I love Mercedes Lackey’s 500 Kingdoms series. I love the way she works in any number of fairy tales into a cohesive single story. The Fairy Godmother is still my favorite, but Fortune’s Fool is definitely the second on the list. This book is set in the world of Russian fairy tales, and works in […]
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I picked up this book when I found it used because it’s a favorite of my best friend. It’s a very interesting commentary on discrimination in society, as well as a great cautionary tale on genetic engineering. The book concerns the creation of the Sleepless, genetically engineered children who do not need to sleep, and
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Read for the Armchair Traveler’s Reading Challenge. Yemen is probably best known to Americans these days as the site of the USS Cole bombing, which is a shame, as this books paints a picture of a fascinating country with a long history. The author first traveled to Yemen because he was learning Arabic and desired
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Due to the excessive rain today (I’d wanted to get some gardening done before departing for my vacation on Wednesday), I managed to get the rest of the squares evened out in my celestial postage stamp quilt. I toyed with the idea of at least getting strips together, but the near dusk-like quality of the
Read for the Armchair Traveler Reading Challenge. Along the Inca Trail is subtitled “A Woman’s Journey into an Ancient Empire”, which pretty well sums up this book. It’s her chronicle of a six and half month journey through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile, along the paths of the ancients Inca highways. The narrative is interspersed
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This book had caught my eye at Borders. The cover art is a 14th century Syrian painting of horseman galloping around a body of water. I admit to being somewhat curious about the history of Islam, due to recent events in the world, and immediately added the book to my reading list. I was most
Part of the reason I started this blog was to keep to track of my reading, and give myself a place to document a challenge or two, as I kept challenges I wanted to do in my lurking travels. So I was excited when I saw the Armchair Traveler Challenge, which is quite possibly the
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I had seen this book at Borders, and it has a recommendation from Charles de Lint on the cover and is set in Maine, but I couldn’t quite bring myself to pay full price for it. So I was pleased when it turned up at the Big Chicken Barn used bookstore last time I was
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Welcome to my blog. I initially broke down and started this blog in a semi-desperate attempt to force myself to broaden my reading material. If it’s available online, hopefully I can shame myself into reading a little bit more non-fiction, or even regular fiction. Not that I have a huge problem with my fantasy habit,