Showing posts with label Magic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magic. Show all posts
Friday, February 27, 2026

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Review of Miscellaneous Selections by T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Review of Miscellaneous Selections by T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon by Karen S. Wiesner   T. Kingfisher (the...
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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Swordheart

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For me, one outstanding feature of T. Kingfisher’s fiction consists of her protagonists’ irresistibly distinctive voices. Halla, heroine of ...
Thursday, January 01, 2026

Bryony and Roses

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In this 2016 fantasy novel, recently reviewed by Karen, T. Kingfisher retells “Beauty and the Beast” with some variations unique to her. As ...
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

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My reflections on A WIZARD'S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING, by T. Kingfisher, which Karen recently reviewed: The title alone is irresistible...
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Friday, October 31, 2025

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner       Beware spoilers!   Caitl...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Overpowered Protagonists

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Recently reading WINTER LOST, the latest Mercy Thompson contemporary fantasy by Patricia Briggs, I thought about a problem authors often hav...
Friday, August 15, 2025

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner     Beware spoilers lurk...
Friday, June 06, 2025

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: "The Oblivion Bride" by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: "The Oblivion Bride" by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner     "The Oblivion...
Friday, December 27, 2024

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke by Karen S. Wiesner     Susanna Clarke is the...
Saturday, July 27, 2024

A Kind of Magic

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  Magic, in fiction, has rules.   Here's one highly recommended discussion of rules. https://ianmchugh.wordpress.com/on-writing/on-the-d...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Dangerous Gifts

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The solstice is upon us! There's hope that within a few weeks darkness will stop falling at 5 p.m. Happy winter holidays! It might see...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Karen S Wiesner: {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke

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{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke by Karen S. Wiesner   In my...