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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Taking Time to Recover

Twelve Months by Jim Butcher

February 1, 2026 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

Ugh, slow start to the year. Winter is a terrible time for me. I’m going to blame Mab.  Because, why not? From what I understand, Twelve Months was not originally part of the original ‘Dresden Files’ line up; the next planned book after Battleground, if I remember right, was meant to be titled Mirror Mirror. But after the what was a very action heavy and unrelenting previous installment for the reader—and potentially the worst weekend of their life for the protagonist—I can see how we […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Damn Johnny - no really. Damn Johnny - Where is he??!?!, Dresden Files, Jim Butcher, Urban Fantasy, wizards

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Damn Johnny - no really. Damn Johnny - Where is he??!?!, Dresden Files, Jim Butcher, Urban Fantasy, wizards ·
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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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I was just saying I don’t do re-reads usually, but then I went and read this again.

Mage and the Endless Unknown by S.J. Miller

May 16, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In October 2023 I read Mage and the Endless Unknown by S.J. Miller. I thought I had read it before when I saw it on the (sadly) to be returned cart at work in May 2025. But I figured even if I had read it, I didn’t remember when and a second reading wouldn’t hurt. Fairly quickly I remembered a lot of it, but then there were places that I did not remember at all (I am looking at you the pretty-not-so-nice ghosts) and wondered […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: friendship, good vs evil, magic, monsters, S.J. Miller, Social Themes, voyages, wizards, wordless books

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:274 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: friendship, good vs evil, magic, monsters, S.J. Miller, Social Themes, voyages, wizards, wordless books ·
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What it says on the tin

Initiation: Sex Wizards Book 1 by Alethea Faust

March 14, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“You’ve proven you have everything you need to start studying at the Crux,” she says. “You have magic in your bloodline, you’re open to new experiences, and you’re not an asshole.” ― Alethea Faust, Initiation I’ll get the world building out of the way first. Wizards train at the Crux, which is a cross between a college campus and a castle. There are different types of magic in which one can specialize, and each one is based on creating specific storable spells by performing different […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alethea Faust, bdsm romance, consent, enthusiastic consent, kink, queer romance, sensory deprivation, sex positive, wizards, wizards in training

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alethea Faust, bdsm romance, consent, enthusiastic consent, kink, queer romance, sensory deprivation, sex positive, wizards, wizards in training ·
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Do you know the gingerbread man?

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

February 23, 2024 by dreadpiratekel 1 Comment

I need to start this off by saying this book was perfect to me. Well, almost perfect, but I’m giving it a five-star review because the good outweighed my little nitpicks, and it felt like it was written directly to appeal to me. However, before I start raving about the parts of this book that just made my heart sing, I want to flag that I have read other books by T. Kingfisher, and those were for adults and a little more creepy than this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, gingerbread, magic, t kingfisher, wizards

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, gingerbread, magic, t kingfisher, wizards ·
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The not so innocent is found by the innocent

Mage and the Endless Unknown by SJ Miller

October 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have had Mage and the Endless Unknown saved in my online reader copies folder since probably 2022 or at least early 2023.  I am not sure why it was still available, but it was. And SJ Miller’s graphic novel is about a typical innocent who goes into the world only to find out how cruel and evil the story is. And of course, Mage, marvels how beautiful things are, but soon realizes everything in it wants to destroy them. Things are big, bad, scary […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: light and dark, magic, SJ Miller, social concepts, themes, Voyages and travels, wizards

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:779 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: light and dark, magic, SJ Miller, social concepts, themes, Voyages and travels, wizards ·
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