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Dragonflight ( Anne McCaffrey) & The Quest for the Time-Bird ( Le Tendre & Loisel)

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Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! On this blog, I wear many hats. Today,  I'm putting my ' book reviewer' hat back on.  In this post, I'll review two fantasy books, one of them being a novel and the other comic book.  As the title indicates, the books are : Dragonflight, written by Anne McCaffrey and The Quest for the Time Bird (in original  La Quête de l'oiseau du temps  ) written by Sergej Le Tendre and drawn by R. Loisel.  Let us start with Dragonflight , shall we? Afterall, this is not my first meeting with Anne McCaffrey. I had already read one of her works, Dolphins of Pern and reviewed it on my blog. Interestingly, I was also living on island Hvar when I reviewed Dolphins of Pern (six years ago!). Life brought me back to island Hvar and back to this dragon fantasy series. Anne McCaffrey is an American author of Irish descent, best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. Both of her novels that I read belong to this beloved fantasy seri...

IVAN ARALICA, GRMOVI DIVLJIH RUŽA (OGLED / BOOK REVIEW)

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Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! I've read a stunning book and I want to share it all with you. I've shared many books reviews with you, so why not one or many more? In this post I shall review Bushes of Wild Roses , a novel by Croatian writer Ivan Aralica.  As you might have noticed, I'm quite fond of this writer. Presently in his nineties, Aralica continues writing and publishing. This book could also be considered a collection of short stories, but since these stories all focus on the protagonist of the novel Blaža, it makes sense to call it a novel. The framed narrative that this book employs works beautifully in the context of the story itself. Blaža makes for a fascinating female protagonist, strong and gentle at the same time. Her personality is rich, complex and layered, but she is essentially a virtuous person.  I found her very inspiring. Speaking of virtue, there is a didactic element to the stories. The stories are filled with moral lessons. This Aralica...