Tag Archives: fantasy

Review: Cold Days by Jim Butcher

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

Cold Days (The Dresden Files #14) by Jim Butcher (2012) : 9780451464408 (Penguin Group) Harry Dresden is back in action, now with a new role to play in the ever-growing supernatural community of Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files. Note: If … Continue reading →

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Review: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

Mistborn : The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson (2007): 9780765350381 (Tor) Ash falls like rain from the darkened skies above the Final Empire. Lowborn skaa toil in the fields and in the cities while the nobility enact petty … Continue reading →

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Review: Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (9780312095512): St. Martin’s Press (1984) The children of the village of Ku-fu have been struck with a mysterious illness and Number Ten Ox has enlisted the aid of Li Kao, an irascible sage with … Continue reading →

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Top Distractions of 2012

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

It’s a new year, a natural time to look back and reflect on what we’ve done in the previous annum. And so, in that spirit, here at the Serial Distractions Badger Depository and Folk Music Museum, I’ve brought together the … Continue reading →

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Review: Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding (2009): 9780345522580 (Ballentine Books) Captain Darian Frey, of the airship freighter Ketty Jay, is on the run. After taking a too-good-to-be-true pirating job, he and his crew of scalawags find themselves set up for murder. … Continue reading →

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