By the Sounding Sea

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September 18, 2024

when the moon hatched by sarah a. parker – week 1 – initial impressions

I love traditional fantasy and science fiction and I’m a sucker for a really well told fantasy story. There’s nothing that can quite compete with an epic tale where the story pacing keeps you engaged, the worldbuilding doesn’t feel clunky, and the characters resonate so well. I picked this story to read this month because…

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December 9, 2023

A Fairytale Beginning

The fairytale. Also written, “fairy tale.” That concept is synonymous with sweet and wonderful weddings, with Disney, with the Brothers Grimm, with fantasy romance, and with the Medieval and Renaissance time periods in European history. To be fair, many traditional fairytales arose from poetry created during the Age of Chivalry (also known as the Medieval…

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