One of the things I really like about de Lint’s Newford books is how he blends in various traditions of Fae, or other supernatural beings from various other cultures, into the present day. In this book, it’s the animal people common to many of the Native American cultures. Raven is now the owner of an […]
Someplace to be Flying – Charles de Lint Read More »
When Mercy tries to return a book she was lent by a Fae, she finds his bookstore locked up. Not much later, several people try to approach her about the book. Something’s clearly happened to the real owner, and Mercy’s on the case. At the same time, some members of the local pack are not
Silver Borne – Patricia Briggs Read More »
Since I really only do two challenges a year anymore, I think it’s safe to record my finished challenges for 2016: Once Upon a Time X 3/21/16 – 6/21/16 – finished 6/14/16 RIP XI Reading Challenge 9/1/16 – 10/31/16 -finished 10/26/16
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This story takes place in the Vorkosigan universe, but takes place about two hundred years before Miles is born. It’s the story of the development of the Quaddies – genetically engineered humans with a second set of hands instead of feet, bred to live and thrive in zero gravity. It’s very much a cautionary tale
Falling Free – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
This is the story of how the author’s family used food to get through hard times, framed with her experiences being laid off from her magazine job during the Great Recession in 2008/2009. It’s a really nice story of family, and sticking together through hard times. I really just picked it up because it was
Cherries in Winter – Suzan Colon Read More »
Spirit White wakes up out a coma after a car accident, to find her parents and sister are dead, and that her parents had made arrangements to send her to Oakhurst Academy in the event that they both died before she turns twenty one. Turns out, Oakhurst is a school for magicians, and that one
Legacies – Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill Read More »
This is the second of Barron’s Jane Austen mysteries, and we find Jane, her parents, and sister Cassandra off to take the sea air for the month of September in Lyme, which is where her novel Persuasion is partially set. On the way, a storm overturns their carriage, injuring Cassandra, and forcing them to take
Jane and the Man of the Cloth – Stephanie Barron Read More »
The Elemental Masters series are all set in the turn of the last century, and meld fairy tales with elemental magic in that timeframe. Most of them have been set in England, but this book is set in Germany and Transylvania, and features Red Riding Hood, Werewolf Hunter. More seriously, Rosamund’s parents brought her to
Blood Red – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
I usually like a good food memoir from a famous chef or food writer – even as a kid, they seem to have always has the most fascinating meals, and you can usually get some vicarious foodie fun out of those stories. I’ve read some of Reichl’s other work (from the timeframes before and
Comfort Me with Apples – Ruth Reichl Read More »
With the last book finished, I can safely say I’m done with RIP for the year. I read: I’d settled on Peril the Second, which was only two books in the challenge categories, and managed to make it up to a third.
RIP XI Reading Challenge – 9/1/16 to 10/31/16 Read More »
