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Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Goodreads) Author:  J.K. Rowling (website) (twitter) Rating: It’s the summer holidays and soon Harry Potter will be starting his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is counting the days: there are new spells to be learnt, more Quidditch to be played, and Hogwarts castle to continue […]
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Posted on June 4, 2013
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Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, JK Rowling

Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Goodreads) Author:  J.K. Rowling (website) (twitter) Rating: Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron and Hermione, is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry can’t wait to get back to school after the summer holidays. (Who wouldn’t if they lived with […]
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Posted on May 17, 2013
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Review: The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Jinni (Goodreads) Author:  Helene Wecker (website) Follow @helenewecker Rating: Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master-the husband who commissioned her-dies at sea on the voyage from Poland, she is unmoored and adrift as the […]
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Posted on May 2, 2013
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Review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, JK Rowling

Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Goodreads) Author:  J.K. Rowling (website) (twitter) Rating: Harry, Ron and Hermione have returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their second year. (But Harry and Ron only just made it-they missed the Hogwarts Express and had to get there in a flying car…!) Soon the threesome are […]
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Posted on April 11, 2013
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Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, JK Rowling

Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Goodreads) Author:  J.K. Rowling (website) (twitter) Rating: Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That’s because he’s being raised by his miserable muggle aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he’s really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is […]
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Posted on March 8, 2013
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Review: Bitter Greens, Kate Forsyth

Title: Bitter Greens (Goodreads) Author:  Kate Forsyth (website) Rating: Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from court by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. She is comforted by an old nun, Sœur Seraphina, who tells her the tale of a young girl who, a hundred years earlier, is sold by […]
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Posted on February 11, 2013
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Review: The Water Witch, Carol Goodman

Title: Water Witch (Goodreads) Author:  Carol Goodman (or her pseudonym, Juliet Dark) Rating: “You have only to call my name to bring me back”, he whispered, his breath hot in my ear. “You have only to love me to make me human”. Callie McFay is the guardian of the last gateway between the world of Faerie and […]
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Posted on February 4, 2013
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Review: Besieged, Rowena Cory Daniells

Title: Besieged (Goodreads) Author:  Rowena Cory Daniells (website) (twitter) Rating: Sorne, the estranged son of a King on the verge of madness, is being raised as a weapon to wield against the mystical Wyrds. Half a continent away, his father is planning to lay siege to the Celestial City, the home of the T En, whose wyrd […]
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Posted on February 2, 2013
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Review: The Last Dragonslayer, Jasper Fforde

Title: The Last Dragonslayer (Goodreads) Author:  Jasper Fforde (website) Rating: In the good old days, magic was indispensable—it could both save a kingdom and clear a clogged drain. But now magic is fading: drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and magic carpets are used for pizza delivery. Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency […]
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Posted on January 24, 2013
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Review: Incubus, Carol Goodman

Title: Incubus (Goodreads) or The Demon Lover in the US Author:  Carol Goodman (or her pseudonym, Juliet Dark) Rating: Dr. Callie McFay travels to the small college town of Fairwick in New York State for a job interview. Despite it being her second choice she finds herself talked into accepting a job offer from the Folklore Department […]
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Posted on December 20, 2012
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