In the continuing saga of Sookie Stackhouse, Sookie has been hired by the Queen of Louisiana to be her mental eyes and ears at a summit of the vampire kings and queens of much of the United States. It’s a job that Sookie takes with some misgivings, but it’s good money that she really can’t […]
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Not that I needed another hobby, but I do use dyed yarn, and I do garden, so when I saw this book in the bargain bin, I picked it up. It’s an interesting little book if you’re interested in garden plants that do more than just feed you or look pretty. There were a number
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Read for the 2011 TBR Lite Reading Challenge. I picked this book up from the bargain bin because there were so many stories by authors I love: Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix, Patricia K. McKillip, to name a few. The book did not disappoint. The theme is obvious, but the variety of stories that came out
Wizards – Edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Read More »
The Sleeping Beauty is the tale of Rosamund, only daughter of the King and Queen of Eltaria, which has the misfortune of being a rich kingdom. Rosa’s known her whole life that puts her straight into the path of the magical Tradition, which will try to force her into all manner of magical paths, many
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Somehow, it’s going to be summer tomorrow. I’m not sure how this managed to happen, but it has, so that means the Once Upon a Time V challenge is over. This year, I did Challenge the First again, which is to read at least five books in any of the challenge categories: fantasy, fairy tale,
Once Upon a Time V 3/21/11 – 6/20/11 Read More »
In this final book of the Claidi Journals, Claidi finds her way back to the people of her one true love, Argul, but he is no longer with them. She sets out to find him, and finds her way to the Raven Tower, which everyone thought had been destroyed. It’s ruled by Twilight Star, who
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Alexia Tarrabotti has a number of flaws – she’s a spinster, and she’s Italian. Plus there’s the small matter of her not having a soul. In this version of England, vampires, werewolves and ghosts have been a matter of public life since the time of King Henry VIII. They’re relatively rare, as to survive the
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Read for the Once Upon a Time V Reading Challenge. Swordspoint is the story of Richard St. Vier, a swordsman in a nameless city once ruled by a King, but now ruled by a council of nobles. These nobles use swordsmen as proxies for their personal battles, and Richard is the best. Richard lives in
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Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. I am pretty late to the whole Hunger Games phenomenon, but I finally got my hands on the first book. I can totally understand how this is the next big thing since Twilight. This is a post-apocalyptic tale, where the US has morphed into a country called Panem,
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This third book of the Halfblood Chronicles actually takes a bit of a turn, and is mostly the story of Kyrtian, a full Elven Lord from a most unusual family. He’s considered a bit mad by the other Elven Lords, mostly because of his father, how was lost on an expedition to refind the Great
Elvenborn – Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey Read More »