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War Maid’s Choice (2012), David Weber

10 Saturday Aug 2013

Posted by John Samuel in Book Reviews, reviews

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books, David Weber, fantasy

From: http://www.baenebooks.com/ See also: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoversAlwaysLie

From: http://www.baenebooks.com/
See also: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoversAlwaysLie

War Maid’s Choice is a solid addition to David Weber’s War God series, with some really interesting things happening. As is my wont with reviews of recent books, I’m not going to tell you what they are. 🙂 Continue reading →

Moribito (1996) and Moribito II (1999) by Nahoko Uehashi

22 Saturday Jun 2013

Posted by John Samuel in Book Reviews, reviews

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I really like these covers btw.

The translated Moribito novels

As I observed a couple of years ago “Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit from 2007 is an outstanding show from beginning to end.”

So how do the light novels by Nahoko Uehashi stack up against the anime? To find out I borrowed them from a friend in Perth [1], and the answers are surprising. Continue reading →

Kitty and the Midnight Hour (2005) by Carrie Vaughn

16 Sunday Jun 2013

Posted by John Samuel in Book Reviews, reviews

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books, Carrie Vaughn, fantasy

Kitty Norville

Kitty Norville (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I ordered Kitty and the Midnight Hour at Conflux, picked it up at Continuum [1], and this short urban fantasy [2] is definitely worth a look.

Continue reading →

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010) by N.K. Jemisin

11 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by John Samuel in Book Reviews, reviews

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books, fantasy, N. K. Jemisin

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a thoroughly impressive debut novel from N. K. Jemisin that I’m not sure I fully understood [1]. Ah well, such is life. 🙂 Continue reading →

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