{"id":1955,"date":"2008-06-16T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:29:19","slug":"tasty-magical-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1955","title":{"rendered":"Tasty Magical Treats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_AS3Nr1ChgcU\/SFa5QChKbTI\/AAAAAAAAAiQ\/ecaqazAgCc8\/s1600-h\/MagicMirrorstone.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/writingya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/MagicMirrorstone.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212557303932939570\" \/><\/a>A frog <i>princess<\/i> instead of a frog prince\u2014now that&#8217;s refreshing. An ancient dragon that lives in an American river, called up by the lonely notes of a young man\u2019s flute; a quilt that holds the entire night sky, a world of its own; mortals ruined by a mere glimpse of faerie\u2014all pure magic. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksense.com\/product\/info.jsp?affiliateId=ReadersResponse&#038;isbn=9780786947324\">Magic in the Mirrorstone<\/a> is a collection of fantasy short stories that includes well-known YA authors such as Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Tiffany Trent, and Cecil Castellucci as well as some names I didn&#8217;t recognize. <\/p>\n<p>A few of the new names (new to me, anyway) are going onto my to-read list now, after discovering their work in this rather eclectic but overall quite good compilation of stories. Though there were a few in here that didn\u2019t really grab me, I\u2019d recommend this one to fantasy fans who are looking for something a little different. It\u2019s like one of those dessert trays they bring around in restaurants\u2014maybe you just aren\u2019t that fond of carrot cake or pecan pie, but why not take a little taste of them anyway, as long as it\u2019s sitting in front of you? Humanity cannot subsist on chocolate mousse alone. Give this book of fantastical treats a try. You just might discover something new and tasty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A frog princess instead of a frog prince\u2014now that&#8217;s refreshing. An ancient dragon that lives in an American river, called up by the lonely&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,12,5,26],"class_list":["post-1955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-af","tag-fantasy-sci-fi","tag-reviews","tag-short-story-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4976,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions\/4976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}