 The mentor character is a very familiar one, especially in hero journeys and coming-of-age stories. The pretty classic formula for the mentor (Obi-Wan, Gandalf, Dumbledore) goes like this:
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 Perhaps you’ve heard the saying “Any portal fantasy in a storm” . . . well, that’s our version of it, anyway. 😉 (Since we do have so many reading options, we like to consider them carefully!)
Weather or not your life is particularly stormy right now, you still might be craving that perfect literary escape. It’s important to many people to get good reading recommendations—which is what we’re here for! No book is perfect, but we think these are ship-shape! So sail on into this list, and we wish you a bookish bon voyage!  This post originally appeared in Deborah’s blog and is used here with permission.
As part of my “Advice from an Editor” YouTube series, I made a video on how to Write a Great Ending. In case you haven’t seen it, I’ll summarize it first:  We hope you’re having a cozy, not-too-sweltering summer! Summer and winter are great times (but really, any time is) to read cozy books! What do we mean by “cozy”? In most of these, the stakes are lower and there’s nothing too dramatically epic happening; and the others have a generally optimistic and fairy-tale-like feel. So water we waiting for? Let’s dive into the list of excellent cozy fantasies we recommend!
 Today we’re showcasing some of our favorite works of literary fantasy and sci-fi. Perhaps some people equate “literary” with “slow” . . . but we prefer to call it “deep.” If you are looking for recommendations on deep-diving books, then dive into this list!
 Today we're hot on the trail of some great fantasy quest books. Tolkien about knights, wizards, and dragons really gets us fired up! So let us venture forth—onward to the list!
 (This article was originally posted in Deborah’s blog and is used here with permission.)
Two years after the end of Amazon’s Kindle Vella serial novel format, The Midnight Files is finally being published by Thinklings Books as e-book, paperback, and hardback. Book one, The Last Partner, will be coming this October and the other two books in Octobers 2027 and 2028.  Fantasy (and sci-fi) books in general enchant us! But this week, we've compiled a special list of our favorite fantasy books that involve enchantments or curses. So read on, and maybe these books will put a spell on you too!
 And now, for something a bit different! We’ve been thinking about the classics lately (and not just speculative-fiction ones) and how important they still are, especially with literacy’s current state of decline. Classic books are classics for a reason and can teach us a lot, if we slow ourselves down enough to learn from them!
So in the previous blog post and this one, we’re sharing some excellent classics we’ve been meaning to read—not all of them are actually terribly old, although some are. Now, we just need to find more time between the grind and our side hustles. . . .  And now, for something a bit different! We’ve been thinking about the classics lately (and not just speculative-fiction ones) and how important they still are, especially with literacy’s current state of decline. Classics are classics for a reason and can teach us a lot, if we slow ourselves down enough to learn from them!
So in this blog post and the next one, we’ll be sharing some excellent classics we’ve been meaning to read—not all of them are actually terribly old, although some are. Now, we just need to find more time between the grind and our side hustles. . . . |
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