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Most books that contain magic have fairly similar styles of magic so it was rather refreshing to see something different in Hard Magic, book one of the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia. It tells the story of Jake Sullivan, a former military man turned criminal turned private investigator working for the government. When he is…
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I am extremely glad I do not live in Ancient Pompeii, just saying. A Day of Fire is an anthology of short stories written by six different authors: Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, Eliza Knight, Sophie Perinot, and Victoria Alvear. Each of their six stories tells the events of the final days of Pompeii…
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This book ends a series even as it sets a new stage. Pegasus in Space is the final book in The Talents series by Anne McCaffrey. It picks up not long after the end of the previous book with the building of the Padrugoi Space Station coming to a close. Peter is still working on…
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Some books are just heartbreakingly sad and yet you still find yourself almost compelled to read them. Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby is one of them. It tells the story of Jess, a young girl who is about thirteen when the story starts. Jess is mostly deaf after an incident when she was seven…
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I have read very few books that mention djinn but of those this next book seems to be one of the better ones. The City of Brass is the first book in the Daevabad trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty and starts the story of Nahri, a young woman living in Cairo, and Ali, prince Alizayd…
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I have recently read a thriller by a new author, well new to me anyway, that was really good. First Family by David Baldacci is about Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, two former secret service agents who are now private investigators. Sean and Michelle are asked to a meeting with an old friend of Sean’s…
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Werewolves, so many werewolves. In Fool Moon, book two of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, that is exactly what Harry Dresden seems to encounter every time he turns around. The book opens with Harry being consulted by a trainee wizard on a containment ward that Harry claims is extremely dangerous to cast. Almost immediately…
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It is time to return to a world based around Welsh mythology and folklore with The Black Cauldron, the second book in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. In in we get to see the continuing adventures of Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, and his loyal group of friends. The story opens with a council…
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The year is half over and it is time for another monthly review of my reading. I finished 22 books last month which brings my yearly total up to 126. At my current rate I will finish my yearly goal of 200 books about two months early so that will be good. So once again…
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I really struggled while reading this particular book because of its content primarily. The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg is the first book I have ever read by him and was both great and incredibly sad. As the title indicates it is about WWII, more specifically it is a fictional account of a Jew…
The Draconic Bibliophile
