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November 12, 2020

REVIEW: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbaker / Dark Fantasy / seige / Serial-Killer / War / Military / wizards / YA fantasy5 Comments

Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can’t control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt’s bakery making gingerbread men dance. But Mona’s life is turned ... more >

December 10, 2019

REVIEW: Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readselves / Fantasy / fantasy adventure / goblins / novella / trolls / veterinarian / War / Military / wizards8 Comments

Recommended Read

When a party of goblin warriors find themselves trapped behind enemy lines, it’ll take more than whining (and a bemused Elven veterinarian) to get them home again. Nine Goblins is a novella of low…very low…fantasy. Dear Ms. Kingfisher, I love this novella. Really, really love it. The cover is wonderful, ... more >

January 15, 2014

REVIEW: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

JanineB- ReviewsFantasy / witch / wizards / YA33 Comments

Dear Readers, Since beloved children’s book author Diana Wynne Jones passed away a few years ago, this review is addressed to you. My husband and I read the classic YA novel Howl’s Moving Castle recently. It was a fun and funny novel and I enjoyed it, but I didn’t love ... more >

The Silicon Mage by Barbara Hambly
March 19, 2012

REVIEW: The Silicon Mage by Barbara Hambly

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscomputer programmers / Fantasy Romance / road trip / wizards13 Comments

Computer programmer Joanna Sheraton must rescue an imprisoned wizard to save the universe from destruction. There was a time when Joanna Sheraton knew nothing of the Void. She was an ordinary computer programmer, toiling in a cubicle in air-conditioned Southern California comfort, unaware that sinister forces had penetrated her universe. ... more >

The Silent Tower by Barbara Hambly
November 28, 2011

REVIEW: The Silent Tower by Barbara Hambly

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscomputer programmers / Fantasy Romance / road trip / wizards25 Comments

Dear Ms. Hambly, In the discussion of my review of your book “Bride of the Rat God,” lots of our readers chimed in with their favorite Hambly books and with suggestions of what book of yours I might try next. The Windrose series was listed more than once and I ... more >

Masques by Patricia Briggs
September 30, 2010

REVIEW: Masques by Patricia Briggs

JennieC ReviewsFantasy Romance / Magic / Patricia-Briggs / shapeshifters / wizards / zombies12 Comments

Dear Ms. Briggs, I got drawn into your Alpha and Omega series after reading the first story, a short story by the same name, in the anthology On the Prowl. I actually read the story at the urging of Janine; on my own I would likely not have picked up ... more >

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