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For this episode’s unearthings: The Fighting Fantasy book series, from Steve Jackson and Ian Livingston First, a bit of background… The Fighting Fantasy books are a gamebook series–and yes, by ‘gamebook’ I mean the reader actively gets to participate…

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Tagged!

So…checking out the always wonderful Fantasy Cafe, we found out we’ve been TAGGED! Here’s the deal: Get yourself to the nearest book, flip to page 123, and copy the 5th sentence out here… Thea’s: Closest book to me at…

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Blood Engines

Title: Blood Engines Author: T.A. Pratt Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Marla Mason series Summary: (from amazon.com)Meet Marla Mason–smart, saucy, slightly wicked witch of the East Coast.… Sorcerer Marla Mason, small-time guardian of…

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An Earnest Letter

Dear Mr. M. Night Shyamalan; This weekend I went to the opening showing of your latest film, The Happening. I should let you know that I have seen all of your movies. I was enthralled with your wonderful debut,…

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Book Review: Kitty Goes to Washington

Title: Kitty Goes to Washington Author: Carrie Vaughn Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or Series: Book 2 in the Kitty Norville series Summary: (from amazon.com)Celebrity werewolf and late-night radio host Kitty Norville prefers to be heard and not seen.…

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Weekend Poll

Nonsensical Weekend Poll

For this week’s ponderings: Which badass dude is your favorite? Fight Club, Tyler Durden – “The first rule about fight club is you do not talk about fight club.” Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle – “You talkin’ to me? You…

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Book Review: Demon Angel

Title: Demon Angel Author: Meljean Brook Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone or Series: Book 2 of The Guardians series (although each book can be read as a stand alone volume) Summary: (from meljeanbrook.com)For two thousand years, Lilith wrought vengeance…

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Book Review: Succubus Blues

Title: Succubus Blues Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance-ish Stand Alone or Series: First book in the Georgina Kincaid series Summary: (from amazon.com)Succubus (n.) An alluring, shape-shifting demon who seduces and pleasures mortal men. Pathetic (adj.) A…

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Nonsensical Weekend Poll

For this week’s ponderings: Who is the best sidekick? Samwise Gamgee, The Lord of the Rings – What didn’t he do for Frodo? Robin, Batman and Robin – Sometimes a girl, sometimes a dude, but always there for the…

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On the Tube…

With the season finale of LOST last Thursday, if you’re a fan like we are, you may just find yourself with a huge hole in your weekly television schedule. NEVER FEAR! Or actually, perhaps you should, because tonight marks…

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New Cover!

For the Twilight fans in the house–at midnight on Friday, the cover for Stephanie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn was released. I love the cover art for all of Stephanie Meyer’s work–although I’m a bit surprised by this cover. It’s certainly…

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Book Review: A Great and Terrible Beauty

Title: A Great and Terrible Beauty Author: Libba Bray Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Gothic Novel Stand alone or series: First book of the Gemma Doyle trilogy. Summary: (From amazon.com)A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy…

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Weekend at the Movies II: Prince Caspian

Actually I saw this one last weekend, but shh. Who’s counting? Title: Prince Caspian Book by C.S. Lewis Movie directed by Andrew Adamson; Starring Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Mosely, Anna Popplewell and Peter Dinklage I’ll be…

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Book Review: The Host

Title: The Host Author: Stephanie Meyer Genre: Science Fiction Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Summary: (From amazon.com)The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of…

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Dungeons

From Thea’s Dungeon

This Episode’s Unearthings: Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness Since the recent Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness got me in the mood…. Any horror fan worth their salt has seen The Evil Dead movies. These…

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The X-Files Trailer

Oh. My. God. The new X-Files Movie trailer is up! Video download courtesy of IGN. If you have problems with the video above, you can see it here. The X-Files: I Want to Believe comes out in theaters July…

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Movie Review: The Orphanage

Title: El Orfanato (The Orphanage) Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona; “Presented” by Guillermo del Toro; starring Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, and Roger Príncep In between all the basketball this weekend, I finally got a chance to watch this movie.…

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