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The Ladies of MandrigynNow, it was published in the 80s, so it might be hard to find.
BTW, the link in the monthly newsletter was wrong. It took me to February nominating.
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Now, it was published in the 80s, so it might be hard to find.
BTW, the link in the monthly newsletter was wrong. It took me to February nominating."
That was totally my fault. I flaked on setting up the thread. It dawned on me yesterday that I forgot to post it.
The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...About the same length as a court of thorns and roses so I figured it was safe to nominate. It's a twist on the swan princess fairy tale
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About the same length as a court of thorns and roses so I figured it was safe to nominate. It's a twist ..."
They are both slightly over the limit but I will allow them ; )
Most of my favorite books are over 400 pages lol
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by Barbara Hambly
311 pgs
KU (membership required)
Hoopla (ebook) - through some libraries
Scribd (membership required)
When the women of the City of Mandrigyn, led by Sheera Galernas, hired the mercenary army of Captain Sun Wolf, to help them rescue their men from the mines of evil, he refused. Little did he realize how insistent the ladies could be, and how far they would go to persuade him to train them against the evil of Altiokis....
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by Sarah J. Maas
419 pgs
Kindle 6.65
Hoopla (audio) through some libraries
Scribd (audio) membership required
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
At least, he’s not a beast all the time.
As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
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by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
231 pgs
KU (membership required)
Hoopla (ebook) through some libraries
Scribd (ebook membership required
Raamo, at thirteen, had rarely doubted the wisdom of the Ol-zhaan, the unquestioned rulers of the Green-Sky planet. Yet, after he had been chosen to become an Ol-zhaan, he made surprising discoveries and was exposed to dangers different form any he had envisioned. The world of Green-Sky was not what he and the Kindar people had thought. This science fiction fantasy was first published in 1975 and is the first book of the "Green-Sky Trilogy," It was a Junior Library Guild selection that became the basis for the video game, "Below The Root,"
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by Mercedes Lackey
416 pgs
Kindle 9.99
Hoopla (audio) through some libraries
Scribd (audio) membership required
As the only child of a powerful sorcerer, Odile Von Rothbart has studied the magical arts under her father’s stern tutelage all her life. Yet she feels only fear toward him. For considering his wife’s untimely death the ultimate betrayal, Baron Von Rothbart scours the land in the shape of a great bird of prey. His personal mission is to capture woman who arouse his wrath and inspire his rage for vengeance against all womankind. These poor souls he turns into swans—forcing them to spend their lives as beautiful but powerless animals who only regain their human forms briefly each night by the transitory light of the moon.
Yet though Odile is terrified of him, she has learned far more than her father, the baron, intended to teach her—both of the magical arts and of Von Rothbart’s idiosyncratic nature. And both as a woman and the guardian of his swan flock, her heart goes out to each and every young maiden ensorcelled by her vindictive father.
And then the noblest of Von Rothbart’s enchanted flock, the Princess Odette, finds the courage to confront her captor, wresting from him a pact which could lead to freedom for herself and all the swan-maidens. Knowing Von Rothbart will use all of his magical cunning to avoid honoring this pact, will Odile have the strength to face him in a final magical confrontation which, if she fails, will lead to her death and the murder of all in her flock?
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Black Swan (other topics)Below the Root (other topics)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (other topics)
The Ladies of Mandrigyn (other topics)
Below the Root (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Mercedes Lackey (other topics)Zilpha Keatley Snyder (other topics)
Sarah J. Maas (other topics)
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Zilpha Keatley Snyder (other topics)
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Must be under 350 pgs
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You may nominate one book for the monthly category. April's category is Fantasy. Nominations will be open until March 11.