I had great fun last year taking part  in the Mythopoeic Challenge, reading books that had either won or been nominated for this award since its inception, so it was with great interest that I perused the list of nominations for this years award, when it was released earlier today, there’s some great looking books [...]

And as the year draws to a close, the my final reading challenge for the year is now done. The Mythopoeic Awards Challenge was completed with the final few stories in The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke unfortunately had to fight my way through the book as I didn’t really enjoy it. [...]

Finished off, A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett today. At four years, it was one of the oldest of my long-term TBR pile residents! As a huge TP fan and having enjoyed the book immensely (should have a review up this week) I’m at a loss to explain why it has taken [...]

Tilja has grown up in the peaceful Valley, which is protected from the fearsome Empire by an enchanted forest. But the forest’s power has begun to fade and the Valley is in danger. Tilja is the youngest of four brave souls who venture into the Empire together to find the mysterious magician who can [...]

It was the winner of the 1998 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (Children) so it should not come as a surprise that I am reading these books as part of the Mythopoeic Reading Challenge.
They won the award as a trilogy so only counts as one book towards that challenge, and so short are the individual books (around [...]

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This week’s theme is: catch up on… something.
Weekly Geeks #6 was catch up on reviews week, but so many of you organized bloggers were caught up with reviews that you chose to catch up on other things. So I kept in mind that a catch-up week every now and then [...]

When Sara and Jamie discovered the artifacts, they sensed the pull of a dim, distant place, a world of misty forests, ancient magics, mythical beings, ageless bards, and restless evil.

Now, with their friends and enemies alike—Blue, the biker; Keiran, the folk musician; the Inspector from the RCMP; and the mysterious Tom Hengyr—Sara and Jamie are drawn into this enchanted land through the portals of a sprawling downtown edifice that straddles two worlds.

As I’ve just joined yet another challenge, I thought it might be time to take stock and take a look at how I’m doing with them.

Squeaky swings and tall grass
The longest shadows ever cast
The water’s warm and children swim
And we frolicked about in our summer skin
© Death Cab for Cutie
Welcome Sunday Saloners!
Well as regular visitors (who aren’t reading this in a RRS feed!) might have noticed I’ve changed my site’s skin to something a little brighter and more in keeping [...]

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The Mythopoeic Society is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of fantasy and mythic literature, especially the works of the Inklings, an informal literary circle at Oxford that included the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and others. Each year the Society awards the best scholarly and literary achievements exemplifying “the spirit [...]