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Marie Aitchison
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| This book has a certain je ne sais quoi. It's a quirky revenge story, full of feminine rage, and will have you saying "good for her" at the end. I was entertained from start to finish. ...more | |
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| This book is all gas, no brakes. I had such a fun time reading it. Every horror fan needs it on their list for this season. There are interesting characters and their traumatic backstory and feelings of guilt are revealed little by little as they fig ...more | |
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| This was a good follow up to The Only Good Indians, taking place 5 years after that book. It was a bit on the slow side at times and dragged at points for me, but had an interesting storyline with unique characters, which are explored through multipl ...more | |
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| The Scarlet Ball was the perfect horror blended fantasy I was craving. Over the years, Nghi Vo has become one of my favorite authors. Vo's writing is interesting and fresh, yet still has a classic gothic quality. The fantasy she builds is easy to fol ...more | |
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| When you wanna read a well written action scene, S.A. Cosby is the author to reach for. No one does it better than him when it comes to a fight scene. He also creates interesting and complex, layered characters exceptionally well. He's truly gifted, ...more | |
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| Scared of black cats? Well, wait until you meet the black dog. In this dark story, a black dog is a harbinger of death for Antigone's family. A furry psychopomp who arrives as a notice of doom. However, Antigone is not scared. This story explores dep ...more | |
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| This book was full of eerie suspense and some great horror scenes and descriptions! I would for sure read this author again. If you enjoy supernatural storylines, this is a must read. The only hang ups I had were that there are a lot of characters, s ...more | |
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"Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the ARC. This book gave me a sense of deja vu. I felt like I’d seen a movie with a similar premise before, though the story ultimately took its own path. The plot hooked me right away and I was invested in what was"
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“Before sitting down, I light a pumpkin candle, because ‘tis the season, and all that. It isn’t lost on me that I’m delving into a mystery involving murderous witches a mere week before Halloween.”
― Dyer Lane
― Dyer Lane
“I think we don’t matter anymore unless there’re people alive who still value our memories. Our entire existence just seems meaningless if not for the imprints we leave behind.” I shrug, “I guess I’m in a nihilist mood tonight.”
― Dyer Lane
― Dyer Lane
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“Oh you cut your hair! What happened? Are you going through a breakup or something?"
"My favorite character died.”
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"My favorite character died.”
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“The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake.
Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end. Reality is the strip malls of Burbank, the smokestacks of Cleveland, a parking garage in Newark. Fantasy is the towers of Minas Tirith, the ancient stones of Gormenghast, the halls of Camelot. Fantasy flies on the wings of Icarus, reality on Southwest Airlines. Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?
We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La.
They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to middle Earth.”
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Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end. Reality is the strip malls of Burbank, the smokestacks of Cleveland, a parking garage in Newark. Fantasy is the towers of Minas Tirith, the ancient stones of Gormenghast, the halls of Camelot. Fantasy flies on the wings of Icarus, reality on Southwest Airlines. Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?
We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La.
They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to middle Earth.”
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“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear?
Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet
deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the long
night, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little children
are born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt and
hungry, and the white walkers move through the woods”
― A Game of Thrones
Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet
deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the long
night, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little children
are born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt and
hungry, and the white walkers move through the woods”
― A Game of Thrones
“LOSS COMES IN every moment. Second by second our lives are stolen from us. What is past will never come again.”
― This Tender Land
― This Tender Land
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