Well, it’s September, and Mother Nature finally picked up on the fact that she didn’t torture us nearly enough with hot weather in August, so we got several days of humid 80s over the last week. I’ve pretty much given up any pretense of normalcy – I’m just rolling with whatever happens at this point. […]
In this book, fairy tale narratives exist in our real world, ready to send a person down a certain path, just because they were unlucky enough to be born with just the right characteristics to a fit a particular story. That’s where the ATI Management Bureau comes in – they’re a hidden government agency tasked
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Damn! We picked this book up in July, and for some reason, both the BF and I keep forgetting it’s there when we go to pick up a new book. I finally broke the curse, but now neither my BF or my mother have read it, and it’s just so spoilery, and I have therefore
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This was an interesting set up novel. Nyx woke up in Tempe, Arizona, with no memories of the past, and a note that her apartment and tuition were paid for. She’s out of school now, and has found that no one can remember her, and she also can’t leave Tempe. Out of desperation, the next
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Despite the fact that removing blighted leaves from the tomatoes seems to have become a full time job, I’m happy with where the garden is right now. The dahlias are finally out, and the tomatoes and zucchini are producing in a reasonable amount. (There are seven or eight tiny zucchini working since we got our
This is a great, creepy story. Maryse is a fake medium, contracted to go with her partner, Vasyl to a house in South Dakota in the late 1800s. Once she’s there, she finds out the the dead really do speak. Quick story, very atmospheric. Enjoyed it very much.
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Mika is a witch, which is this story, means she was orphaned, like all witches. She was raised by Primrose, the head of the witches in England. They’re not really supposed to congregate together, so Mika was raised by a series of nannies, and now that she’s an adult, she sees the other witches once
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What a lovely story. Marra is the youngest of three princesses. Her oldest sister is her favorite, but Damia is married off to the prince of the neighboring kingdom, and tragically dies. Kania, the second sister, takes Damia’s place. Marra and Kania had never gotten along very well, but when Marra goes with their mother
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The garden’s getting into high season. It’s probably not as good as it could be – we’re still getting a lot of rain. But the peppers are no longer sulking, and I only seem to have early blight on my tomatoes (knock on wood), which is easier to deal with than late blight.
This is a short story, and a nice twist on high school tropes. It’s told from the point of view of a young cop who’s gone undercover at the elite high school where a number of the popular girls have been killed. He’s gone in with the boys, and this story definitely becomes all about
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