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 […]
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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
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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
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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.
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Read for the RIP XI Reading Challenge. Edie and Elspeth were inseparable twins, but something tore them apart. Edie moved to America, while Elspeth stayed in London. Edie ended up having twins of her own – Julia and Valentina. And when Elspeth dies, it’s Julia and Valentina she leaves her flat to – with the
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Two girls have been abducted in the Hereford countryside. When this happens, the office of the Metropolitan Police in charge of supernatural situations (aka the Folly) always follows up with the local magic practitioners, just to make sure they’re not involved. Which is how PC Peter Grant finds himself in the country. Once there, it’s
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I have this book from Goodwill – my mother had found it for me, and presented it along with the original. It’s a hoot. So very 60s. Like, I had no idea MSG had a brand name (Ac’cent). And good lord did America have bland palettes back then. I also love that though this
Appendix to the I Hate to Cook Book – Peg Bracken Read More »
This is one of those stories told from multiple viewpoints – an innkeeper, a maid, the stableboy, and several guests: Lal – a dark skinned possible sorceress, clearly from another land, Nayateneri, a warrior woman on the run from assassins, Lukassa, who Lal has somehow managed to raise from the dead, and Tikat, Lukassa’s betrothed,
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Read for the RIP XI Challenge. Paul has always been in the shadow of his outgoing sister Julia –she’s the one that’s always determined what they’ll do, or where they go. But one day, as they’re playing on the beach, she finds a rag doll, and it’s quickly clear that this doll has powers. Julia’s
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This is another Valdemar anthology opened up to other authors, and it’s another solid offering. Per usual, my favorite story is the Mercedes Lackey story, which in this case, is about the girl left behind when her sweetheart is Chosen to be a Herald. It’s a rather unexpected story, which I think is why I
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