Alex Stern was a teenage junky falling further and further into a terrible life, until the day that she woke up from a binge, with several people, including her very best friend, dead around her, not remembering anything that happened. And in the hospital, a dean from Yale arrived to give her a spectacular opportunity. […]
Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo Read More »
I had a really hard time finishing this book, for no particularly good reason. If I really had to nail something down, I think it was just a little bit too much teenage angst for me. The books goes between a couple different viewpoints – primarily Jack and Fluer. They’re both Seasons – young people
Seasons of the Storm – Elle Cosimano Read More »
The second sheet from the Nights Walks Down pattern is done. (This is totally draped over my knees because I just wanted to keep going – no fancy picture taking for me!)
Hit my first definite nope in the shrubbery beside the driveway. This is privet, which is non native, and therefore not something I’ll keep. So after work on Thursday, I pulled out all the privet and the rest of what I could get of the multiflora rose. That does still leave the maple sapling in
This story is a combination of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Mulan (per the blurbs at least – I see where they wanted to go with that, but I don’t agree). It’s an interesting concept. Bristal is an elicromancer – a now rare type of immortal that should be helping the mortals. The other two elicromancers
Kingdom of Ash and Briars – Hannah West Read More »
This is as complete as this garden should be for a while – I’ve planted all the remaining seedlings, and am not missing anything I wanted to get. Here’s the herb garden, and the insane dahlia experiment. The herb garden will not be as big as I planned. I just didn’t get the bed laid
