Hart and Mercy have hated each other since they first met. Hart is a marshal on the border of the town where Mercy manages her family’s business. They’re undertakers, and Hart often has to bring what are essentially zombies back to Birdsall and Son when he catches them roaming about. It turns out, they’re both […]
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This was a pleasant sight a couple mornings ago. I planted these in Fall of 2021, nothing came up last Spring. I figured our heavy clay soil had gotten the better of them, so I was pleasantly surprised to see them one morning before work. I did my second round of seeds this morning, after
Here’s another book that was refreshingly different. This is an urban fantasy with a male lead. I really enjoyed its take on the various pantheons of the world. Atticus is Irish, so his pantheon is represented, but every pantheon is actually there to some degree. Atticus is the last Druid. Due to a deal with
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I really enjoyed this book – it’s about people outside of the regular magical structure of this particular world being able to find a place where they can wield power. Onna is obviously magically talented, and is educated in it as much as her small town can manage. When she applies to the country’s magical
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Pattern: Bedeck by Hunter Hammersen Yarn: Quince and Co Chickadee in Iceland and Sabine, Quince and Co Finch in Egret and Lana Plantae Rambouillet Fingering in Cochineal & Madder Needles: Size 2.5 and 3 DPNs I love this designer’s patterns, but I don’t love that she doesn’t recommend needle size. I really need something to
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I preordered this book – I’d enjoyed the first two books in the series enough that I knew I wanted to read this sooner rather than later. I did enjoy it, but, it’s my least favorite of the three. This is the eldest sister – Arabessa’s – story. They are the daughters of the Thief
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Genevieve is a fake spiritualist – a trade she learned from her mother. Unfortunately, she’s caught at her game, and because of some other history we’ll eventually be acquainted with, she’s sure to be headed to gallows. But then there’s a miraculous reprieve – the lawyer for a rich estate that has recently suffered a
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This is the time of year where it doesn’t seem like much is going on – you can definitely tell where the winter shady bits of the yard are, by the lingering snowpack. But I actually do have a few things going on – I did my first round of planting last week. (In the
Sticking with my use up yarn theme, I’ve started on some mini Newfoundland mittens, specifically to use up the Lana Plantae Rambouillet Fingering Cochineal & Madder yarn. I have a fair amount of it, and it seems a shame to use it just on hexipuffs. I may have to come back and make this post
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This is a fun book – it’s a middle reader, so goes by pretty fast. The conceit is that Brandon Sanderson is the pen name a young man named Alcatraz, and is using this book to get his story out to those of us in the lands the Librarians are in charge of. They’re in
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