Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.
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Mistral’s Kiss: a novel
By Laurell K. Hamilton Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2007 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, horror, mystery, occult fiction, erotic fiction Series: Meredith Gentry series; 5 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 326 – includes an excerpt from the next series novel A Lick of Frost. Mistral’s Read more
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A Stroke of Midnight
By Laurell K. Hamilton Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, c2005 Genre(s): Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, horror, mystery, occult fiction, erotic fiction Series: Meredith Gentry series; 4 Intended audience (Age range): Adult Number of pages: 366 Setting: The Unseelie court at Cahokia, IL Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Read more
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Three Days To Never
By Tim Powers Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper, 2007, c2006 Genres:Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, suspense, thriller, mystery ISBN:9780380798377, 0380798379 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 405 Setting: Mainly Southern CA, but also Israel, various Europeans locations, Mt. Shasta, and NJ. Time period: Most of the story takes place immediately following the Hamornic Read more
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Already Dead
By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2005 Genres: Mystery, suspense, paranormal, vampire Series: Joe Pitt Casebook; 1 ISBN: 034547824X, 9780345478245 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 268 Setting: Manhattan, NYC Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Joe Pitt wasn’t born with his name. Like most Vampyres he knows, he changed his Read more
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Bone Dance: a Fantasy for Technophiles
By Emma Bull Place: Publisher & Year: Orb Books: New York, 2009, c1991 Genres: Fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, mythic fiction ISBN: 9780765321732 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 315 Setting: The City (formerly the Twin Cities, MN) Time period: A post- Armageddon future Plot summary: In the post-Bang world, Sparrow makes a living by Read more
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Terrier
By Tamora Pierce Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2006 Genres: Fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: Beka Cooper trilogy; 1 ISBN: 9780375814686 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 581 Setting: City of Corus, Tortall Time period: 246 H.E. (medieval) Plot summary: Sixteen year old Beka Cooper has just begun her training with the Read more
Ra's Spiral Path 