Review: Double Dead by Chuck Wendig
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Review: Double Dead by Chuck Wendig

by Kiara on Jan 30, 2012 • No Comments
Double Dead is the first full-length novel from Penmonkey Chuck Wendig. It features a vampire who wakes up in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. It rocks. It was released November 15th, 2011 from Abaddon. I read the e-book. The Blurb (as posted on Terrible Minds) Poor, poor Coburn. Once the...
Upcoming: Kiaras Festivus 2012!
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Upcoming: Kiaras Festivus 2012!

by Kiara on Jan 16, 2012 • 2 Comments
What is Kiaras Festivus? Kiaras Festivus is, literally ‘The Festival of Kiara’. This usually happens in February, mostly because my birthday is the 28th and I like to celebrate for as long as possible! This year, Waiting for Fairies’ also turns 5 years old (as a book review site) during the...
Review: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
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Review: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

by Kiara on Jan 8, 2012 • 1 Comment
The Alloy of Law is a Mistborn book, which takes place roughly 300 years after the events in the original trilogy. Theoretically, you could probably read this without reading the rest – but I wouldn’t recommend it, because you’d be missing out on some awesome world-building. The Blurb Three hundred...
Top 10 Books I Read in 2011
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Top 10 Books I Read in 2011

by Kiara on Jan 1, 2012 • 1 Comment
Since everyone else was busy doing end-of-year posts, I figured I’d throw my 10 cents out there as well. Here are my top 10 from 2011. These are books that I read in 2011, not necessarily that were published in 2011.  1. Number one, of course, has to be Jim Butcher’s Ghost...
Review: Child of Fire by Harry Connolly
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Review: Child of Fire by Harry Connolly

by Kiara on Nov 5, 2011 • 1 Comment
The Blurb: Ray Lilly is living on borrowed time. He’s the driver for Annalise Powliss, a high-ranking member of the Twenty Palace Society, a group of sorcerers devoted to hunting down and executing rogue magicians. But because Ray betrayed her once, Annalise is looking for an excuse to kill him–or...
Review: Graceling by Kristin Cashore
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Review: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

by Kiara on Oct 10, 2011 • Comments Closed
Graceling The Seven Kingdoms #1 Written:  Kristin Cashore Published: October 2008 Publisher: Harcourt Children’s ISBN:  9780152063962 Obtained via: Gift Blurb:  Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill....
Review: The Death of Torberta Turchin by Shannon Mawhiney
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Review: The Death of Torberta Turchin by Shannon Mawhiney

by Kiara on Sep 27, 2011 • Comments Closed
The Death of Torberta Turchin Written:  Shannon Mawhiney Published: 03/11/11 Publisher: Createspace ISBN: 1460937902 Obtained via: Author Blurb:  Torberta Turchin, or Torby for short, is a 14-year-old girl who has spoken to the dead ever since she can remember. After her parents’ death in a tragic car accident when she was very young,...
Review: Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis
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Review: Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis

by Kiara on Sep 1, 2011 • Comments Closed
Hard Spell  Occult Crimes Investigation Unit #1 Written:  Justin Gustainis Published: July 26, 2011 Publisher: Angry Robot ISBN: 0857661159 Obtained via: Purchase (So long, Borders, we hardly knew ye!) Blurb: (Reviewers note: This ‘blurb’ is a mash-up of the ones found on the author’s website and GoodReads.)  Stan Markowski is a...
Review: Dragon Virus by Laura Anne Gilman
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Review: Dragon Virus by Laura Anne Gilman

by Kiara on Aug 29, 2011 • 4 Comments
Dragon Virus Written:  Laura Anne Gilman Published: June, 2011 Publisher: Fairwood Press ISBN:  1933846259 Obtained via: Purchase Blurb:  It began soon after the Millennium. Reports of newborns with strange malformations, too weak to live . . . caused by a single genetic mutation. Or, as the press quickly dubbed it,...
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NaNo Ate My Brain – So Go Enter This Contest

by Kiara on Nov 27, 2011 • Comments Closed
I should have oodles of reviews for you in December. Until then, head over to the Qwillery and enter this awesome anniversary contest to win tons of cool stuff.
Review: Tricks of the Trade by Laura Anne Gilman
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Review: Tricks of the Trade by Laura Anne Gilman

by Kiara on Nov 10, 2011 • Comments Closed
Paranormal Scene Investigations #3 The Blurb:  WHEN MAGIC GOES WRONG, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CALL?  The name’s Torres, Bonnie Torres, and I’m a paranormal scene investigator—rooting out the truth about crimes of magic. It’s dangerous and boring and scary and fascinating. Though not everyone in the Cosa Nostradamus is happy we’re around, which can...
L.J. McDonald Giveaway Winner!
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L.J. McDonald Giveaway Winner!

by Kiara on Oct 8, 2011 • Comments Closed
Random.org says the winner of the L.J. McDonald giveaway is… ~ap~ Congratulations ~ap~! You should be receiving an email soon with a free download code for your book!
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Signal Boost! A Walker Papers Kickstarter Campaign

by Kiara on Oct 2, 2011 • Comments Closed
If you’re a CE Murphy Walker Papers fan – or just want to toss a great author an extra few bucks, then check out this Kickstarter campaign for a new novella and possibly extras! It’s been 24 hours and the campaign is already fully funded but you still have a few weeks to jump in...
Guest Post + Giveaway: What's In A Name? by L.J. McDonald
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Guest Post + Giveaway: What’s In A Name? by L.J. McDonald

by Kiara on Oct 1, 2011 • 4 Comments
L.J. McDonald is an author for Dorchester Publishing, home to our already esteemed Leanna Renee Hieber. She is the author of the Sylph series, consisting of The Battle Sylph, The Shattered Sylph, and the upcoming Queen of the Sylphs. If you haven’t heard of L.J. McDonald before, don’t worry – I hadn’t either. What I can...
Upcoming Author Guest Post & Giveaway!
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Upcoming Author Guest Post & Giveaway!

by Kiara on Sep 24, 2011 • 2 Comments
One week from today, on October 1st, Waiting for Fairies will be hosting Dorchester author L.J. McDonald. She is the author of the Sylph series, consisting of The Battle Sylph, The Shattered Sylph and the recently released Queen of the Sylphs. L.J. will discuss with us how she chooses names for her characters, the likes of which are Solie...
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