Posts tagged: holly black
Once Upon a Time There Was a Girl -- Review: The Darkest Part of the Forest
Posted on 2015-07-20 at 13:19 by Dave
The Darkest Part of the Forest
By Holly Black, Narrated by Lauren Fortgang
Length: 8 hours, 39 minutes
Welcome to Fairfold. Here, in the forest beside this quiet little town sleeps a horned boy in a glass casket. Deeper still you may glimpse dangerous faeries, or even monsters. The locals of Fairfold have become accustomed to the oddness that blossoms around them -- teenagers drink and party around the horned boy while he sleeps, making shrines of empty bottles and cans and secrets. The tourists love to
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Whispersync Daily Deals: Regarding Ducks and Universes, The Seeing Stone, and The Hangman's Daughter
Posted on 2014-04-23 at 18:56 by Sam
Wednesday April 23, 2014: Today's Kindle Daily Deal haul is a pretty hefty one, with six books across three series to check out with inexpensive Whispersync for Voice upgrades to their audiobook editions.
Neve Maslakovic's 2010 novel Regarding Ducks and Universes predates her bestselling "The Incident" series, offering a stand-alone taste of her penchant for "weaving together physics, philosophy, and wry humor" (Booklist) and, at $1.99 Kindle today with a $0.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible
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Review: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Posted on 2013-12-09 at 06:38 by Dave
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown By Holly Black, Read by Christine Lakin for Hachette Audio Length: 12 hours, 6 minutes
Vampires are all the rage these days. Whether it’s True Blood or The Vampire Diaries or Twilight, vampires are everywhere in pop culture – even Dracula’s back – and it’s easy to see why some people are so bored with them.
I am not one of those people. For me, vampires are the most fascinating monsters. They can be terrifying, seductive, sickening – mirror images of ourselves we try and cover
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Audiobook review: Welcome to Bordertown
Posted on 2012-09-21 at 18:14 by Sam
Welcome to Bordertown: New Stories and Poems of the Borderlands
Edited by: Holly Black and Ellen Kushner
Performances by: MacLeod Andrews, Cassandra Campbell, Ellen Kushner, and Holly Black
Length: 18 hours and 8 minutes
Release date: 10 April 2012
Review by Dave Thompson: Bordertown Lives!
I feel in love with Welcome to Bordertown well before I actually read any of the stories. In her introduction, Terri Windling explains how Bordertown came to be: In the 80s, fantasy meant epic – primarily riffs on
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