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Review Date: 4/21/2007
A wonderful collections of short stories about, what else, beasts. Magical beasts, fairy tale beasts, mytholocial beasts, made-up pretend beasts. Includes stories by t.H.White, Tanith, Lee, Gene Wolff, Jane Yolen, and Ursula K. Le Guin. When you only want a little bit of fantasy, not a whole book's worth.
Review Date: 4/21/2007
The fourth in the long Xanth series, this is still a good read. Funny with plenty of puns and suble jokes. Fantasy gone a little wacky. I love the whole series, but the earlier ones are best.
Review Date: 9/23/2009
I loved this book. The Countess is a wonderful character, an upbeat, offbeat, down to earth type of woman who has been around the block, around the world but still believes in hope, love, and happy endings. I wish D. Gilman could do a zillion more with this character in them.
Review Date: 6/23/2007
A delightful collection of stories with recipes, some of them VERY good.
Review Date: 4/21/2007
Wonderful flavor of the River Walk in San Antonio.
Review Date: 11/11/2011
Based on the TV show from a few years ago, this is a good read. Not "literature" by any means but it holds your attention. Good story line a lot of those old Greek gods thrown in. The empty throne is the throne of Ulysses/Odesseyus, gone to the Trojan war. Humorous and funny. I enjoyed it.
Review Date: 9/16/2016
Very enjoyable. A stand-alone read but fills in lots of info on this wonderful diverse universe that Ms. Lackey has created. Highly recommended for any one who enjoys fantasy.
Review Date: 2/2/2016
Overall, a very good read. I like anthologies and I like fantasy, so a good collection of 2007.
Review Date: 4/15/2007
Beautifully drawn illustrations. Quite cute and endearing. I simply have to dispose of some of my books. So imaginiative.
Review Date: 1/5/2018
Got it for my nephew - he LOVED it. Wouldn't let it go so I could look at it. I won't be relisting this anytime soon. He thought it was a great book.
Review Date: 9/3/2007
Overall I liked this book. It has a good plot. The author could have done a little bit better on her characters but it is a good read. Has a lot of WW II details about the "home front" and a real 1940's "feel" to it that makes it different from other cozy series.
Review Date: 8/27/2016
Wonderful escapism read. Beautiful descriptions of the landscape and animals of 1920's Africa. Plot has several unexpected twists and turns. While some of the minor and bit characters are as expected, the main characters are very well fleshed out, believable, and interesting. Certainly very well worth your time.
Review Date: 4/21/2007
This has plenty of exotic flavor. There is a lot on palenotology along with history of the Buddha caves in China. The murder mystery is not half bad either.
Review Date: 5/4/2013
Very dated material. More an intellectual exercise rather than a pleasure read. Interesting to see what inspired the "big name" writers who chose the stories, but the stories themselves - don't bother.
On Crusade : More Tales of the Knights Templar (Tales of the Knights Templar)
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Book Type: Paperback
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 5/6/2015
Well written. I don't know how closely these stories follow the actual history of the Knights Templar, but these are very sad tales. I didn't enjoy this one very much. Somewhat depressing.
Review Date: 4/15/2007
Edward Marston is consummate researcher and author. This series, set just after the Battle of Hastings, really invokes the flavor and the spirit of Mediveal England in the 1060's. Ralph and Gervard are very real characters to me, due to Marston's excellent writing. After reading one of his books, I always crave MORE! Excellent read!!
Review Date: 7/6/2016
Funny, sad, whimsical, thought-provoking - I liked them all. A good read. I also liked the fact that the various authors carried over characters from other authors stories.
Review Date: 8/9/2016
I like reading about other places that are so different from where I am. Worrying about ocean tides, cold weather in August, leaf peepers - all really enjoyable. So very different from Texas. And add in mysteries - what could be better?
Review Date: 4/21/2007
Time travel at its best.
Review Date: 4/21/2007
Helpful Score: 1
I like this series. It is so way-out-there absurd. Larger than life characters and good plots.
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