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November 30, 2018 by narfna 6 Comments

Betrayal. Just, betrayal. That is the main feeling I have at this point. Well, the main feeling in like 75% of my brain. The other 25% understands logically why what happened in this book happened, but that 75%, it is PISSED. Just, how dare you. Maybe it is a good thing that Vaughan and Staples are taking a year-ish hiatus on this series, because my main impulse right now is to go over to their houses, knock all the books off their bookshelves in a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: betrayal, Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 9

narfna's CBR10 Review No:154 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction · Tags: betrayal, Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 9 ·
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“A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.”

November 30, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

The press comes to Ankh-Morpork. Chaos, of course, ensues. William de Worde, a ne’er do well noble who is ashamed of his noble heritage, has until now made his living by painstakingly collecting news and sending off a sort of newsletter to foreign peoples of import who are willing to pay him for it. Then some dwarfs roll into Ankh-Morpork with something called a printing press, and suddenly, what if they printed a bunch of them and sold them for like, fifty cents? And maybe […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy Tagged With: discworld, fantasy, industrial revolution, narfna, Satire, Terry Pratchett, the truth

narfna's CBR10 Review No:151 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy · Tags: discworld, fantasy, industrial revolution, narfna, Satire, Terry Pratchett, the truth ·
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Episode 1-44: Overstuffed

November 29, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/11/30/episode-1-44-overstuffed/ Wherein I review: 161. Universal Harvester by John Darnielle 162, The Labyrinth Index (Library Files #9) by Charles Stross 163. The Three Secret Cities (Jack West Jr. #5) by Matthew Reilly 164. Dark Sacred Night (Harry Bosch #21, Renee Ballard #2) by Michael Connelly 165. Fooling Houdini by Alex Stone 166. Target: Alex Cross (Alex Cross #26) by James Patterson 167. The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen 168. The Beast of Barcroft (Fatal Folklore Trilogy #1) by Bill Schweigart 169. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Alex Cross, alex stone, bill schweigart, bill the galactic hero, bosch and ballard, charles stross, dark sacred night, fatal folklore trilogy, fooling houdini, Harry Harrison, jack west Jr, James Patterson, John Darnielle, killing my kindle, matthew reilly, Michael Connelly, northwoods, podcast, target: alex cross, the beast of barcroft, the labyrinth index, the library files, the many deaths of the firefly brothers, thomas mullen, three secret cities, Universal Harvester

prisco's CBR10 Review No:170 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Alex Cross, alex stone, bill schweigart, bill the galactic hero, bosch and ballard, charles stross, dark sacred night, fatal folklore trilogy, fooling houdini, Harry Harrison, jack west Jr, James Patterson, John Darnielle, killing my kindle, matthew reilly, Michael Connelly, northwoods, podcast, target: alex cross, the beast of barcroft, the labyrinth index, the library files, the many deaths of the firefly brothers, thomas mullen, three secret cities, Universal Harvester ·
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A nice little Dresden Files snack.

November 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

I really like these story collections because I don’t have the patience to track them all down in their various anthologies. Extremely convenient, thumbs up. And to top it all off, I really enjoyed all the stories here. There were a couple in the last collection I was a little bored with, or that showed their age, etc. But they were all good here, entertaining and fit well into the larger Dresden Files universe. I especially liked that three of them took place after the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: brief cases, Jim Butcher, narfna, novellas, short stories, the Dresden Files

narfna's CBR10 Review No:148 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: brief cases, Jim Butcher, narfna, novellas, short stories, the Dresden Files ·
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If you were waiting to read the first one, go ahead, because this is a good ending. #CBRBingo

November 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

I was on a definite book high when I finished this. I believe I used the word “ensorcelled” when I talked about what it was like to read the first book in this duology, Strange the Dreamer. I wasn’t quite ensorcelled here, but that’s only because I was so damn stressed out! And I knew that was going to happen. I almost didn’t give the last book five stars because the ending of it stressed me out so much, and I knew if it went […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr10bingo, fantasy, Laini Taylor, muse of nightmares, narfna, strange the dreamer

narfna's CBR10 Review No:146 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr10bingo, fantasy, Laini Taylor, muse of nightmares, narfna, strange the dreamer ·
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And so I have now given Brandon Sanderson three stars.

November 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

Well, I suppose it had to happen sometime. I’m rating a Brandon Sanderson book less than four stars. He’s written about five million of them, so statistically this was a very likely outcome, eventually. And now it has, and we can all move on with our lives. I really enjoyed the first two novellas in this series. The premise is great (a genius who has schizophrenia channels his illness into the creation of imaginary people who he calls aspects, all of whom are experts in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: brandon sanderson, contemporary fantasy, fantasy, legion, lies of the beholder, narfna, novellas, speculative

narfna's CBR10 Review No:145 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: brandon sanderson, contemporary fantasy, fantasy, legion, lies of the beholder, narfna, novellas, speculative ·
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