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Jim C. Hines is the author of the Magic ex Libris series, the Princess series of fairy tale retellings, the humorous Goblin Quest trilogy, and the Fable Legends tie-in Blood of Heroes. His latest novel is Terminal Uprising, book two in the humorous science fiction Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse trilogy. He’s an active blogger, and won the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Jim lives in mid-Michigan. Online, he can be found at http://www.jimchines.com. ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 61,925 ratings · 7,668 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors

	Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 12,421 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Codex Born (Magic Ex Libris, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 5,543 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stepsister Scheme (Princess, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 5,143 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goblin Quest (Jig the Goblin, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 4,191 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unbound (Magic Ex Libris, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 3,387 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mermaid's Madness (Princess, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 2,919 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 2,569 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goblin Hero (Jig the Goblin, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,416 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revisionary (Magic Ex Libris, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 2,248 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Hood's Revenge (Princess, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 2,317 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Michigan’s Republican Candidates for Governor

Got my absentee ballot for the August primaries, and I was curious about the five Republican candidates for governor. So I checked out an article on Bridge. And now I’m depressed.

Tudor Dixon: “…criticized Whitmer’s COVID-19 policies as a form of “tyranny” and aligned herself with Trump, who appeared at a recent fundraiser she threw at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.”

Ryan Kelley: “…protested remo

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Magic Ex Libris (4 books)
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Princess (4 books)
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Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse (3 books)
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Jim C. Hines wrote a new blog post Michigan’s Republican Candidates for Governor Got my absentee ballot for the August primaries, and I was curious about the five Republican candidates for governor. So I checked out an article on B Read more of this blog post »
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Jim has read Race to Crashpoint Tower (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Daniel José Older (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“1. Bullying is not okay. Period.

2. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

3. If your sincerely-held religious beliefs require you to bully children, then your beliefs are fucked up.”
― Jim C. Hines

tags: abuse-of-religion, bullying, legislation, outrage, schools

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“Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit.

[Blog post, March 12, 2012]”
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tags: freedom-of-speech, stupidity

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“Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as justification to discriminate against others, don’t be upset when others decide you’re an asshole."

[Blog post of July 26, 2011]”
― Jim C. Hines

tags: belief, discrimination, law, religion

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Which January New Release would you like to read in March?

Books were randomly chosen from Goodreads' "Most Popular Books Published In January" list.

** Write-ins are allowed. If you do so, please include title, author and series name.

Hungry Like the Wolf (SWAT, #1) by Paige Tyler

Hungry Like the Wolf by Paige Tyler
(SWAT, #1)

3 votes, 50.0%

Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles, #1) by Amanda Hocking

Frostfire by Amanda Hocking
(Kanin Chronicles #1)

2 votes, 33.3%

Burned (Fever, #7) by Karen Marie Moning

Burned by Karen Marie Moning
(Fever, #7)

1 vote, 16.7%

Golden Son (Red Rising Trilogy, #2) by Pierce Brown

Golden Son by Pierce Brown
(Red Rising Trilogy, #2)

0 votes, 0.0%

Ensnared (Splintered, #3) by A.G. Howard

Ensnared by A.G. Howard
(Splintered, #3)

0 votes, 0.0%

The Prey (The Hatchery, #1) by Tom Isbell

The Prey by Tom Isbell
(The Hatchery, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

Unbound (Magic Ex Libris #3) by Jim C. Hines

Unbound by Jim C. Hines
(Magic Ex Libris #3)

0 votes, 0.0%

Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood, #1) by Victoria Scott

Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott
(Fire & Flood, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

Viper Game (GhostWalkers, #11) by Christine Feehan

Viper Game by Christine Feehan
(GhostWalkers, #11)

0 votes, 0.0%

Broken Skies (Broken Skies, #1) by Theresa Kay

Broken Skies by Theresa Kay
(Broken Skies #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

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Jim’s Quotes

“There was magic, and there was magic. Thanks to Gutenberg, I could no longer pull wands, potions, and light sabers out of books, but when it came to research, give me a well-stocked library and I was a goddamned Merlin.”
― Jim C. Hines, Unbound

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“Look at the shiny magic thing trying to kill us, isn’t it awesome?”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

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