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Smudge, the spider I wouldn’t want to squish

Lirbiomancer by Jim Hines

August 2, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 10 (Listicle) I have seen Libriomancer suggested in a few places, but I decided to go ahead and actually acquire and read it when I noticed its presence on “Seanan McGuire’s Personal Top Ten Urban Fantasy Books For Adults” on Tor.com. I have not read any of this author’s work, although I do have their Middlegame on my TBR shelf (on the floor near the shelf actually since the book wouldn’t fit). Anyways, this list provided me with the perfect excuse to pick up […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr11bingo, dryad, Jim Hines, librarian, Libriomancer, magic, magic ex libris, spider, vampires

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:59 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr11bingo, dryad, Jim Hines, librarian, Libriomancer, magic, magic ex libris, spider, vampires ·
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“Too Many Books in the World to Slog Through the Ones You Hate”

April 10, 2017 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

Revisionary – Magic Ex Libris: Book Four by Jim C. Hines (2016) – Okay, I’m finally reviewing something written in this century and my first five star review of the year.  In these real-life days of politics, loss of rights, and impending war, it’s nice to slip into a nice urban fantasy about…politics, loss of rights, and impending war?  Of course, the real world doesn’t have people who can perform magic and pull practical items out of books to use in the worldwide fight against […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Jim C. Hines, Library Magic, Libriomancer, revisionary, Urban Fantasy

sabian30's CBR9 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Jim C. Hines, Library Magic, Libriomancer, revisionary, Urban Fantasy ·
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If you could have one fictional item, what would it be?

January 26, 2016 by Bothari43 1 Comment

If we’re talking about trench-coated dudes who do supernatural stuff, I’d rather read Felix Castor. But since Mike Carey seems to think he needs to be writing OTHER wonderful things and not giving me more Felix, Isaac Vainio is an okay substitute. He’s a libriomancer, using magic to pull things (laser pistols, healing potions, fire spiders, etc.) from books. This leads to many fun nods to favorites, and adds to the ever-growing to-read list. This is the second book, and it’s actually got a list […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: book magic, Bothari43, Hines, Libriomancer, sexy dryads but with agency

Bothari43's CBR8 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: book magic, Bothari43, Hines, Libriomancer, sexy dryads but with agency ·
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