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Impossible Things – Connie Willis

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

This book of short stories is a fun sampling of Willis’ work. Some of my favorites are: “Even the Queen”, a great send up to women’s lib. Who knew talking about your period could be so funny? “Jack” was a great story about how WWII in London let some people rise above anything they might […]

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Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

Siri has always been the superfluous princess – her eldest sister, Vivenna, has been betrothed to the God King of Hallandren since birth, her middle sister Fafnan, had become a monk, and her brother, Ridger, was the heir. Hallandren had long been her country’s enemy, and Vivenna had trained her whole life to be married

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Dead Man’s Ransom – Ellis Peters

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

The civil war between King Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Maud, continues, and now the Welsh are wading in. Gilbert Prescote, the sheriff in Shrewsbury, has gone north with his men to stand against Welsh raiders who are trying to help some rebel barons, and has the misfortune of being caught by the Welsh

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The Winter Sea – Susanna Kearsley

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

Carrie McClelland has had success writing historical fiction – she likes to pick a time, place or event, and live for a time wherever that occurred to immerse herself in the world of her story. Her latest idea is set in the French Court, but is about the Scottish Stewart kings, when they were exiled

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The Palace Job – Patrick Weekes

2 Comments / At Home, Reading / Megan

Loch and Kail start this story in jail – a very particular kind of jail – hanging from the bottom of the floating city of Heaven’s Spire, keeping the crystals that keep the city floating clean. They were sentenced to this fate by trying to sneak into Heaven’s Spire, because that city is reserved for

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Waistcoats and Weaponry – Gail Carriger

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

Sophronia and her friends are back at school after their adventures in London. They’re being introduced to the fine art of seduction, and Sophronia’s not sure what to do about her dueling feelings for Lord Felix Mersey and the sootie Soap. Things are going pretty well until her friend Sidheag receives some devastating news –

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The Reluctant Widow – Georgette Heyer

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

Elinor is on her way to become a governess for a wealthy woman in the country – a job she’s had to take after her father gambled away the family’s fortune. She’s met at the post coach by the house’s personal coach, and about an hour later is shown into the study of a man

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A Quiet Life in the Country – T. E. Kinsey

2 Comments / At Home, Reading / Megan

Lady Emily Hardcastle and her maid Flo are retiring to the country after an apparently interesting time traveling the world, both before and after the death of Lady Hardcastle’s husband. Naturally, there’s a murder in their new village, and they feel compelled to investigate. I was a little let down by the women’s past. I was

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In the Woods – Tana French

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

Adam Ryan was twelve when he and two friends disappeared in the woods in a housing development outside of Dublin. He was found a day later with several gashes, and someone else’s blood on him. He also had no memories of anything before that day. In the aftermath, his family moved away, and he was

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The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

Theo and his mother were at the Met (well, I can’t remember if it was really called the Met in the book, but it was the Met) because Theo was suspended from school. On the way back from a meeting all about him, she decided to stop at the museum because they had a painting

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