1. The Windup Girl – Paolo BacigalupiThis is one of those scifi books that throws you straight into an advanced world with a lot of new tech, with weird names. In this case, apparently all of the food sources in the world have been overrun with disease, so you can make a ton of money […]
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Final cast on for the year: the Turbine hat by Wooly Wormhead, in the rest of the Malabrigo Rios Glazed Carrots yarn. I’m making the largest size – here’s hoping I have enough yarn leftover.
This book is a collection of translations from all the Celtic languages, meant to give a flavor for Celtic literature. It’s most heavy on Irish, Scottish and Welsh, but does bring in a bit of Manx, Cornish and Breton. The stories are loosely grouped by subjects – some are general, like Nature, but there are
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Here’s the obligatory year end hexipuff post. Someday, I’ll have enough for a baby blanket. At least this year, I got in some different colors to break up the mostly blue and green monotony.
In the course of Christmas shopping, I managed to find my niece’s next birthday present. (Yep, that’s in August. I’m way ahead.) Here’s a bag in which to contain it.
Short stories – again, great plane material. But I also enjoyed that these are a different way of looking at McKillip’s work. Most of these stories were not so much about the beautiful language I enjoy so much about her novels, but the stories are still wonderful. Some favorites: “Undine”- an unexpected, modern take on
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When the Epics first appeared, there were many that believed that humans with super powers would want to help everyone. But it turns out that having powers goes to a person’s head, and a massive power struggle ensued, where regular people suffered as various Epics consolidated their power. David was there when Steelheart claimed Chicago,
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Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge 3/21/14 – 6/21/14 – finished 6/12/14 RIP IX Reading Challenge 9/1/14 – 10/31/14 – finished 10/29/14 Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge 1/1/14 – 12/20/14
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It being the final week of the year, I think I can safely close out the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. I read: I was trying to get to level 2 (10 books), but I’m ok falling one short. That means I have one physical book and one Kindle book left still to look forward
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Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. This book of short stories was a perfect travel read. It was also fun to experience her writing in a shorter form. They’re probably even a little more mad cap than usual because she needed to pack so much into so few pages. I’m also amazed how much
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