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Review of ‘Artemis Fowl’ by Eoin Colfer

14/06/2025 nsford Leave a comment

I liked this YA novel when it was first published, in 2001. I remember being confused about who to root…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Eoin Colfer, fantasy, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘Glunda the Veg Witch’ by Keith W Dickinson

09/06/2025 nsford 2 Comments

It’s fruit against veg, and wizards against witches, in this entertaining short novel. Set in a cosy rural fantasy land,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: blog tour, books, fantasy, Keith W Dickinson, reviews

Review of ‘Wicked’ by Gregory Maguire

14/04/2025 nsford 4 Comments

All I knew about this book was that it inspired a musical (on which the new film is based) and…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, Gregory Maguire, reviews

Review of ‘Devotion in the Open Air’ edited by Chyina Powell

11/02/2025 nsford Leave a comment

This collection of stories, subtitled ‘A Cozy Affection Anthology’, are by women of colour from diverse backgrounds and are all…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Chyina Powell, fantasy, reviews, short stories

Film of the book: ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ (2004)

09/01/2025 nsford Leave a comment

An award-winning, beautifully-animated film from Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Howl’s Moving Castle is based on Diana…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, children's fiction, Diana Wynne Jones, fantasy, films, reviews

Review of ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ by Diana Wynne Jones

22/10/2024 nsford Leave a comment

Magic and mayhem, witches and wizards, demons and destiny. According to my book record, I’ve read 6 books by Diana…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, Diana Wynne Jones, fantasy, reviews

Review of ‘The Crescent Moon Tearoom’ by Stacy Sivinski

18/10/2024 nsford 2 Comments

The ideal cinnamon-scented read for autumn, this novel is like a cosy version of the TV show Charmed. Three witch…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, reviews, Stacy Sivinski

‘Mirrors, Movies and Magic: 1980s Children’s Films Based on Books’ by N S Ford

25/09/2024 nsford Leave a comment

Do you love books, movies and the 80s? Then come with me on a delightful and dangerous quest to a…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Writing Filed under: books, children's fiction, fantasy, films, writing

Review of ‘Sunderworld, Vol. I: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry’ by Ransom Riggs

19/09/2024 nsford Leave a comment

I found this book neither extraordinary or disappointing. It was just OK. I really liked it at first, when the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, Ransom Riggs, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘An Ignorant Witch’ by E M Graham

26/07/2024 nsford Leave a comment

I liked this fast-paced supernatural novel, which is set in the city of St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. The sense of…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, E M Graham, fantasy, fiction, reviews

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