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In the Forest of Forgetting – Theodora Goss

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

This is a book of short stories, with at least a little overlap from the other collection of the author’s that I have. I definitely like the fairy tales the best of these – there are a couple more literary tales that aren’t bad, but are a bit too literary for my tastes. There are […]

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Heart Stone – Elle Katharine White

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

This story is Pride and Prejudice with dragons. So take the basic social story of P&P and insert it into a world where there are a variety of supernatural creatures, some that work with humans, and some against. Merybourne Manor is far enough out in the country that affording to hire dragon riders is a

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Burn for Me – Ilona Andrews

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

I accidently started the Hidden Legacy series late, when the middle sister (Catalina) took over the action. Now, I managed to track down the older books as Kindle deals, so I’m back to the oldest sister, Nevada. In the world of these books, a serum was discovered in the 19th century that gave some people

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Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles – Thomas Lennon

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

If you don’t know Tom Lennon, he played Lieutenant Jim Dangle on Reno 911, which should tell you what level of humor he’s going for here, except this is also a young reader’s level book, so it’s the fairly clean version of that level of humor. Fourteen year old Ronan Boyle is a intern with

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Dragon Actually – G. A. Aiken

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

I picked this up through Prime Reading because I’d enjoyed the Blacksmith Queen books, and these characters come into the end of the second book, so it’s the same world. And I definitely enjoyed it. Annwyl the Bloody is fighting for her life – her brother wants her dead, so that his claim to the

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What Abigail Did that Summer – Ben Aaronovitch

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

So we originally were buying our Rivers of London books in London, and once you start buying in one particular format, it’s better to keep at it. However, Covid put a real crimp in our ability to run by a Waterstones, so we finally broke down and started buying the ones we were missing here

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The Empress of Salt and Fortune – Nghi Vo

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

This is a lovely tale – a monk and their animal companion are traveling all over the land of an unnamed Eastern Asian country, cataloging everything they find. The home in exile of the old Empress has recently been opened, and they make their way there. They find the servant and companion of the Empress,

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The Just City – Jo Walton

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

Athene and Apollo decide to do an experiment – create Plato’s Just City. They bring men and women from all over time that believe in Plato’s principles, and have them set up the city. It’s populated by children purchased from slave ships, and Athene brings in some robots from the far future to do some

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A Naturalist’s Book of Wildflowers – Laura C. Martin

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

This is a lovely book of botanical illustration with interesting little anecdotes about the various flowers portrayed. It covers the whole of the US (and a good chunk of Canada), so it’s necessarily a little broad, but does have an interesting variety of flowers included. It’s a lovely little survey of what’s around in our

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Elemental Thief – Rachel Morgan

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

I’m always so happy when I find a free book I really enjoy. Ridley’s life changed forever the day magic went rogue. Not only did her mother die in the upheaval, and her father lose his business, but she’s forced to hide her own magical power when the backlash is to outlaw magic entirely. It’s

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