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Great Fantasy Movies For Families

Mary Poppins This movie is a great movie for a family to watch together. Mary Poppins helps bring a lot of joy and adventure to little Jane and Micheal’s life while helping heal the wounds that reside in George Bank’s heart. The magic in this movie is focused around bringing joy and adventure into the […]

A review for Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑒 – 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑟 Zoraida Cordova The family ruling the land of Puerto Leones continues to pick out the Moria – the ones who have magical powers – one by one, getting rid of them. The Whispers, the rebel group of Moria, are fighting against the royal family […]

Interview with Jonathan Pembroke

Jonathan Pembroke Fantasy/Sci-Fi Focus: Hey Jonathan, how’s it going? How has this last year of insanity been treating you? JP: It’s been crazy, for sure. My wife and I live in a rural area outside a small town, so we haven’t been as affected as many folks. We were kind of socially-distant before it was […]

Expanse (ReReview) Seasons 1-3

Image Source (be careful–full of *spoilers* for these 3 seasons): https://www.space.com/the-expanse-sea... Unlike the multitude of “influencers” on YouTube, I can admit when I’m wrong (there’s a whole blog post on the horizon about that coming soon, don’t worry), and I was wrong when I reviewed the first season. There are many reasons for this, but […]

Daniel Potter’s Full Moon Medic on the Books and Authors Fantasy and SciFi Podcast

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 167 with Daniel Potter. Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on […]

Episode 81: Victoria Aveyard Interview

Travis interviews author Victoria Aveyard about Realm Breaker, the first book in her new series from HarperTeen. This epic fantasy begins where hope is lost and asks: When the heroes have fallen, who will take up the sword? Victoria and Travis discuss how she builds new worlds, ways to apply screenwriting techniques to writing novels, […]

Last Memoria by Rachel Emma Shaw [SPFBO]

Add to GoodReads Sarilla has learnt one thing from stealing memories. Everybody lies. There’s nothing Sarilla hates more than stealing memories, but the king forces her to take them to keep his subjects in line. She wants to escape to where nobody knows what she is or what she can do, but her plans go […]

Forty years of the 5th Doctor

Peter Davison’s first season as the Doctor aired in 1982, and Big Finish are marking the 40th anniversary with special releases. Comprising two anniversary box sets released in April and September 2022 respectively, Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures – Forty celebrates four decades since the Fifth Doctor made his first regular appearance in Doctor Who.  The dynamic dramas are […]

Movie Review: 1917 (2019 film)

Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_(2... MTSU subscribes to a couple of movie databases that professors can use to request movies in order to show students and discuss them in class. I’ve actually used the databases before as an instructor, requesting Frankenstein for the students in my Themes in literature: Science Fiction class (funny story, I was actually […]

Spotlight ~ One of Us: The City of Secrets by M.L. Roberts

The witch wants her dead, the fae want her alive, the police want to bring her in for questioning. High school should not be this way. Olivia knows the rules: study hard, never lie, do unto others, but when a witch makes the rules and the others are fae, telling the truth will get her […]