Read for the Once Upon a Time III and 2009 YA Reading Challenges. Bound is a Cinderella story. However, it’s set in Ming-dynasty China, home of the earliest recorded versions of this classic tale. Xing Xing lives with Step Mother, who was her father’s second wife (even while Xing Xing’s mother, who has since passed […]
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In a presumably future Earth, the powerful Elven lords arrived through a portal from their home world, and subjugated the humans they found in this new land. Their domination is so complete that the humans no longer remember their past civilization, or that they themselves have magic different than that of the Elven lords. The
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Read for the Dream King Challenge. Harlequin Valentine is a modern-day retelling of the commedia dell’arte story of Harlequin and Columbine. Harlequin freely gives his heart to his Columbine, and then follows her around the city streets to see what she’ll do with it. It’s a weirdly romantic, definitely quirky, and almost gruesome tale that’s
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“This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.” Here’s my list: 1. Sunshine – Robin McKinley2. Sabriel – Garth Nix3. Beauty – Robin McKinley4. Pride and Prejudice –
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I was in Rochester, NY this past weekend for my cousin’s wedding. There was a lot of visiting with family on the trip, but we did manage to get out and about in Rochester a bit, including a visit to the George Eastman House. Eastman was the founder of the Kodak company, so there are
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In all the excitement of last week (sister in from CA, family road trip to NY, lots of rain), while I did manage to plant all of my Memorial Day weekend purchases last Monday, I wasn’t able to photograph them until today. I’m already really happy with the backyard pot garden. It already looks nice,
Kiila sock #1 is done! For my first toe up sock, and considering it was a mystery sock, I think it turned out pretty well. The heel is a bit on the puckery side, but that evens out when I put it on. I also had to frog the bind off twice (and use a
Read for the It’s the End of the World Reading Challenge. Isherwood Williams is in the mountains when the plague that wipes out most of humanity happens. He travels back to his home in San Francisco through an oddly silent land, having to piece together what happened from what little information was left before most
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