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Fifteen Favorite Fantasy Reads of 2022
Fifteen Favorite Fantasy Reads of 2022

The following list is my top 15 favorite fantasy reads of 2022. In order to be eligible to make the list, they must be:

  • novel length

  • speculative fiction (fantasy or science fiction generally)

  • Indie/small publisher is a bonus for getting on the list, because I don’t think authors like Terry Pratchett or J.K. Rowling really need any extra help from little old me, but I don’t make it a hard-and-fast rule because

    • 1) we all know how good I am at following my own rules (not good at all) and

    • 2) I like having a little flexibility built in!

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Fifteen Favorite Fantasy Reads of 2021
Fifteen Favorite Fantasy Reads of 2021

2021 is winding to a close, and it’s time to share my annual post about all my favorite fantasy reads from the year!

This is always both simultaneously one of my favorite and least favorite posts to write. Favorite because I love looking over the books I’ve read, reminiscing about the stories I loved, and recommending them. Least favorite because it’s a lot of fiddly work and because it’s always impossible to put them in an order I’m completely happy with. But, I’ll try.

I read 80 books this year! Not quite as many as last year, but some of my reads this year were on the longer side, and I got a TON more authoring work done this year than last year.

The books on this list are my fifteen favorite fantasy reads.

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Autumn Reads
Autumn Reads

Autumn is pretty much my favorite.

The cooling temperatures, the cloudy, drizzly days, the bursting, vibrant colors as the trees turn crimson, gold, and orange, sweaters and jeans, hot cocoa and hot apple cider, the swishing sound my feet make as I tromp through fallen leaves… yes. Autumn is my favorite.

And there is nothing so nice as curling up with a good book on a cold autumn day. A cozy blanket, a warm beverage, and the rain pattering against your window.

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Movies That Are Better Than Their Books
Movies That Are Better Than Their Books

Let me begin by assuring y’all that I am a self-proclaimed, certified book dragon.

I LOVE books.

Ever since I learned to read, I have devoured books at a fairly unhealthy rate. (My daughter, reading over my shoulder, wishes to protest that there is no such thing as “reading at an unhealthy rate”) I maaay be inclined to agree with her.

I’ve gone through all the usual phases: dog stories, horse-crazy stories, a couple of rounds of fascination with vampires, and then I settled happily into fantasy and have dwelt there ever since.

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