I caught Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries when it was still on Netflix, and enjoyed the hell out of it. I’ve been sitting on this book for a while. Definitely wish I’d read it earlier. I don’t want to say that the series was sanitized for television, exactly, because it did try to deal with mature […]
Cocaine Blues – Kerry Greenwood Read More »
Not a bad free book. This is the set up to a series set in more modern days, but leaning on Greek mythology for the characters. The author does take certain liberties with the parentage of her characters, but she talks about why at the end of this book, and I like where she’s going
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This book finally goes into the details of the origins of Valdemar. We’ve known it was founded by a nobleman from the far away Empire, and he summons the Companions after a prayer to all the gods he’s ever heard of – now we get the full story. Kordas, Duke of Valdemar, has worked very
Beyond – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
This is a Wayward Children book, but stands apart from them – none of the action takes place at Eleanor West’s school. Regan loves horses. She’s got a great relationship with her parents, but a rather shocking secret challenges her relationships with the girls she thought were her friends. (The set up for that is
Across the Green Grass Fields – Seanan McGuire Read More »
The garlic came out on 7/24. The leaves weren’t quite as dead as I normally look for, but the consensus on the local gardening boards was to pull it. With all the rain we’ve been getting, apparently a lot of people are getting split heads. Mine’s looking pretty good, so I’m happy I pulled it
This is a really interesting book, written for lay people, that does a great overview of Earth’s atmosphere. I really enjoyed this – I had at least heard of most of the things that were covered, but this book went into detail about a number of the phenomena, and covered the scientists that had discovered
An Ocean of Air – Gabrielle Walker Read More »
I had a used copy of this book my mother had found at Goodwill, back when I was in high school, and was reading everything King Arthur I could get my hands on. (This author did an Arthur series.) I remember reading it several times, and really enjoying it, so I snapped up a cheap
Touch Not the Cat – Mary Stewart Read More »
It’s still raining a lot. My peppers are still sulking (see below). But there are flowers. I actually feel fairly lucky. There are lots of people on the local gardening boards I follow that are having completely terrible years. I will get a harvest, even if it’s not the best I’ve ever had. I don’t
This latest installment of the Wayward Children novellas take a slightly darker (which is saying something) turn. Cora was taken in by the Drowned Gods of the Moors when she and her friends were last there, and is afraid that it’ll mean she can never go back to her own world of the Trenches. So
Where the Drowned Girls Go – Seanan McGuire Read More »
I feel like I’ve barely posted anything in the wildflower department this spring, and there are a couple reasons for that. Our trips to Paris and Montreal took place over a couple prime wildflower weekends. No surprise really, of course some of the nicest weekends to be away are going to be nice at home