Reviews
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Unbound (Magic Ex Libris #3 ) by Jim C. Hines : Review
For five hundred years, the Porters have concealed the existence of magic from the world. Now, old enemies have revealed the Porters’ secrets, and an even greater threat lurks in the shadows. The…
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Firefight (Reckoners #2) by Brandon Sanderson : Review
They told David it was impossible–that even the Reckoners had never killed a High Epic. Yet, Steelheart–invincible, immortal, unconquerable–is dead. And he died by David’s hand. Eliminating Steelheart was supposed to make life…
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Must Read Urban Fantasy
I was sitting at my laptop the other day browsing through books to read, deciding what I wanted to reread when I realized that more and more these days I find myself leaning…
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The Zombie Combat Field Guide: A Coloring and Activity Book For Fighting the Living Dead by Roger Ma : Review
The Zombie Combat Manual provided potential zombie fighters with comprehensive instructions on how to do battle in the inevitable outbreak of an undead plague. However, even the most comprehensive advice is useless without…
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The Arched Doorway: Year in Review 2014
It’s been an exciting year for us here at the Arched Doorway. We had two new members join our team — SJardine and MelissaKat. We owe at least half of this year’s posts…
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Best Books of 2014
As 2014 draws to a close, it seemed fitting to look back over the past year and share our favourite reads. There are some duplicates, and there are quite a few we didn’t…
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Review: Dragons at Crumbling Castle (Special Edition), by Terry Pratchett
A deluxe, slipcase edition of Dragons at Crumbling Castle, complete with critical commentary, bonus stories and a beautiful limited-edition print. Focus on a planet revolving in space… Focus in on a small country…
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Facial by Jeff Strand : Review
Greg has just killed the man he hired to kill one of his wife’s many lovers. He’s now got a dead body in his office. Carlton, Greg’s brother, desperately needs a dead body.…
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TINKERMAGE (GnomeSage #2)
Many fantasy races have been written about: Elves, Dwarves, even Goblins, but Kenny Soward is the first I’ve seen to write about….. gnomes. Tinkermage is the second book in his GnomeSaga Trilogy, published…
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Crimson Son by Russ Linton : Review
His mother kidnapped, his superhero father absent, powerless Spencer Harrington faces a world of weaponized humans to prove himself and find the truth. Nineteen-year-old Spencer is the son of the Crimson Mask, the…
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Review: Under the Skin, by Michel Faber
Hailed as “original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century” (The Wall Street Journal), this first novel lingers long after the last page has been turned. Described as a “fascinating psychological…
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The Copper Promise by Jen Williams : Review
There are some far-fetched rumours about the caverns beneath the Citadel… Some say the mages left their most dangerous secrets hidden there; others, that great riches are hidden there; even that gods have…
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Willful Child by Steven Erikson : Review
These are the voyages of the starship, A.S.F. Willful Child. Its ongoing mission: to seek out strange new worlds on which to plant the Terran flag, to subjugate and if necessary obliterate new…
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Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files: War Cry : Review
A war is raging between the vampire forces of the Red Court and the White Council — a war that the wizards are losing. So desperate are the Council that they’ve dragooned the…
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The Last Mile by Tim Waggoner : Review
All Dan wanted was to be a good husband and father, to provide for his wife and daughter, to keep them fed, warm, and safe. But then the malevolent godlike beings called the…
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Review: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, by Randall Munroe
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, surprising answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic.…