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Courtney Schafer
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Between recovering from jetlag, scrambling to get back up to speed at the day job, and taking yet another plane trip last week so my son and I could spend a little time with my own mom, things have been pretty quiet around the ol' blog. Happily, my traveling days are now done (for a month or two at least!), and at last I've had the time to sit down and put together a real Thursday Adventure pos...
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The Whitefire Crossing (Shattered Sigil, #1)
— published 2011 — 3 editions |
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The Tainted City (Shattered Sigil, #2)
— published 2012 — 3 editions |
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Courtney Schafer
wrote a new blog post: Thursday Adventure: Jenolan Caves, Australia
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Wow!! As good or better than the first . I really enjoy this world setting. The magic system is original, characters old and new are engaging and the story is tight and fast paced. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long for the third book. A joy...
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Courtney Schafer
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The Whitefire Crossing
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Leah Petersen
"My fav of Carol's is her Lighthouse Duet (FLESH & SPIRIT and BREATH & BONE) but I love the Rai-Kirah books too. So good! She's writing a brand...more
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There is currently a group-read in progress (runs through Feb) on any Sword & Sorcery Anthology:...more
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Planet (it's off to Mars, baby!)
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Courtney Schafer
made a comment on Favorite Books Read in 2012:
"Woo hoo! Every book on this list deserves more readers. :)
And yikes, I'd never looked at the formatting of Goodreads's auto-imported blog posts befor...more " |
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Kristen
added a status update: I don't know what to read now, but The Forgotten Beasts of Eld was excellent. Layered and thoughtful beautifully written fantasy and a book I'm still thinking about after finishing it.
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This was a SUPER inventive and dark world-building novel. Definitely epic fantasy leaning, meaty and engrossing about Heaven and Hell and demon battling and love. I really enjoyed it, and the fact it was a first novel was even cooler, and it felt...
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Courtney Schafer
made a comment on Courtney's vote for Best Fantasy in the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards:
"It was a tough call between King of Thorns and The Killing Moon - both books so awesome, so hard to choose! - but in the end, I had to give my vote to...more
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“Fear is the most insidious of weaknesses. You must learn to raze it from your soul, or risk defeat in all you do.”
― Courtney Schafer, The Tainted City
― Courtney Schafer, The Tainted City
“Narrow the focus, take the ascent one step at a time, and it's amazing what odds a man can beat.”
― Courtney Schafer, The Tainted City
― Courtney Schafer, The Tainted City
“I didn't die, and that's the point. Doesn't matter how close you come if you walk away whole.”
― Courtney Schafer, The Tainted City
― Courtney Schafer, The Tainted City
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thanks for being my friend
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Cheryl wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friendship, Courtney. I'm looking forward to reading your book." Delighted to "meet" you, Cheryl! Thanks for your interest in The Whitefire Crossing - I hope you enjoy it!
