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The Borrowers is the first book in the series of the same name by Mary Norton and is a bit of a classic kids series. One day young Kate is practicing her sewing with her older relative Mrs. May when they start talking about small things that have a tendency to go missing about the…
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The Riddle-Master of Hed is the first book in the Riddle Master trilogy by Patricia A. McKillip. It tells the story of young Morgon, the land ruler of the island of Hed, and a young man who had studied at the college for riddles in Caithnard on the nearby mainland. One day it is revealed…
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Sometimes I forget that the prettiest things can still have a bloody history. In the book Blood For Pearls by Peter Von Perle we see exactly how that can be the case. It tells the story of what was known as the Pearl Coast, an island known as Cubagua island and the site of a…
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The Sinner is book three in the Rizzoli and Isles series by Tess Gerritsen and with it we move away from the villain first introduced in The Surgeon. It opens with Rizzoli investigating a murder of two nuns in the chapel of the local convent. Dr. Isles is the ME assigned to the case and…
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The Castle In The Weeds by M.w Morganson is a somewhat typical but also somewhat odd tale of growing up. It follows a group of five friends in the small town of Westborough where everything is ruled by Baron Malsham and his fertilizer factory. A place where everything fun and adventurous is outlawed. Having received…
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It is the beginning of the month so it is time for me to discuss some great books I have read. However, I am mixing things up a little bit from now on so instead of discussing great books I have read in the last month I am discussing great books that fit a certain…
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Eragon, book one of The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, set the stage for a great fantasy series. It tells the story of young Eragon, a boy who is only fifteen when the story opens. While hunting in the Spine, a mountain range near the farm where he lives with his uncle and cousin, he…
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A Mage’s Mentor is book one of the Ucksil’s Folly trilogy by Stephen Jarocki. It tells the story of Sinccah, a young woman and trainee mage who crosses the mountains into Ucksland in hopes of finding more information about her mother who had disappeared when she was just a kid. However, in order to do…
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Crystal Line is the third and final book in the Crystal Singer Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey. It picks up the story of Killashandra over a hundred years after the events of the previous book. Killashandra and Lars have been a rather productive and prosperous team of cutters for that time even as Killashandra’s memory continues…
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The Fire Within is the first book in The Last Dragon Chronicles by Chris D’Lacey. It tells the story of David, a young college student who rents a room from Elizabeth Pennykettle. Upon moving in he gets drawn into the antics of Liz’s young daughter Lucy who seems determined to protect and rescue the local…
The Draconic Bibliophile
