Weekly Wildflowers – Crescent Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME
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Magic Binds – Ilona Andrews
I’ve got to get better at reading series more closely together. Since I’ve been reformatting all my old blog posts, I’ve seen how far behind I am in this series, which is really silly, because we own all the books. This book makes no sense if you haven’t read everything that’s come before – there
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A Sorceress Comes to Call – T. Kingfisher
Loved this book – it’s a great mash up of fairy tale (The Goose Girl) and Regency novels. (Per the author – I’d give a gothic horror edge as well, so a bit of Northanger Abbey.) Cordelia’s mother Evangelina is a sorceress, and has used her power in the past to have men take care
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Garden Notes
I planted up two of the three peppers today, and the zinnias. I’m trying to get things planted up as soon as they get true leaves – one of the peppers hasn’t reached that yet, and the talinum and gem marigolds are still very small. I gave up on the sweet peas and nigella. The
April in Maine
This is what I woke up to yesterday. It’s gone now, because snow doesn’t last in April, but this is what I’ve been dealing with for the last several weekends. I’m entering the home stretch of reformatting all my old blog posts, and in a depressing coincidence, I did March and April of 2022 yesterday.
Only Bad Options – Jennifer Estep
I picked this up based on a recommendation of this author on Ilona Andrew’s blog – I will trust any recommendation she has for authors she enjoyed. Vesper works for R&D at a company owned by one of the ruling families in this universe – at this point in time, the galaxy is ruled by
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Competence – Gail Carriger
This is the third book in the Custard Protocol series, and we’re not in Rue’s point of view in this one. The hero of this tale is her best friend, Primrose Tunstall. Prim’s the practical one on the airship, so it’s fun to see things happening from her point of view. The main part of
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Lud-in-the-Mist – Hope Mirrlees
This is a charming story, written in 1926. It’s the tale of the free state of Dorimare, which banished its nobility and magic. It’s been a few centuries, and strange things are afoot. With magic gone, the leading citizens aren’t quite sure what to do, and hijinks ensue. Dorimare is loving drawn, and the characters
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