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The Source of Magic
The Source of Magic | Piers Anthony
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Bink feels that he is the only being in Xanth without talent, but a dangerous assignment by King Trent to uncover the secret of the Kingdom's enchantment proves otherwise
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
The Source of Magic | Piers Anthony
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Mehso-so

3 ⭐️s
I didn‘t enjoy this one as much as the first in the series. I know it‘s dated, but it seemed Anthony injected a lot more chauvinism into this one than the last… and I don‘t throw that out there lightly… Bink was also much less likable in this one.
I still enjoyed Anthony‘s use of vocabulary (added plenty of new words to my Bookly app), and especially enjoyed the playing around with math/equation humor in the backstory of the source of magic.

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
The Source of Magic | Piers Anthony
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I couldn‘t decide which one of my favorite mugs out of my huge collection to feature for today‘s #LittensDressedInBlood prompt, so I just photographed my top three. 😅 I guess technically the Marauder‘s Map one is a soup cup, but it gets used for hot chocolate and coffee too. 😜
I‘m hoping to finish up the tagged book before the end of August, but this past week‘s been crazy busy and today‘s no different. I think I‘ll manage, but it‘ll be close.

Beatlefan129 The one on the left made me laugh out loud, I love it! 3y
MidnightBookGirl I read this series (well, most of it) when I was a teen! 3y
Ruthiella The punny one on the left is great! 😂 3y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Beatlefan129 @Ruthiella My husband‘s the King of Puns and gifted it to me last year. I believe he special ordered it from Etsy. 3y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @MidnightBookGirl I read many of them back in middle school, but all out of order. 😅 3y
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gilroyc
Source of Magic | Piers Anthony

My next slow read (kidding) is this tale from the world of Xanth. Finding I shouldn't reread these as an adult. But the damage is done...

#xanth #piersanthony #bink

klarusu I loved these as a youngster. Approached a reread as an adult and in consequence, purged them from my library. Issues with sexism, racism, bad writing. I wish I'd left them as a fond memory. 7y
gilroyc @klarusu I'm running into the same issue. 7y
esanderson I acquired quite a bit of Anthony on recommendation from a friend. I'm finding the same things you mentioned, and reconsidering that friendship 😉 7y
SqueakyChu I never read any, but I remember searching for every book in this series to get for my daughter when she was a youngster. They didn‘t leave any lasting harm on her! 😃 7y
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