Jami Fairleigh, Author at JamiFairleigh.com

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Book Review: Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy Sorcery and Small Magics: Orbit (2024) | Hachette Audio (2024) 400 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Leovander Loveage is a master of small magics. He can summon butterflies...Read More

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Book Review: How to Summon a Fairy Godmother by Laura J. Mayo

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

How to Summon a Fairy Godmother by Laura J. Mayo How to Summon a Fairy Godmother: Orbit (2024) 386 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description If a fairy godmother can get one sister into a marriage, getting another out of one should be easy… Lady...Read More

Welcome, 2025

Posted on January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

There’s something magical about the fresh start a new year brings, isn’t there? Right now, 2025 is like a blank journal. A journal where nothing's been written. Everything is still possible. It’s also like stepping onto a beach at sunrise,...Read More

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Book Review: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong The Teller of Small Fortunes: Ace Books (2024) 336 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She...Read More

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Book Review: Electric Trees by Melissa Bobe

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

Electric Trees by Melissa Bobe Electric Trees: The Hive Press (2021) 288 Pages Amazon | not available at Bookshop.org Book Description This book has monsters and murders, elephants and polar bears and wolves, of a kind. It has crappy jobs...Read More

Breaking Free from a Reading Slump

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

Ah, the dreaded reading slump—a state every book lover encounters at some point. It’s as if your enthusiasm for stories goes dormant, leaving you staring at your TBR pile with disinterest. Nothing sounds good. You may open several, but you...Read More

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Book Review: The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence The Book That Broke the World: Ace (2024) 380 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description The Library spans worlds and times. It touches and joins distant places. It is memory and future....Read More

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Book Review: Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders

Posted on November 29, 2024November 27, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders Tordotcom (2021) | Macmillan Audio (2021) 240 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description The world is on fire. So tell your story. Things are scary right now....Read More

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Book Review: The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy

Posted on November 15, 2024November 6, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy The Sapling Cage: The Feminist Press at CUNY (2024) | Dreamscape Media (2024) 343 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Lorel has always dreamed of becoming a witch: learning magic,...Read More

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Book Review: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Posted on November 8, 2024November 6, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet: Vintage (2020) 320 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of...Read More

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Book Review: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Somewhere Beyond the Sea: Tor Books (2024) 416 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s...Read More

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Book Review: Familiaris by David Wroblewski

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh

Familiaris by David Wroblewski Familiaris: Blackstone Publishing Inc. (2024) 992 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description It is spring 1919, and John Sawtelle's imagination has gotten him into trouble ... again. Now John and his newlywed wife, Mary, along with...Read More