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The Silver Spike – Fantasy Book Review
Alchemical Words reviews the epic fantasy novel The Silver Spike by author Glen Cook. The Silver Spike is the fourth book in The Black Company series by Glen Cook. Many consider this book to be an outrider story, a spin-off book rather than a continuation of the story line established in the first two books. It picks up the story…
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The White Rose – Fantasy Book Review
Alchemical Words reviews The White Rose by author Glen Cook. “The White Rose” is the third book in The Black Company fantasy book series by Glen Cook. Following the debacle at Juniper, the Black Company has fled, hiding from The Lady in a place known as The Plain of Fear, a vast desert plain that is literally chock-full of magical,…
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Experimenting with Feedshark
Pingomatic hasn’t been pinging my blog. Or at least I haven’t been getting the little ping messages in my dashboard. I decided I needed a backup so I’m trying out Feedshark. I filled in all the information on their site and now it wants me to add a string of code to my site. I’m just not that code savvy.…
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Shadows Linger – Fantasy Book Review
Alchemical Words reviews Shadows Linger by author Glen Cook In a previous post, I reviewed the first book of the series, The Black Company. Today, I’m tackling the second, Shadows Linger. This series is a unique challenge for me. It’s unlike other fantasy book series I have read and I’m still sorting out how I feel about it. I loved…
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The Black Company – Fantasy Book Review
Alchemical Words reviews the epic military fantasy, The Black Company by Glen Cook I decided to expand my fantasy books reading list reading, including fantasy books that I might not normally choose. I’ve spent hours scouring the net for lists of Top 10 Fantasy Books, Top 25 Fantasy Books, Best Fantasy Books of All Time… You get the idea. I’m…
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The Viscount’s Son – Fantasy Book Review
Alchemical Words reviews the paranormal fantasy book: The Viscount’s Son by author Aderyn Wood I just finished a reread of The Wheel of Time series (Yep. The whole thing. All 4+ million words of it. It’ll take me a while to do those fantasy books reviews) and was looking for a literary palate cleanser. I was looking for a read…
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Falling in Love With Fantasy
When did you first fall in love fantasy books? Me? I was about eight when I discovered fantasy books. As an even younger child, I had a whole stack of those Little Golden Books that I hoarded like a dragon with his gold. You know the ones, right? Small, 15-20 page children’s books of fairy tales like Little Red Riding…