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THERE’S the Alix E. Harrow I loved in Ten Thousand Doors!! I struggled mightily with The Once and Future Witches, but Ten athousand Doors was so incredible that I knew I had to come back to her – and A Spindle Splintered reinforced why. Continue reading Book Review: A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
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Gray, an aspiring artist struggling to provide for his family, Claire, his insomniac wife, and Ashley York, a wealthy socialite striving to make it as a real actress, find their paths crashing together, their dreams and their very identities threatened. Continue reading Excerpt: The Encanto by Arthur Swan
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my obligation-free review copy.
On Writing: The Addiction and the Cure by Catherine Gentile
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An ancient Mayan artifact, smuggled into Los Angeles, unexpectedly alters three lives in bizarre ways.
This was a heartbreaking, lovely homage to storytelling and family and the power of stories to carry us beyond ourselves… Callahan tells a beautiful tale of a little boy’s quest to understand the source of the magic behind his favorite story – and of his sister’s tireless efforts to provide him with the comfort he needs as his health fails. The writing is lyrical and the emotions heartfelt. The insights into the life of CS Lewis were very interesting to me, as was the picture of what it was to be woman and an Oxford scholar in the post-war years.
I love this series so much! While I am a big fan of Louis and Angel, I must confess that I wanted a lot more Charlie – and even a lot more Louis and Angel… For a book focused on them, vast swaths of it felt more like an exegesis on the Balkan Wars, and I must confess as a result it was not my favorite of the books… It did not really feel like it was advancing the main storyline, so much as that it was part 2 of book 17 in the series (A Book of Bones) – and that also wasn’t one of my favorites. 