier. Liza, a teenage girl, tries to survive in a small community in the Midwestern United States that has been savaged by the remnants of the war. The corn fights back against the humans harvesting it, and the blackberry vines seek flesh. Everyone who survived the war knows that magic is dangerous and cannot be tolerated, so when Liza’s sister is born with the clear hair that marks her as magically tainted,


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January 29th, 2010. and ´s rating: , | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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Thoughtful Thursday: Heard it from a friend who…

First off, how awesome would it be to title all of my Thoughtful Thursday posts with lines out of classic 80’s songs?

Secondly, thanks for all the well-wishes. I have a drug resistant form of strep so it’s been a tough week and a half. I’m finally starting to see some improvement. Hopefully, by this time next week I’ll be back to my (ab)normal self.

Third, on to today’s topic for discussion!

One of the benefits of the internet is it allows you to tap the minds of lots of people to make decisions.


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January 28th, 2010. | Thoughtful Thursday | 15 comments |

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The Alleluia Files: Beautifully written, emotionally compelling

The Alleluia Files by Sharon Shinn

Set one hundred years after Jovah’s Angel, rumors are abounding that Alleluia had discovered the truth about the god Jovah — that he is actually a large spaceship orbiting the planet. While these ideas are declared heretical, a small cult has sprung up around finding the files Alleluia is said to have left behind. The Jacobites are declared criminals, and the Archangel Bael brutally suppresses their existence. But there are enough people believing the rumors that Bael can’t stop them all,


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January 27th, 2010. ´s rating: | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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The Poison Eaters and Other Stories: Dark, gorgeous, emotional

The Poison Eaters and Other Stories by Holly Black

The first collection of short stories by author Holly Black, The Poison Eaters and Other Stories is dark, gorgeous, and emotionally compelling. Ranging from longer stories to short little character sketches, Black has created a handful of settings and characters that will live on in memory long after you close this slim volume. Holly Black manages to evoke an incredibly detailed world with a spare prose that conveys the static crackle of a remote video feed,


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January 25th, 2010. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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Hand of Isis: Behind every great woman…

Hand of Isis by Jo Graham

I loved Black Ships, and I didn’t know if Jo Graham could top it. The answer, I am happy to report, is a great big YES!

Hand of Isis continues the story of some of the characters from Black Ships who have now been reincarnated as players in the Egyptian-Roman power struggle. You don’t need to read Black Ships first, but you’ll probably get more out of Hand of Isis if you do.


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January 23rd, 2010. and ´s rating: , | | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |

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Thoughtful Thursday: I’m not dead yet!

I have the plague.  Well, okay, not really.  I have strep.  Which means I am in lots of pain as I wait for the penicillin injection (more pain) to kick in to effect.

What this means for Thoughtful Thursday is that I don’t have the brain capacity to come up with a witty or thought-provoking topic.  So, I’m turning to you, dear readers, to feel in the gap. What topics do you think we should cover in this space in future columns?

Post a comment and I won’t wipe my germs on you. 


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January 21st, 2010. | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 13 comments |

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Thoughtful Thursday: Best of 2009

All of the FanLit reviewers got together and made a list of the best fantasy novels published in 2009.  The Thoughtful Thursday column this week is going to be dedicated to letting several of the reviewers explain why they chose the books they did. For our complete list, see this post.

In the order that I found them in my inbox, here are our reviewer comments:

From Stefan:

Palimpsest by Catherynne Valente. “This is a novel to read slowly and savor,


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January 14th, 2010. | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 20 comments |

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The King of Attolia: Recommended with a caveat

The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

Gen is now The King of Attolia, married to the woman who he has loved since childhood, who also ordered his hand cut off when he was caught snooping around the castle. At the end of the last book, The Queen of Attolia, he offered to marry the Queen to seal a peace treaty between her country and his native Eddis, keeping secret from almost everyone that he has been in love with her since his youth.


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January 13th, 2010. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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Changing the World: All new tales of Valdemar

Changing the World: All new tales of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey

In Changing the World: All new tales of Valdemar, Mercedes Lackey edits a collection of short stories from several different authors. They’re all set in her famous Valdemar, and many center on a theme: What happens when being Chosen causes more problems than it solves? I enjoyed this approach to the classic being Chosen trope in which being Chosen is the end of all your troubles.

Lackey starts off the collection with “The One Left Behind” about a young woman who is dealing with the emotional fallout of being left — her father abandoned her as a child because he was Chosen,


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January 13th, 2010. ´s rating: | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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The Magician’s Apprentice: Not recommended

The Magician’s Apprentice by Trudi Canavan

The Magician’s Apprentice is the stand-alone prequel to Trudi Canavan’s The Black Magician trilogy. It tells the story of young healer and magician apprentice Tessia who is caught up in the struggle between her native Kyralia and the Sachakan invaders who are trying to reestablish rule over their prior province.
I haven’t read the trilogy and am evaluating the book as the solo novel it is purported to be.

The first sentence of The Magician’s Apprentice reaches out and grabs your attention.


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January 9th, 2010. ´s rating: | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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