HeyJaredTraveling in Books
I write about books- mostly fantasy, historical, horror, and science fiction.
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Epic Fantasy Series by Women, Pt. 2 (opens the original)
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Last week, I wrote a bit about how epic fantasy series written by women are often overlooked. Some friends and I came up with a list of our favorite series. There were too many to list in one post, so here is the second part of that list. This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the epic fantasy series or novels written by women– Kate Elliot alone has several series to her name– but it gives you a place to start if you’re looking for something new-to-you to try.<a class="image-link image2 i
Recently Read #21 (opens the original)
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Epic Fantasy Series by Women, Pt. 1 (opens the original)
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If you’ve only been looking for fantasy novels on the shelves of your nearest chain bookstore, you might be forgiven for assuming that men write big epic fantasies while women confine their stories to the realm of romantasy. This is partly the fault of publishing, which likes to pigeonhole female authors into trendy categories before oversaturating the market and failing to properly market non-romantasy titles written by women.Bookstores, too, can take some of the blame. They are trying to turn
Recently Read #20 (opens the original)
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Last week I read an article– I don’t remember the author or title– that was making a good point about men and their failure to read books by women. But there was a statement that made me roll my eyes so hard I had to stop reading the article altogether: The author confidently stated that women in the United Kingdom were banned from publishing before the 1900s, and that’s why Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, and George Eliot published books under pseudonyms.Can we stop saying this? It is wrong.Wa
Recently Read #19 (opens the original)
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At long last, it is beginning to cool down around here so I can finally start to think of fall as a thing that just might happen after all. As I write this, the windows are open, a scented candle is burning, and Portishead is playing. Bring on those autumnal vibes.In my ongoing quest to actually read the books I’ve bought, I picked two things from my own shelves and finished them off this week.The first was Maria Tureaud’s gothic horror debut, This House Will Feed<spa
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