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- What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bridges and Paths plus a Troll
- What’s New for the 4th of January: Favorite books and music of 2025
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Mythologist John Campbell
- What’s New for 21st of December
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pub Ghoulies
- What’s New for 7 of December: books by Alan Garner, and holiday music new and old, Celtic, Americana, jazz and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Several Annies, Part Two
- What’s New for 23 November
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Several Annies
- What’s New for the 9th of November: rhymers and ravens, folk songs and folk tales, jazz guitar and dark forests and constellations put to music, Hungarian tunes and knights and rakes and tinkers and fools, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Kedgeree
- Whats New for the 26th of October: some Patricia McKillip books and an interview, ’70s jazz reissues, Nordic Americana and American Americana, and some Samhain seasonal albums
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Charles and Alice Pay a Visit (A Letter to Owyn)
- What’s New for the 12th of October
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Pudding Contest
- What’s New for the 28th of September: Appalachia in books, music and more
- A Kinrown Estate story: Autumn is Upon Us
- What’s New for the 14th of September: Books, film and music with a piratical theme; plus Corsican polyphony, Balkan sevdah, Americana music, Hardanger fiddle with reindeer, Latin jazz and piano trios
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Irish Coffee
- New SF from James S. A. Corey; Terry Gillian’s Excalibur; Rolling Stones do Aaron Copland’s ‘A Fanfare for The Common Man’; An offbeat history of coffee; an interview with Russian folk singer Zhenya Wind; and a grab bag of folk music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Waltzing Matilda
- What’s New for the 17th of August: Lots of Cropredy reports and reviews, and some new jazz and Americana;
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Hidden Dragon
- What’s New for the 3rd of August: A mix of Heinlein reviews; new jazz out of Vermont and a grab bag of archival reviews; Italian American food writing, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Recursive Loops
- What’s New for the 20th of July: Lots of Elizabeth Bear including The Folded Sky; tomatoes; a Hobbit film; new jazz and archival reviews; Charles Vess ballads and sagas; and an offbeat Ellen Kushner adaptation
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Commedia dell’Arte. Possibly.
- What’s New for the 6th of July:
Category Archives: Books
Amal El-Mohtar’s The River Has Roots
Two sisters, Esther and Ysabel, the Hawthorns, devoted toward each other, living on the borderland of faerie. A love story, not so much as between Esther and her lover from faerie, but a love story of sisters whose bond cannot … Continue reading
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John Scalzi’s The Shattering Peace
This is the seventh book in John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series, one of his most popular and I think his longest (… checks Wikipedia …); yes, it’s definitely his most extensive series. I’ve read at least two others, maybe … Continue reading
Jim C. Hines’s The Stepsister Scheme
Once upon a time, there was a young woman named Cinderella. Some stuff happened involving an evil stepmother, some nasty stepsisters, a glass slipper, and a prince. Cinderella and her prince fell in love, were married, and lived happily ever … Continue reading
Jim C. Hines’s Red Hood’s Revenge
They are the secret protectors of the kingdom of Lorindar. Snow White, the sultry mistress of mirror magic. Danielle, wielder of a powerful glass sword, once known as Cinderella. Talia, whose fairy gifts make her a powerful warrior, but whose … Continue reading
Jim C. Hines’s The Mermaid’s Madness
Once upon a time, there were three very special princesses. Each one inspired a fairy tale, and in each case, the facts were either exaggerated or outright fabricated. Even so, there remains an element of truth to Sleeping Beauty, Snow … Continue reading
Walter Wangerin, Jr.’s The Book of the Dun Cow
Equal parts allegory and fable, The Book of the Dun Cow is one of those rare books that transcends genre boundaries to appeal to a broad range of readers. Key to this unique trait are the theological underpinnings that Walter … Continue reading
Andersen Gabrych and Brad Rader’s Fogtown
Joseph Thompson wrote this review for Sleeping Hedgehog. Pulp fiction and pork rinds have a lot in common. Both leave one feeling a bit greasy after consuming. They are neither the healthiest part of a regular diet nor the terror … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, pulp
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Alan Light’s The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of ‘Hallelujah’
Do you feel a personal connection to the song “Hallelujah”? I certainly do, and to judge from Alan Light’s book The Holy or the Broken, so do millions of people all over the world. Light is a longtime music journalist, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Hallelujah", folk music, Leonard Cohen, music lore
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Jodie Forrest’s The Rhymer and the Ravens: The Book of Fate
Jodie Forrest has taken a familiar story — that of Thomas the Rhymer — and successfully fused it with both Norse mythology and her own blend of history and fantasy. Thomas, or rather Tomas, is a young Norseman in this … Continue reading
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Tagged British folklore, fantasy, Nordic myth, Scottish folklore
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