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    SALMAN RUSHDIE: MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN

    TITLE: Midnight’s Children. AUTH: Rushdie, Salman. 2010. PUB: Various publishers. 632 pages.  TAGS: Booker Prize Winners, Magical Realism, Fiction, India, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Family Saga, Lit Fic, India, Indian Independence, Magic, Summer Read-Along 2023 Have you read this book? Please, tell us what you thought about it in the comments below.

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    TRACY DEONN: LEGENDBORN

    TITLE: Legendborn. AUTH: Deonn, Tracy. 2020. PUB: Margaret K. McElderry. 512 pages. TAGS: YA Fantasy Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Retellings, Urban Fantasy, Magic, LGBT, Audiobook, Arthurian Legend, Knights, Merlin, Black female MC, South Carolina University, Chapel Hill, Summer Read-Along 2023 Have you read this book? Please, tell us what you…

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    BRANDON SANDERSON: TRESS OF THE EMERALD SEA

    TITLE: Tress of the Emerald Sea. AUTH: Sanderson, Brandon. 2023. PUB: Dragonsteel. 443 pages.   TAGS: TAGS: YA, Hoid, Sea, Adventure, Fantasy, Audiobook, Cozy, High Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths, Pirates, Sorcery, Love, Loyalty, Heroic Quests, Runes & Magic Systems, Strong Female Lead, Curses, Dragons…

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    MARIA CAIAZZA: HEARTLESS

    TITLE: Heartless. AUTH: Caiazza, Maria. 2023. PUB: Self-published. 87 pages.  TAGS: Resilience Writers, Fairytale Retelling, Fantasy Fiction, Teens, Teen & Young Adult, Mythical Creatures, Magic, Nature, Natural World Fiction, Fairytales & Folklore, Fairytales, Folklore, Adaptations Have you read this book? Please, tell us what you thought about it in the…

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    SARAH J. MAAS: THRONE OF GLASS

    TITLE: Throne of Glass.  AUTH: Maas, Sarah J. 2012.  PUB: Bloomsbury. 432 pages.  TAGS: Fae, Young Adult Fantasy, Assassins, Magic, Romance, Kingdoms and Royalty, Epic Fantasy, Competitions, Rebellion, Empowerment, Dystopian, Mystery, Female Protagonist, Friendship, Supernatural, Adventure, Audiobook Have you read this book? Please, tell us what you thought about it in…

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    LET'S TALK,  LINNEA LUCIFER

    WHAT IS MAGIC?

    WHAT IS MAGIC? When I decided to get back into the manuscripts for my Ulfrheim saga, it dawned on me that I had a lot of unanswered questions about magic. Some of these were fairly simple to work out, but others I’m not 100% sure I have resolved yet. So,…

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    EVALENA STYF,  LET'S TALK

    LET’S TALK
    What’s Your Take on Magic?

    A LOT OF THE STORIES I read, watch and listen to have elements of magic in them. It can be anything from subtle hints to an underlying magic to elaborate magic systems. When I decided to get back into the manuscript for my Ulfrheim saga, it dawned on me that I had…