
by Kelly Link
Description from the amazon:
Magic for Beginners is Kelly Link’s eagerly anticipated and critically acclaimed follow-up to her beloved debut, Stranger Things Happen. “Cumulatively weirder and wiser” (The Believer), this new story collection riffs on zombies, marriage, witches, superheroes, haunted convenience stores, and weekly apocalyptic poker parties, among other things.
Link’s work is truly unique. Time Out New York called her stories “cross-genre gems,” and her admirers in the literary community—from Peter Straub and Karen Joy Fowler to Alice Sebold and Michael Chabon—reflect the amazing range that makes her style so special. Call it kitchen sink magical realism: Fantastic and bizarre but funny and down to earth, there is something for everyone in Magic for Beginners.
Description from back cover:
An entire village takes up residence in a woman's handbag. A man becomes convinced that his dead wife is having an affair. A family moved to their dream house in the suburbs, where gradually everything they have becomes haunted. The mundane mingles with the magical to dazzling effect in Kelly Lin's Magic for Beginners.
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Offer ends April 11, 2010 --> extended to April 30, 2010
To do:
Recommend a book that has magic in it and let me know your email.
-Sorry, the Harry Potter series doesn't count because I read it already and loved it!
+1 provide a link to your review of the recommended book
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Have you ever read or heard of Eragon by Christopher Paolini.
ReplyDeleteWritten by a 15 year old boy who had never been to school, the story behind it is amazing and it eventually hit the best seller lists.
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Hey :) not entering, just wanted to say that this book is another one I received for Christmas - a wonderfully WILD collection of stories. Somebody is really going to enjoy winning this one!
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If you haven't read it, you MUST read Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede. L-O-V-E it, and I think you would, too.
ReplyDeleteRecommend a book that has magic in it and let me know your email.
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I recommend the Septimus Heap series! Book 1 is titled Magyk. My review is here: http://www.cherrymischievous.com/2010/03/magyk.html
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So now you've set me a poser. To be honest I have read much magic recently.
ReplyDeleteOther than HP the ones I have read (Eragon, Inkheart, Artemis Fowl) were OK but not something I would recommend.
I prefer people in situations where magic happens. I read a lot of these as a pre-teen and they are some of the best books I have read.
*Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
*A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley
*Penelope Lively's pre-teen books (she also writes for children and for adults)
The Whispering Knights probably has the most magic as Morgan Le Fey makes an appearance.
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is absolutely brilliant!
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The Riftwar Series (Raymond Feist)!
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I can't resist throwing my name in the hat. I've heard a couple of authors and editors recommend Link's work, and this is the first time I've stumbled across a mention of it. It looks quite promising.
ReplyDeleteAs a recommendation, I'll tip my hat to Peter Straub's Shadowland. It's just a stark and haunting tale that reminded me of the Harry Potter books ... if they had sharp teeth.
+1 A link to my review of that book can be found here.
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I really liked Child of Fire by Harry Connolly, but it's a really dark novel so some people might not like it.
ReplyDelete+1 My review of the book: http://fictionkingdom.blogspot.com/2010/03/review-child-of-fire-by-harry-connolly.html
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I have also read the amazing "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell".
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Neil Gaiman's comics "The Books of Magic"
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The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
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Everyone has got to read the His Dark Materials Trilogy!!!!!!
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I recommend you Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder. Its actually book number 2 in the Study serie. The first one is Poison Study and I loved it! :D
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I read the "The Bartimaeus Trilogy".
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Thanks for making this international!
ReplyDeleteI would recommend the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews, fantastic UF series, you can find my review of the 1st book here: http://exlibris-stella.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-review-magic-bites-by-ilona.html
I also started the Hollows series (also UF) by Kim Harrison and enjoyed it very much: http://exlibris-stella.blogspot.com/2010/03/book-review-dead-witch-walking-by-kim.html
And of course there is the absolutely wonderful Otherworld series of Kelley Armstrong, I'm a die hard fan, you can find my reviews of the 1st, 6th and 7th books here:
1st book (Bitten): http://exlibris-stella.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-review-bitten-by-kelley-armstrong.html
6th book (Broken): http://exlibris-stella.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-review-broken-by-kelley-armstrong.html
7th book (No Humans Involved): http://exlibris-stella.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-review-no-humans-involved-by.html
Thank you!
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Poor Little Witch Girl is awesome because it mixes the icky part of magic with the good.
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http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/782652.Poor_Little_Witch_Girl
Witches by Roald Dahl.
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