by envisionmg | Oct 24, 2014 | Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Staff Review
By Jim In Toby Barlow’s second novel, Babayaga, he moves from the werewolves of his first book, Sharp Teeth, to extremely touchy witches, bumbling spies and 1950s Paris. I found the book fascinating for its mixture of qualities; it is humorous with dark...
by envisionmg | Oct 15, 2014 | Fantasy, Jim Reviews
Have you ever thought, “Why can’t there be more dragons in literature? Everything’s better with dragons”? Well, Naomi Novik’s His Majesty’s Dragon (first book in the Temeraire series) proves that to be true. Imagine a Patrick...
by envisionmg | Apr 22, 2014 | Fantasy, Staff Review
Reviewed by Drew Let’s face it, magic schools where callow youth learn to be wizards and accidentally end up saving the world a few times are the bacon of fantasy literature – delicious but overused. We’ve Potter’d around Hogwarts, can Kwothe the University’s...
by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 6, 2012 | Fantasy
Reviewed by Kim Charley Davidson is back! Along with “Danger” and “Will Robinson”, and of course her trusty sidekick and best friend Cookie. In this third installment of the series, Charley is hired to find a missing wife of a suspicious yet...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 17, 2011 | Fantasy
Reviewed by Kim MAY INCLUDE SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE SERIES. When Changes ended Harry Dresden had surpassed his personal best for getting beat up, hurt, and tortured. Not enough, the closing chapter ended with him being murdered by an unknown assassin. But...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 8, 2011 | Books to Movies, Fantasy
Peter Jackson knows how to tease. Case in point: the third of his production videos (below) showcases the initial stages of whipping the Dwarves into fighting shape (or looks-to-be-more-out-of-shape, as the case may be), and gives us a brutally brief glimpse of Martin...
