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My Favorite Five Covers of 2022

On January 2, 2023January 1, 2023 By Raina NightingaleIn Paths of Fantasy2 Comments

Hello! I did this post on a Monday last year, so I decided it could have a Monday again this year. And I just wanted to share with you what books (that I have read) have what I consider some of the most beautiful covers! Five is a nice good number. More than one, so …

Continue reading My Favorite Five Covers of 2022

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Raina Nightingale has been writing fantasy since she could write stories with the words she could read (the same time that she started devouring books, too). Now she writes “slice of life” and epic dawndark fantasy, for fiction lovers interested in rich world-building, characters who feel like real people, and religious experiences. Raina thinks giant balls floating in space can have the same magic that fairytales teach us to look for in oak trees and stars. However, she has a lot of universes and while not all of them have giant balls floating in space, most of them have dragons of one sort or another!

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