The fire in the title is an event in the past that decimated the world, killing many. A few hundred years later, people all still alive, but as a strange side effect, everyone is now born as twins. One twin, the Alpha, is perfectly normal, but the other – the Omega – has some sort
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The community garden plot’s down to the kale, sprouting broccoli and collards. The calendula just didn’t look happy anymore – now that it’s November, it has gotten a bit colder, so I pulled those out yesterday. We’ll see how much longer the above lasts. It looks very weird over there with so many
Here’s an interesting concept for a story – a plague of bird flu has made chicken illegal, driving an underground market for it, and the FDA is therefore one of the most powerful government agencies. Tony Chu is a Cibopath, which means he can get psychic impressions from anything he eats. He’s also a detective,
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This is a really sweet story, inspired by a note in the author’s great –grandmother’s diary from when she emigrated to America from Norway. Her husband had asked her to take on a young woman from the ship as a maid, because she was young, and on her own. The author’s invented a back story
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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
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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.
