Book Review
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Meandering Monsters: A Yume Book Review
For the first time, I decided to go against Goodreads reviews and trust my gut. Lo and behold, it was wrong. Considering my own tendency…
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From Hate to Love: How Oathbound Changed My Mind on The Amnesia Trope
Article contains HUGE spoilers for the Legendborn series by Tracy Deonn, including Oathbound. With the latest release of Oathbound, the third book of the Legendborn…
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If Dogs Could Talk
Remembering Penelope Delta’s Μάγκας (1935): translation, children’s literature, and growing up When my family picked up and moved across the Atlantic ocean, we brought our…
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Why Every Fantasy Lover Needs to Read the Green Bone Saga
Jade City is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, magic, and kungfu. The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates…
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Review: Refreshing and Affecting Fantasy in Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf and Guy Gavriel Kay’s A Brightness Long Ago
This review contains mild spoilers. If anyone ever tells you that fantasy literature is a stale genre with tired tropes, direct them to two…
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Ava’s Pick: Top 7 Female-Centered Fantasy Books
With the rise of TV shows like Game of Thrones and American Gods, the fantasy genre has has gained widespread popularity in recent years, reaching…
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The Golem and The Jinni
In her debut novel, The Golem and the Jinni, Helen Wecker crafts a tale of two magical creatures who find themselves amongst the large mass…
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The Sins of Professor X (Part Two)
Hey, did you miss me? Well I missed you! Welcome back to: The Sins of Charles Xavier! (Part Two) Let us jump in right where…
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The Sins of Professor X (Part One)
Let me roll off some key features of a comic book character and see if you figure out who I’m talking about: Kindly father figure,…
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Kiss of the Rose Princess
Guilty pleasures come in all categories—food, books, and TV shows, to name a few. But none of these are as quirky as manga, which can…
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