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Darcy’s Story – Janet Aylmer

At Home, Reading / Megan

For something completely different, I turned to a Jane Austen interpretation. This one was meant to fill in the missing pieces of Darcy’s story – so we could see the thought process behind why he would decide to try and win Elizabeth Bennett after she rejected his first proposal. It’s not a bad book.   […]

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Rediscovery – Marion Zimmer Bradley and Mercedes Lackey

At Home, Reading / Megan

Between Damia and the Music of Darkover, I was feeling a bit nostalgic, so decided to reread one of the actual Darkover books.    This one is the tale of when Earth finally happened upon the lost colony, and the people of Darkover find out that they did not originate on their world. It’s an

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Damia – Anne McCaffrey

At Home, Reading / Megan

Furthering my reread of the Pegasus/Rowan books, I’ve moved on to Damia, which was actually my first experience with this series, back in the pre-internet days when it was harder to track down books that weren’t in bookstores, and you settled for what you got, even if it was out of sequence… Damia is the

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The Music of Darkover – ed. Elisabeth Waters

At Home, Reading / Megan

Published in 2013, this was the first new Darkover anthology in a very long time.     The music theme apparently grew out of a submission for the planned anthology (Stars of Darkover – currently sitting in my TBR pile) that was based on a Darkover filk song, but was way too long to include

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Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge IX

Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge – 3/21/15 to 6/21/15

At Home, Reading / Megan

This year, I read: There was one scholarly book on myths, and two books that were much more fairy tale than fantasy themed (An Earthly Knight and The Perilous Gard).    All in all, a good Spring run.

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Pink Lady Slipper, Cypripedium acaule

Pink Lady’s Slipper

Plant Profiles, Wayside Flowers, Woodland / Megan

Pink Lady’s Slipper Cypripedium acaule Other names: moccasin flower Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Range: Eastern third of the US from the Great Lakes to the Northeast, and down the Appalachians to Alabama. It’s in every Canadian province except British Columbia. In Georgia, New York, Illinois and Tennessee, it’s in some sort of watched or endangered

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Peonies

Peonies of Gilsland Farm

Maine / Megan

I should mention that things are all just starting to get going today.     This time next week should be spectacular.

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Buttercup meadow

Maine Audobon – Gilsland Farm, Falmouth, Maine

Maine / Megan

In which a trip to see peonies brings me an unexpected wildflower bonanza. Have I mentioned how lucky I am to have places like this just outside of my city?

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Spirits in the Wires – Charles de Lint

At Home, Reading / Megan

Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. If you’ve read any of de Lint’s Newford books, you know he’s created an urban fantasy setting that incorporates parts of many world mythos (mythi?    What is the plural for that word?).       If a human mind has conceived it, it exists,

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Shadow Magic – Patricia C. Wrede

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Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. Lady Altheia is kidnapped on the night of her birthday celebration.      While her family frantically searches for her, she wakes up in the forest, and realizes her captors are the Lithmern- ancient enemies of Alkyra.     What’s worse is that they’ve brought

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