Jennifer Estep » Epic fantasy http://www.jenniferestep.com Personal Site of Author Jennifer Estep Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Map, map, my kingdom for a map … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/07/map-map-my-kingdom-for-a-map/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/07/map-map-my-kingdom-for-a-map/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:00:43 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=1955 Pet peeve time: What is up with epic fantasy books not having maps in them anymore? It seems like the last four or five epic fantasy books that I’ve read have not had a map in them — and it…

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This book has an interesting set-up. It’s told…

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Thief Locke Lamora and his partner Jean are planning their biggest heist yet — to rob a…

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In this one, Eddie is coming back from an assignment…

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/04/984-and-counting/feed/ 0 Why does epic fantasy have to be so epic … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/04/why-does-epic-fantasy-have-to-be-so-epic/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/04/why-does-epic-fantasy-have-to-be-so-epic/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:00:21 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=1714 I love epic fantasy books. Battles, magic, nasty villains, noble heroes. One of the best summers of my life was when I discovered this genre and devoured books by the likes of David Eddings, Terry Brooks, and Robert Jordan. Reading…

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/04/why-does-epic-fantasy-have-to-be-so-epic/feed/ 4 My year in books … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/12/my-year-in-books-2/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/12/my-year-in-books-2/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:30:58 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=1358 Since I do so many book reviews here on the blog, I thought I would take a brief look back at my year in books:

Number of books I read: 53. I think this is down a little from 2008.…

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So I thought that I’d put my skill…

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Eddie LaCrosse is a self-proclaimed “sword jockey”…

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