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"Okay, yeah, I did play Birdy in the film directed by the always amazing Sir Alan Parker. If you saw the movie, you should read the book. The hypnotic magic of Wharton’s prose is pure poetry. After you read the book, watch, or re-watch the film and see how right we actually got it."

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God Country

Donny Cates

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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An elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's comes into possession of a magical sword called Valofax....

Pale Kings (Emaneska #2)

Ben Galley

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Pale Kings, the explosive sequel to the bestselling epic fantasy The Written, has arrived. Packed...

Merissa (11961 KP) created a post

Sep 2, 2021

"In this deadly game of ever-shifting alliances, where the state wages perpetual war against an ancient enemy, Rill and Alyse are thrown together in a land where magic is failing..."

Blitz & #Giveaway: Charm Wars (Charm Wars #1) by Dan Lutts - @Archaeolibrary, @XpressoTours, @DanLuttsAuthor, #YoungAdult, #Fantasy,

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Morgan Sheppard (926 KP) created a post

Aug 1, 2023

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY, FIRE IN THE RAIN!!!

FIRE IN THE RAIN finds trouble once more on the island of Wraidd Elfennol. Will the Chosen of Fire and Water succeed? Or is the Island of Wraidd Elfennol doomed to live forever beneath the shadows of Cysgod?

#Epic
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#FREE on #KU

https://books2read.com/FireintheRain

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The Craggus (360 KP) rated Tolkien (2019) in Movies

May 27, 2019

Tolkien (2019)

2019 | Biography, Drama

5.7

(18 Ratings)

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Two wasted hours about the author of The Two Towers: Tolkien (2019) Review

“Tolkien” has little or no magic about it, except the ordinary everyday magic which helps almost two hours disappear slowly and drearily when large stupid folk like the Craggus buy their tickets. It is inclined to be dull in the middle (and also the beginning and the end); dress in drab colours (chiefly tweeds and mud browns); wear out your patience as it regales you with the edited vignettes of J R R Tolkien’s early life through his fever dream flashbacks in the trenches of World War I, the scenes of which are surprisingly, jarringly graphic and provide no deep fruity laughs at all.
FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusTolkien

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Steph (468 KP) rated Shadow Magic (Havemercy #2) in Books

Jul 9, 2018

I LOVED Havemercy, but was pretty disappointed with Shadow Magic. I tend to dislike it when you completely change the protagonists in your sequel and barely even mention them (Royston got a cameo, but he was never a POV character so I don't think that counts.

The authors tend to have about 3/4 of the book be set-up and character development, which I didn't mind as much in Havemercy because I just loved the characters and their dynamics, but it was hard to get through Shadow Magic. I was not as impressed with these characters- I liked caius in the first book but he seemed unnecessarily over the top in this one and I guess everything just all seemed a lot more cliche.