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In the Woods – Tana French

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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

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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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The Blue Sword – Robin McKinley

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I’ve been in the mood for comfort reading lately. I do have some weightier books also in progress, but I’m finding I can’t get through a 784 page book that’s not about the happiest themes in the world without breaks. (I don’t use this blog to get political, but I’m sure if you pay attention

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A Curious History of Cats – Madeline Swan

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This is an interesting compendium of facts about cats through history- starting with their domestication, and on through the years to the present day. There are a number of famous people, both cat lovers and cat haters, mentioned. There are also a number of interesting illustrations (all black and white sadly) of various art work

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The Star of Kazan – Eva Ibbotson

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Annika was found by Sigrid and Ellie in a church in the mountains while the two were on their annual weekend away from their job as maid and cook for three professors in Vienna. A note asked to take the baby to the nuns in Vienna. But the nuns were under quarantine, and by the

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Fool – Christopher Moore

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Fool tells the story of King Lear from the point of view of his Fool. (A character that does exist in the play – one of the things I found myself looking up to verify if I was remembering things correctly. I believe I last read King Lear in 1997 or 1998.) Moore’s decided to

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Shades of Grey – Jasper Fforde

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So some sort of unnamed thing happened, and the world has evolved into a society where everyone fits according to their abilities at color perception. Eddie Russet is on his way to the outer fringes, where his father has been tapped to replace the local swatchman (doctor, more or less), who recently died. Eddie’s just

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The Big Over Easy – Jasper Fforde

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This was great light reading – it’s a murder mystery, where DI Jack Spratt, and his brand new Sergeant Mary Mary, are trying to solve the killing of Humpty Dumpty. Who is a womanizer, possible philanthropist, and possible criminal on the run. There are more fairy tale references than you can shake a stick at,

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Someplace to be Flying – Charles de Lint

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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

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