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A fun adaptation of a classic book that never quite clicked for me.

June 28, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

This was a fun way to spend several hours, but I actually think I would have liked it better if I had never read Pride and Prejudice. If you’re not aware, Heartstone is debut author Elle Katharine White’s retelling of the Jane Austen classic (a top ten book for me), but with dragons (and such). I want to be clear that I find nothing wrong with this book at all. It’s a cleverly told story that takes the frame of its source material and transforms […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Book Exchange, Bunnybean, CBR book exchange, Elle Katharine White, fantasy, fantasy romance, Heartstone, narfna, pride & prejudice, retellings

An insult to avocado toast

June 28, 2018 by PattyKates 9 Comments

katie: I take full responsibility for this one. I somehow missed A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness the first time around. My interest was piqued after seeing a trailer for the new series featuring Matthew Goode. Here. Have some eye candy: Katie: Anyway, I messaged Patty and was like, “we may have a contender.”    

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness, fantasy, Fiction, katie71483, PattyKates, romance, the other courtney

Pop the Classic

June 28, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is a take-off of the Buffy Summers story during the TV series, but forgets there was movie (as many fans do). Most of Sunnydale is there (Willow, Xander, Giles, Buffy’s mom) but has Buffy as an 8-year-old girl, just coming into her knowledge she is a slayer, instead of the teen she is during the series.   Actually, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Picture Book starts off with Buffy “now” doing what she does best (slaying vampires) and then flashes back to being eight […]

Filed Under: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: afraid, afraid of the dark, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, dark, emotions, Joss Whedon, Kim Smith

Episode 1-24: Two People Can Keep a Secret if One of Them is Dead

June 27, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/06/27/episode-1-24-two-people-can-keep-a-secret-if-one-of-them-is-dead/ Wherein I review: 91. The Stranger by Harlan Coben 92. Brief Cases by Jim Butcher 93. Ghostman (Jack White #1) by Roger Hobbs What would you do to keep a secret?  Harlan Coben suggests you would embark on a decades long coverup that involves the murder of your childhood friends.  Roger Hobbs believes in going full ghost on the heisting.  And Jim Butcher…returns from the grave!!!!

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: brief cases, ghostman, Harlan Coben, harry dresden, Jim Butcher, killing my kindle, podcast, roger hobbs, the stranger

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