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Book Review: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

Posted on October 3, 2025October 2, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang Katabasis: Harper Voyager (2025) 560 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to...Read More

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Book Review: The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar

Posted on September 26, 2025September 19, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar The Magician of Tiger Castle: Ace (2025) 315 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Long ago and far away (and somewhere south of France) lies the kingdom of Esquaveta. There, Princess Tullia...Read More

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Book Review: Gifted and Talented by Olivie Blake

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Gifted and Talented by Olivie Blake Gifted and Talented: Tor Books (2025) | Macmillan Audio (2025) 512 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Thayer Wren, the brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech and so-called father of modern...Read More

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The Dog Beside My Desk: Remembering Taro

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Last week, I had to say goodbye to my dog. He was an Australian Cattle Dog, aka a blue heeler, and he was fourteen. We brought him home as a puppy and named him Taro (first son in Japanese) because...Read More

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Book Review: The Switch by Roland Smith

Posted on September 5, 2025August 29, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Switch by Roland Smith The Switch: Scholastic Press (2022) 304 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description On the morning of Henry Ludd's thirteenth birthday, the power goes out. No phones, no news, and planes literally fall out of the...Read More

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Book Review: The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley The Island of Last Things: Flatiron Books (2025) 272 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Camille has always preferred animals to people. The wild has nearly disappeared, but as a zookeeper at...Read More

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Book Review: The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H. G. Parry

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H. G. Parry The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door: Redhook (2024) 464 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Camford, 1920. Gilded and glittering, England's secret magical academy...Read More

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Book Review: The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer The Wishing Game: Ballantine Books (2023) 304 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents who loved her. In a childhood marked...Read More

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Blending Cultures in Fantasy Writing: From Pickled Plums to Dragon Perches

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

When I started writing fantasy, I expected the usual challenges: stubborn characters, tricky plot holes, and the occasional three-hour research spiral on how long it takes to cross a desert by camel. What I didn’t expect was the tug-of-war between...Read More

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Book Review: Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand Golden Girl: Little, Brown and Company (2021) 384 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of 13 beach novels and mother of three nearly...Read More

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Book Review: Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

Posted on July 25, 2025August 15, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker Haunt Sweet Home: Tor.com (2024) 176 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift production assistant on her cousin’s ghost hunting/home makeover reality TV show Haunt Sweet...Read More

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Book Review: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones The Buffalo Hunter Hunter: S&S/Saga Press (2025) (448) Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is...Read More