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The Shepherd’s Crown

November 13, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Changes are coming to the Disc. Trains crisscross the land, goblins are respectable (or at least respectable enough), and Granny Weatherwax’s time has come. It’s up to Tiffany Aching to fill her shoes – and to do so before a deadly threat returns to the world… The Review: Clichéd as it has maybe already become, I couldn’t help but think of Chris Jackson singing, “We’re gonna teach ’em how to say goodbye” in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s brilliant Hamilton while […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Discworld, Elves, Fairies, Fantasy, Fiction, Granny Weatherwax, Humor, Literature, Nac Mac Feegle, Reviews, Terry Pratchett, The Shepherd's Crown, The Wee Free Men, Tiffany Aching, Witches

A Night in the Lonesome October

November 2, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: October begins and so too does a strange and deadly game. Jack and his loyal canine companion Snuff scout, connive, magick, and otherwise prepare for the 31st – when either openers or closers shall win and the world will either end… or go on… The Review: What a delightfully unique novel. I’ve heard Zelazny touted by the likes of George R. R. Martin and Neil Gaiman but I’d never picked up one of his novels, until this […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: A Night in the Lonesome October, A Visit to October Country, Book Reviews, Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Frankenstein, Gahan Wilson, Horror, Humor, Jack the Ripper, Lovecraft, Monsters, Reviews, Roger Zelazny, Satire, Sherlock Holmes, Werewolves, Witches, Wolfman

The Uses of Enchantment

October 27, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: When she was 17, Mary Veal disappeared for several weeks. The story she spins upon her return baffles psychologists and her family – and it’s not until her mother’s death many years later that the truth begins to come out about what really happened while she was gone. The Review: Some books are November books, not October books. It’s an easy enough mistake to make, but you know them the minute you start them. There’s something a little […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Heidi Julavits, Literature, Reviews, The Uses of Enchantment, Witches

Wytches (Vol. 1)

October 26, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: After a traumatic bullying incident takes an even more horrific turn, Sailor Rook and her family move to another town in the hopes of starting over. But Sailor continues to see and believe that something is wrong and her father can’t tell whether or not to believe her. But no matter what anyone believes, something is in the woods… and it’s coming closer… The Review: I’m pretty glad I read this on a bright Saturday morning. I […]

Categories: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Clem Robins, comic book, Comic Books, Comics, Family, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Jock, Matt Hollingsworth, Mythology, Reviews, Scott Snyder, Supernatural, Witches, Wytches

Witches of America

October 16, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: While working on a documentary, Alex Mar finds herself drawn to the reality of witchcraft in American today and begins an exploration into its history and its present that becomes personal and profound. The Review: Here’s a book that, not unlike the journey it details, consistently upended my expectations and drew me in (sometimes despite itself) in ways that I didn’t see coming. Part of this is because of expectations I had going in, many of them both personal and […]

Categories: Non-Fiction • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Advance Review, Alex Mar, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Feri, FSG, Journalism, Magic, Non-Fiction, Pagan, Pagans, Reviews, witchcraft, Witches, Witches of America

Good Omens

March 23, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: The world was created. This is generally regarded as an only so-so idea – but the end is coming! The Antichrist is born unto… an utterly ordinary human family (thanks to a clerical mixup with the babies). And one angel & one demon, friends over the millennia, decide that maybe we don’t need the end of days to happen – but they’ve gotta find the kid first. Hijinks ensue. The world, such as it is, goes on. The […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature • Tags: Angels, Apocalypse, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Death, Demons, etc, Fantasy, Fiction, Good Omens, Humor, Literature, Magic, Neil Gaiman, Re-Reads, Religion, Reviews, Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, The Devil, The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Witches

Raging Biblio-holism

The overwhelming urge to collect, consume, and consider books

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