Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. Prudence and Robin have lived all their lives with their father as masqueraders – adventurers on the continent. When they get mixed up in the Jacobite rebellion, and things go badly, their father hatches a plan to allow them to escape. Thus, Peter (Prue) and Kate (Robin) are […]
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A LibraryThing EarlyReviewers book. Billie has landed her ideal job – assistant to the editor of Delicious! magazine. In no time flat, she’s installed in New York, meeting the absolutely fascinating cast of characters that work at the magazine as well as some of the interesting food sites in the city. But as quickly as
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Ok, it’s slow, and definitely late,but things are happening. By the time I got out last Sunday to rake and bring the pots out of the garage, there were daffodils! It was so cold over the winter, I’m not sure what’s going to come back from the potted perennials. Here’s hoping there’s not too much
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. Susanne Whitestone had lived all her life in her father’s Yorkshire manor house. And while she had a happy childhood, it did not involve her father. Susanne’s mother had died in childbirth, and Richard Whitestone had withdrawn into his second floor rooms in grief. Raised
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challange. While this book is now fifty years old, it’s still regarded as a good overview of Norse and German mythology. This is a scholarly work, so don’t go in expecting just stories. There’s an overview of the Northern European worldview, and chapters dedicated to various
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LibraryThing Early Reviewers book. About a year after her husband passed away, one morning, Kate wakes up. While she’s been out on autopilot, her mother in law has taken the reigns – getting Kate’s daughter Devin into a new school, and packing their house up to sell. She’s even given Kate a new job in
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Why yes, it’s April now, and I’m just getting crocus. This winter has completely sucked. While we didn’t get that much snow (last year’s blizzard made that winter worse snowfall-wise), I don’t ever remember it being this cold, and I have a working recall of winters here back to the early 80s. Thankfully, we seem
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. This ended up being a fortuitous pick for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge, as this tale owes a great deal to tales from Russian folklore. Ferus is the king of Serre, and is a cruel man. His only son and heir, Ronan, has
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. This story takes place in the same world as The Curse of Chalion, and Paladin of Souls, two books I adored. While those books are about one family – the royal family of the kingdom of Chalion, this book is set in another country, which
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. Thomas the Rhymer is an old tale, based on a real man in medieval Scotland. In the old ballads, Thomas meets the Queen of Elfland, and is taken away by her to her realm, where he lives for seven years. After that, he returns to
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