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American Gods by Neil Gaiman — book review
“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.” It isn’t surprising that American Gods is regarded as one of the genre-bending novels of all time. Over the course of 500 pages Neil Gaiman deftly blends […]
MoreStrange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor — book review
Strange the Dreamer is a wonderfully imaginative novel. Meditations and discussions on storytelling, dreams, and myths are not only embedded in the narrative but shape the very way in which the two main characters view their world and themselves. “Lazlo owned nothing, not one single thing, but from the first, the stories felt like his […]
MoreThe Oracle of Cumae by Melissa Hardy — book review
“I listened as Sibylla told me for the third or fourth or fifth time, about something that happened to her a thousand years ago and that might have been funny then, but, clearly, you had to have been there.” The Oracle of Cumae is a humorous tale that might appeal to readers who enjoyed Neil […]
MoreGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia — book review
In spite of the beautiful attention that Gods of Jade and Shadow pays to the function of myths and deities in our everyday lives…this turned out to be an unexpectedly juvenile read… The swift storytelling found in Gods of Jade and Shadow might not appeal to those readers who prefer slower and more in depth […]
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