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The Spirit Lens by Carol Berg

14 July 2010 Jennifer 0

The Spirit Lens by Carol Berg was a book that started off slow, but soon had me invested in the character’s outcomes. In a kingdom on the verge of a grand renaissance, where natural science has supplanted failing sorcery, someone aims to revive a savage rivalry… For Portier de Savin-Duplais, […]

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What I Would Recommend v2.0

14 April 2010 Jackie 8

When I first started Literary Escapism, I wrote up a list of recommendations based on what I had read up to that point.  Two years and over 200 books later, I think it’s time I updated my list a little, don’t you think? The one thing that hasn’t changed, whatever […]

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Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

20 March 2010 Jennifer 3

When I opened Angelology by Danielle Trussoni, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It looked like a good read, but nothing in the blurb had me jumping up and down to get into it immediately. When the book turned out to be a great read, I was pleasantly surprised. Sister […]

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Bound to Shadows by K. Arthur

24 November 2009 Jackie 4

Have you read the Riley Jenson series by Keri Arthur yet? If you haven’t, you’re really missing out because the latest installment, Bound to Shadows, is freaking fabulous. Part vampire, part werewolf, Riley Jenson knows what can happen when vamps don’t play well with others. But she’s never seen anything […]

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Must Love Hellhounds (Anthology)

20 September 2009 Jackie 3

There’s a new anthology that was recently released and you really should get your hands on it. Must Love Hellhounds includes stories from Charlaine Harris, Meljean Brook, Ilona Andrews and Nalini Singh, four of my all-time favorite authors. The Britlingens Go to Hell by Charlaine Harris From the Publisher: Follow […]

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Chains by S. Walker

20 June 2009 Jackie 0

I just finished Shiloh Walker’s Chains and I have to say I really liked the way she told this story. Renee was the homecoming queen with the perfect boyfriend and the perfect life. Lacey was the golden girl with the bright future. And Sherra always looked like the princess in […]

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Skin Trade by LK Hamilton

16 June 2009 Jackie 4

I’ve been hearing a lot of reactions to Laurell K Hamilton’s latest Anita Blake novel; and, I don’t know about you guys, but I thought Skin Trade was freaking fabulous. When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City’s […]

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Dead and Gone by C. Harris

16 May 2009 Jackie 1

The ninth novel in Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead and Gone brings a new story arc (supposedly) as well as a new revelation. For Sookie Stackhouse, the day to day activities of the vampire and were communities in and around Bon Temps, Louisiana, are of vital interest, She’s blood-bound […]

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True Blood: Episode 1 – Strange Love

10 September 2008 Jackie 0

I finally got a chance to watch the new HBO show True Blood based on Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries novels. The show starts out with the obvious beginning just like in Dead Until Dark, where Sookie meets Bill for the first time in Merlotte’s. I have to say that […]

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Don’t Hex with Texas by S. Swendson

24 July 2008 Jackie 1

The fourth novel in the Katie Chandler series by Shanna Swendson, Don’t Hex with Texas, takes place a couple of months after Damsel Under Stress and it is just as good as all the others. Katie Chandler has fled fast-paced Manhattan and returned home to a simpler life, working at […]