This is a serious, scholarly book about the 14th century, but written in such an approachable manner that anyone interested in this time period should be able to read it. To illustrate the time period, the author settles on one man to trace how his life was impacted by all the changes of this century. […]
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This is the last book in the Lyra collection for Kindle. Eleret must go to the city of Ciaron to collect her mother’s things, after her mother is killed in battle. They are Cilhar, warriors, and Eleret, though young, is tried and true, though unfamiliar with the ways of the Imperial city. Once she arrives
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Read for the RIP XI Reading Challenge. This is the eighth book in the Brother Cadfael books, and while all of the books deal with the civil war between King Stephen and Empress Maud in some degree (and it does touch this story), this book ends up being more about family drama, which is a
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It’s September, and the RIP Reading Challenge has rolled around again. I skipped last year, but I’m in the mood for some good mystery or dark fantasy reading again, so I’m back for this year. I’m going to aim for Peril the Second, which is two books in the challenge categories (Mystery,
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Another Kindle sale book here – but I might have paid more for it had I known about it earlier. The Lizzie Bennett Diaries are a fantastic web series that adapted Pride and Prejudice into the modern day. Lizzie’s a communications grad student doing a web series as a project, and Darcy is
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I picked up this book (and the other five in the series) on a .99 cent Kindle sale. Jessamyn is a pilot on Mars, training all her young life to be able to make the run to Earth to get supplies for the Colony. This is complicated by a war that resulted
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This is a great ending to the Confederation novels. Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr has finally been sent back to her unit on the front, when they’re attacked. Torin pretty much knows she’s going to die when she hears a bomb coming in on their position, but she instead wakes up in a prison
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I was very curious to see how this book was going to work – it’s a tacked on end to a former trilogy that actually ended with the death of Arthur. So bringing back another Arthur story was definitely a bold move. What this story does is go back to a few
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I’m often surprised how many de Lint books are out there that I still haven’t read. The man is nothing short of prolific. This is a book of short stories, with familiar characters, and characters that are just passing through or around Newford. My favorite story in this book is “Seven Wild Sisters”
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The main thing I’m taking away from this trio of books (see here for the other) is that Edward Gorey thought a lot about the alphabet. There are so many variations of alphabet lists in these books. He’s also morbid. Which I already knew, but got extra confirmation reading these. I
Amphigorey Too and Amiphigorey Again – Edward Gorey Read More »
