I really like how this book picks up a few centuries after the action of the Mistborn novels – society has changed and evolved due to what happened in those books – it’s really cool to see how that has changed, and what was brought forward from that older time. The setting is part Old […]
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Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. Kate and her sister Alicia are both ladies in waiting to the Lady Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth I) when her sister Mary is still Queen. Since Alicia is the sweet, innocent one, an imprudent remark of hers is blamed on Kate, and Kate
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The daffodils are fully out. It is Spring! So here’s the status of the seed starts. I have two kale. The beets are so bad. Swiss chard is a bit of a bust. I’m going to have to thin the carrots and sorrel. The cilantro and nasturtiums were a
Librarything Early Reviewers book. So I was introduced to Mamrie Hart by way of “@Midnight”, after which we tracked down “Hey USA” online, and have added “Camp Takota” to our Netflix watchlist. Which I guess means I’m probably not anywhere near a Mamrie Hart superfan, but I really do love her on what I’ve
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My yard is so close to being snow free!! So last weekend, my big project was to prune out the poor, winter blasted hollies. You can see all the sticks I got out, and the final result above. This week, I invested in some holly food, and also mulched them
Because I skipped the gym after work yesterday, I caught the tail end of the most excitement my neighborhood has seen as long as I’ve lived here (and frankly, hopefully longer). Why yes, that is an idling, yet empty cop car blocking the entrance to my driveway. (With his buddy doing the same to
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Calder is a Fetch – the chosen dead that guide most souls to Heaven. They’re specially chosen, but Calder has always wondered if his being chosen was a mistake. One day, he arrives at the death bed of a baby, and falls in love with the baby’s nanny. This
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Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. I do love these books. I’ve read two of the three in this series so far, and both have made me cry. (Which is a high compliment. I don’t cry for books.) In the Dells, there are monsters – varieties of animals
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Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. Firethorn had grown up as the servant of a woman of the Blood, but when the Dame died, and her nephew inherited her property, Firethorn fled to the King’s Forest, where she lived for a year. In that time, she was forced to eat
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Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. What I really like about Brandon Sanderson’s work is that he comes up with fresh, incredibly different systems of magic for all of his separate worlds. Figuring out how things work is half the fun of his novels. This particular book is slanted
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