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“If the ability to make use of experience and draw conclusions decided, we would have forgotten what war is a long time ago. But those whose goal is war have never been held back, nor will be, by experience or analogy.”

Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1) by Andrzej Sapkowski

September 3, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

Say it with me now, print it on a t-shirt: I should have written this review right after finishing the book. Or, I guess if it were on a t-shirt it would be better like: FINISH THE BOOK, WRITE THE REVIEW, DO IT NOW, NO NOW NOT TOMORROW, NO PUT DOWN THE BAG OF CHIPS, DON’T WATCH THAT EPISODE, YOU WILL REGRET THIS LATER!!! Something like that. Maybe that’s too much text for a t-shirt. Probably too niche of a market, anyway. I remember liking […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood of Elves, narfna, Polish, polish mythology, the witcher

narfna's CBR12 Review No:119 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood of Elves, narfna, Polish, polish mythology, the witcher ·
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That is the tale; the rest is detail.

March 26, 2016 by borisanne Leave a Comment

I’ve been looking forward to re-reading “American Gods” since the moment I finished it the first time around. And this first re-read is definitely not going to be the last. For me, this book is a joy and a delight. It’s imaginative. It’s forward-thinking. It’s honest about how we relate to one another and see-but-can’t-see each other. It works literally as well as as metaphor. It takes itself seriously enough to be perfectly constructed and pure in tone and style, but doesn’t take itself seriously at […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #Gaiman, Americana, CBR8, Celtic mythology, Fiction, greek mythology, Hindu mythology, mythology, Neil Gaiman, norse mythology, polish mythology

borisanne's CBR8 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #Gaiman, Americana, CBR8, Celtic mythology, Fiction, greek mythology, Hindu mythology, mythology, Neil Gaiman, norse mythology, polish mythology ·
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How Many Wizards Does it Take to Beat an Evil Forest?

January 16, 2016 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

In some ways, Uprooted is a very typical fantasy novel. The heroine lives in a village where every 10 years the local wizard Dragon takes a village girl, and keeps her for 10 years. The wizards protects the village from The Woods which is full of evil spirits and general badness. The girls are allowed to leave after 10 years with enough money to support herself for a long time, and always say he never laid a hand on them. When the girl leaves though, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: fantasy, polish mythology

CoffeeShopReader's CBR8 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: fantasy, polish mythology ·
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