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An avid reader who has slipped a little in the reading stakes in the past few years. And definitely slipped a little on the posting

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Back to wizarding school

Stealing From Wizards Vol 1:Pickpocketing by R. A. Consell

Stealing from Wizards Vol 2: Burglary by R. A. Consell

Stealing From Wizards Vol 3: Kidnapping by R. A. Consell

Stealing From Wizards Vol 4: Arson by R. A. Consell

December 30, 2025 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: magic, R.A.Consell, wizards

persnickety chick's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: magic, R.A.Consell, wizards ·
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All you need is faith?

Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher

Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

December 28, 2024 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

I am admitting that while i can absolutely read 50 plus books in a year, writing them up is apparently a challenge. I enjoy T. Kingfisher books generally – they meet a very real need for cozy fantasy with self aware flawed characters. Since the Clocktaur wars duology (hopefully i did write about that?) she has set a number of stories in that world. It is a world of city-states, gods and magic. Paladins Faith Paladin’s Faith is the fourth book in the series, which […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, childfree, Romance, t kingfisher

persnickety chick's CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, childfree, Romance, t kingfisher ·
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A trio of romances

Light up the lamp by Kit Oliver

Rare Danger by Beverley Jenkins

Not my kind of Hero by Pippa Grant

September 23, 2024 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

Clearing my KU backlog It’s been a moment. I have been reading, but a lot of it has been comfort rereading. These three romances are each quite different. Light Up the Lamp A hockey M/M romance- definitely not my usual reads. I dont read a lot of hockey books- it’s not a sport i follow, and i mostly don’t love sports romances. I also have a certain degree of caution on M/M romances. This was an interesting second chance romance- a mid career hockey player […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Beverley Jenkins, Kit Oliver, Pippa Grant

persnickety chick's CBR16 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Beverley Jenkins, Kit Oliver, Pippa Grant ·
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Same beginning, different stories

Clariel by Garth Nix

Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey

July 12, 2024 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

This is a pairing of two stories that may not seem to have too much in common, but they do. At some point last year we acquired most of Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar series through a humble bundle deal. I had read a few of her books over the years, but none of Valdemar. I chose at random Burning Brightly, which turns out to be a rare stand alone in the series. What struck me was the similarities in the initial set up with another stand […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: garth nix, Mercedes Lackey

persnickety chick's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: garth nix, Mercedes Lackey ·
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Family secrets and a ghost story

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

May 1, 2023 by persnickety chick 1 Comment

I do love the tagline- She was trouble, so is her ghost. First book of the year (well first review), first CBR Passport book (book about another country).  This was a book that i suggested for my IRL book club (because i already owned it), so the review considers their responses as well. While I have owned “Sorcerer to the Crown” for a number of years I have never quite gotten into it and it took reading a book of short stories by Zen Cho […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Featured, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, ghosts, malaysia, Zen Cho

persnickety chick's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Book Club, Featured, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, ghosts, malaysia, Zen Cho ·
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Mysteries and sci-fi fandom

Ten Little Fen: A Spade Paladin Novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

At Witt’s End: A Spade/Paladin Conundrum by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The Really Big Ka-Boom: A Spade/Paladin Conundrum by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Unity Con: A Spade/Paladin Conundrum by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The Early Conundrums: A spade/Paladin Collection by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

December 30, 2022 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

These books and stories were all read together in a bunch, although the writing of them probably spanned decades.  The stories are all set at various speculative fiction cons – featuring two main characters who only really interact at these cons.  Spade – a large guy who made money in the early days of computing and acts as one of the “Secret Masters of Fandom” and helps keep cons going.  He acts as a form of detective.  Paladin – a slight woman who acts as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #Science Fiction, conventions, fandom, fen, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, mystery

persnickety chick's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #Science Fiction, conventions, fandom, fen, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, mystery ·
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