I’d originally chosen Patricia A. McKillip’s The Forgotten Beasts of Eld for the Mythopoeic Award Reading Challenge, and then added it to the Once Upon a Time II reading challenge. I’d planned on getting it out of the library, but this has proven impossible if I want to read it within the timeframe of the […]
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Finally, the cracktastic Belgariad/Mallorean rehash has come to an end! (For those of you really paying attention, I do in fact own the Rivan Codex, but I will not be dragging that out, as I don’t consider world building to be required reading. Mind you, I like the world building, I just have to be
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I don’t recommend The Road for bed-time reading. In fact, it took me about three times as long as it normally does to read a book because I had to stop reading it in my normal before bed reading slot. This book is set in nuclear winter, and is the story of a father and
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This past weekend, we headed up to Ellsworth to visit my father and C. As you can see, it’s taken me three days to recover from the trip enough to post about it. Item #1 to love about Ellsworth: The greenhouse in Dad and C’s house. We actually got there just in time for this
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Skellig is a lovely little story about a boy named Michael, who’s going through a pretty rough time in his life. His family has recently moved, and his newborn baby sister is very sick, and they’re not entirely sure she’ll live. His parents haven’t even given her a name yet. Because of the calamity, he
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I feel vaguely heretical saying this, but I think I’m glad that there’s a new Robin McKinley book coming out in the fall. I need some affirmation that she is in fact that writing god I have always held her up to be. Dragonhaven isn’t a bad book. It’s a nice little story about family,
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So I did pick up the next book in Carrie Bebris’ Jane Austen inspired mystery series during last Saturday’s library trip. This book, as you can tell from the title, marries the Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey worlds. I was actually pretty proud of myself for figuring out who the villain of the book
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It’s not often that you can actually sit down and read a craft book through, but the Knitter’s Book of Yarn is one that you can. It’s a very readable, very informative book. The other starts by breaking the various types of fiber into broad groups – Synthetic, Cellulose, Cellulosic and Protein. Within these groups,
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Read for the Young Adult and Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenges. I’ve found a new fantasy series to follow. I’d almost bought The Naming and The Riddle (the second book in the series) last Christmas, based on the cover illustrations and short descriptions in the book. However, I was good, and once I
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Quick! It’s an emergency! You just got an urgent call about a family emergency and had to rush to the airport with barely time to grab your wallet and your passport. But now, you’re stuck at the airport with nothing to read. What do you do?? And, no, you did NOT have time to grab
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