In book three of the Raven Cycle, Blue Sargent and the Algionby boys are growing closer to finding Glendower, because by this point in the story, they’ve acquired powers. This book is about them accepting those powers – in many ways, it’s about growing up. Adam must accept that he’s a magician, but also that […]
Blue Lily, Lily Blue – Maggie Stiefvater Read More »
Between the fact that we’re getting a nor’easter tonight (just with rain instead of snow, woo!), and that the official check out day for the garden is Wednesday, I pulled out a whole bunch of things from the community bed this morning. I did have one tomato plant left, but wanted that cage and stake
This book has a really interesting set up – a Regency England in a world with magic, where England has been losing their ability to work magic. The Sorcerer Royal, Sir Stephen, realized that there are plenty of other powerful magicians in the world, including Zacharias, a young slave that he bought because he sensed
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Faris is the Duchess of Galazon, but until she reaches her majority, her uncle’s in charge, and he’s shipped her off to Greenlaw College. Faris wants nothing to do with this choice, but it turns out, her mother has specified Greenlaw in her will, because Greenlaw teaches magic. This story isn’t all about the college
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Ghosts are starting to interact with passengers on the Tube, and Peter Grant (and the Folly) are called in on the case. One complaint about this story – it’s too short. I absolutely want more of the main story line of this series, and this was not the novella to do that. That said, you
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It’s been warm so far this October. Like, I’m currently wearing shorts, and had dinner outside last night warm. So things are still growing better than they really should be. Last weekend, I pulled out one of the two cherry tomatoes in the side garden – the Sweet 100’s had succumbed to blight.
Harvest notes: Pictures are from 10/5, 10/8 (2), 10/10 and 10/15. (Picture quality is suffering since it’s now so much darker after work.)I pulled out all the poblanos that were left on the plants yesterday. They haven’t gotten any bigger, so I figured better safe than sorry about this point.
This Brother Cadfael book actually isn’t about a murder, for a change. After Winchester was sacked as part of the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud, the brothers of the Benedictine monastery there have scattered to neighboring monasteries. Brothers Humilis and Fidelis have come to Shrewsbury, which is near where Brother Humilis
An Excellent Mystery – Ellis Peters Read More »
This is the second book of the second Mistborn trilogy, set three hundred years after the last trilogy. The technology of the world has come a long way, but this book especially references back to what happened in the previous trilogy (the first book of this series was lacking that to some degree). I really
Shadows of Self – Brandon Sanderson Read More »
Having recently read a book about the American view of wilderness, it was very interesting to get a contemporary British view – and it very much makes me appreciate what I have in my fairly well forested state. This is an interesting book – if you’re looking for scientific details of Britain’s forest, you won’t
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