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The Magician's Land (Magicians Series #3) by Lev Grossman

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

A satisfying conclusion to the series but one in which rereading the first two books might be in order. (Unless, you just have a much better memory than I do, i...

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The Magician King by Lev Grossman

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

In my review of The Magicians I offered this opinion as to what its author was up to: What Lev Grossman attempts to do in The Magicians is both bring this share...

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Lev Grossman explains bad reviews

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Tongue planted  firmly in cheek, Lev Grossman offers this enlightening explanation for bad reviews of The Magicians: Sometimes people point out to me that altho...

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The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

Like so many, a big part of my becoming a devoted reader at a young age was the magical books of fantasy writers like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.  I jumped f...

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In the Mail: troubled youth fiction edition

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

–> The Magicians by Lev Grossman Kirkus Reviews Grossman (Codex, 2004, etc.) imagines a sorcery school whose primary lesson seems to be that bending th...

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