You know – I think the best lesson to take away from this series is that families are complicated, and life is complicated, and you’ll have to work at both all the time, regardless of when you lived. In the last book, Ross was to be brought to trial for supposedly ring-leading the pirating of […]
Jeremy Poldark – Winston Graham Read More »
This book of novella-sized stories rounds out the lives of the main characters of the Black Jewels books. I’ll admit – I was a little surprised and pleased to see these. One thing about these books is that most of the characters are from some long lived races (the father figure is over 50,000 years
Twilight’s Dawn – Anne Bishop Read More »
With it being the second to last day of the month, and while I am a fast reader, I am not that fast, I think it’s safe to say I’m done with the RIP Challenge for the year. The challenge was to read at least four books in the challenge categories. I managed six:
RIP IX Reading Challenge 9/1/14 to 10/31/14 Read More »
Read for the RIP Reading Challenge. In the future, humanity has been enslaved by a race of Overlords that use people as the raw materials to construct their armies. Children are harvested on their 14th birthday. Occasionally, children do escape, and some find their way to Shade’s hideaway. Shade was once a man, but is
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Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. The more Heyer I read, the more I realize I like her older books better. They’re light and fun, like all her books, but less likely to run to the absurd. This book is one of her earlier books, and it runs toward the absurd frequently. Judith Taverner
Regency Buck – Georgette Heyer Read More »
Read for the RIP IX Reading Challenge. I really hadn’t meant to have a historical mystery theme to my RIP reading this year, but that does seem to be what I have in my TBR pile lately. This is book five of the Brother Cadfael books. Brother’s Cadfael’s abbey is in a bit of an
The Leper of Saint Giles – Ellis Peters Read More »
Read for the RIP IX Reading Challenge. In the 12th century, the Royal Forests were hunting lands reserved for the king, where even gathering firewood was forbidden to anyone else. Actually poaching in these lands could lead to a death sentence. This story is set in Devon, in the area around Exeter and Dartmoor, where
Fear in the Forest – Bernard Knight Read More »
Read for the RIP IV Reading Challenge. Kate’s husband has been given a fantastic opportunity to work for a bank in Luxembourg, an opportunity so fantastic that Kate quits her job, in order to take care of their two kids on this adventure of a lifetime. Which seems perfectly normal, except that Kate works for
The Expats – Chris Pavone Read More »
Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. Adam Deveril had always been army mad, and though he’s the heir to his father, the Viscount Lynton, his father (an associate of the Prince Regent’s, and if you know your history, you know what kind of men he liked to hang out with) never really bothered to
A Civil Contract – Georgette Heyer Read More »
Read for the RIP IX Reading Challenge. Mercy Thompson can’t catch a break. This is the third book in the series. After the first, she owed the vampires for their help with the werewolves, and now, after the second book, she owes the Fae for their help while she discharged her debt to the vampires.
Iron Kissed – Patricia Briggs Read More »
