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Festival1
May 8, 2012

My Sunday at the 2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Part 1

JanineConventionsFantasy / good worldbuilding / Science Fiction30 Comments

  Last year on I attended the Los Angeles Festival of Books and reported on the event for DA. My biggest negative takeaway that year was that the romance genre was not represented at the festival. This year (Halleluja!) they actually had a panel devoted to romance. A single, lonely ... more >

The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day One by Patrick Rothfuss
March 9, 2011

REVIEW: The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day One by Patrick Rothfuss

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviewsdemons / Epic / Fantasy Romance / good worldbuilding / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / Magic / musician46 Comments

Dear Mr. Rothfuss, By February I had heard enough people mention how eagerly they were awaiting the sequel to your first novel, 2007's The Name of the Wind, that I was intrigued and decided to pick up the first book in the series. The Name of the Wind begins this ... more >

May 12, 2008

REVIEW: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale

JanineA Review Category / A- Reviewsalternate-reality / class-difference / Gay / Ginn Hale / good worldbuilding / good-description / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m romance / mystery / Paranormal / romantic-suspense / steampunk46 Comments

Dear Ms. Hale, I first heard of your book, Wicked Gentlemen, when it was nominated in the GLBT category of our DA BWAHA March Madness tournament. Wicked Gentlemen made it to the third round of the tournament, which means it was the runner-up in the GLBT category. At the time ... more >

December 3, 2007

REVIEW: Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsCL-Wilson / Epic / Fantasy Romance / good worldbuilding / Magic / shapeshifters28 Comments

Dear Ms. Wilson, Lord of the Fading Lands first came to my attention when my blogging partner, Jane, sent all her co-bloggers an excited email after reading an ARC of the book back in the summertime. Soon afterward, Jane blogged about the book and since then, others have fallen in ... more >

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