Miranda is a very typical teenager, in a very typical town in Pennsylvania, totally annoyed by the extra assignments at school that week, due to a projected asteroid hit on the moon. Everyone is absolutely moon crazy, and the whole world makes the asteroid viewing a regular party. Except, the asteroid is […]
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This is the final book of the Inheritance Trilogy, and I wasn’t sure what to expect of it, going in. It seemed like the three main gods – Nahadoth, Itempas and Enefa/Yeine – were well taken care of. And actually, this is the story of Sieh, oldest of the godlings, the children of the original
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The back yard is clear!! Well, not really. I had to take the empty pots out of the way, so it was easier to put the growing ones up against the fence where they’re out of the way until they die back and I can put them away. The side garden is
I finished a bag for the shawl I made my sister yesterday – so that’s all set to give her before the wedding this weekend. (Under the wire – phew!) It’s certainly very pink. But when you confess a secret favorite color, I am obligated to go for it…
In Graceling, we met Bitterblue, daughter of King Leck of Monsea. As we meet Bitterblue, she’s just escaped the palace with her mother, because Leck’s Grace is to overshadow the minds of others, and Queen Ashen had one of her rare lucid moments, and was able to get away. She died
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The Brother Cadfael books are slim volumes – but this one uses that shorter format to perfection – it takes place in five days – the day before, the three days of, and the day after – St. Peter’s Fair. The fair is the biggest festival of the monastery, and King Stephen himself had granted
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I have to say, I’m really impressed by the blood sorrel this year. Last year, I started them right in the pot I intended to keep them in for the summer, and they didn’t really do anything – never got past the point of the first leaves. (Which are rounder and
This book is based on the societies and mythologies of Ancient Egypt and Nubia (at least what we’ve been able to figure out about them), as well the theories of common dreams of the early psychoanalysts like Freud and Jung. If that sounds heavy, it’s not – it’s a really different story than
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It’s been a while since I read the precursor to this book (A Dirty Job) – it’s on my 2007 reading list, but I read it before I actually started the blog that year. So I definitely had to get back into the world of this story, which took a few chapters. Charlie
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This is the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf by Karen Baumer. I’m making it with some of Tess’ Designer Yarns Microfiber Ribbon, which is not something I’ve ever worked with before, but the colorway was so cool, I had to buy some. This particular colorway was something she’d done up for a festival, and was the
