There’s to be a meeting between the US government and the fae Gray Lords – both sides recognizing that coming to terms with each other is in each others’ best interests. Adam’s pack has been tapped to provide security, and Mercy gets roped into more or less emceeing the event. Naturally, there are supernatural forces […]
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Kate and Curran have split from the pack, but know that’s going to be easier said than done. They’re supposed to be staying away, but their friend Eduardo is missing, and his fiancée George comes to them for help. Kate very quickly realizes that there’s some very old magic in play, which is apparently dangerous
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This is Everglade by Woolly Wormhead. My sister and niece might be visiting us for Thanksgiving, so I figured some warm head gear would be in order. I’m using the Pasture Prime Farm Worsted yarn I picked up in Martha’s Vineyard. It’s a nice, natural yarn – noticeable lanolin still. The pattern
Zanna and Deeba are best friends, and one day, they find themselves in an alternate version of London (UnLondon), where Zanna is supposed to save the Unlunduners from a terrible fate. Except Zanna is unable to help, and Deeba ends up being the one to save the day. This is definitely aimed at younger readers
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Pattern: Villa by Bristol Ivy (Quince Quarterly Spring 2020 Level 1)Yarn: Quince Sparrow in the Fundi colorwayNeedles: Size 6 circs My Villa cowl is done! This definitely broke my brain at the beginning, but once I got the hang of the squares, and how it would fit together, I really enjoyed this knit. This
This book covers the history of 75 different shades and hues of colors, grouped by specific colors, with an overview of each. (And as the author notes, narrowing it down to 75 was an arbitrary choice. I wish someone had paid her to do an encyclopedia length work.) This is formatted in a way that
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This is a lovely book – 16 folk tales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. The translations are good, and the illustrations are lovely. I really liked getting different flavor of fairy tales. I had run into an adaptation of “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” before, so I was familiar
Alice and her mother Ella are always moving. Ella’s mother Althea is an author with a cult following. Her book of fairy tales, called Tales from the Hinterland, has long been out of print, and is nearly impossible to find even in used bookstores because it’s so sought after. Alice has never met Althea –
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I’ve accidently happened upon a theme here –starting in the midst of series. In this case, it’s a series of fairy tale retellings, which are loose enough there is a note saying you can start anywhere, though you’re probably better off reading them in order if you can. Cordelia is one of the youngest in
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I managed to start a series midway through, but it’s fortunately a good place to start in this case. Catalina has just become the head of her household of magic users (alternate present day real world with magic – this is set in Houston). A friend’s mother and sister are killed, and she vows to
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