1. The Windup Girl – Paolo BacigalupiThis is one of those scifi books that throws you straight into an advanced world with a lot of new tech, with weird names. In this case, apparently all of the food sources in the world have been overrun with disease, so you can make a ton of money […]
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This book is a collection of translations from all the Celtic languages, meant to give a flavor for Celtic literature. It’s most heavy on Irish, Scottish and Welsh, but does bring in a bit of Manx, Cornish and Breton. The stories are loosely grouped by subjects – some are general, like Nature, but there are
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Short stories – again, great plane material. But I also enjoyed that these are a different way of looking at McKillip’s work. Most of these stories were not so much about the beautiful language I enjoy so much about her novels, but the stories are still wonderful. Some favorites: “Undine”- an unexpected, modern take on
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When the Epics first appeared, there were many that believed that humans with super powers would want to help everyone. But it turns out that having powers goes to a person’s head, and a massive power struggle ensued, where regular people suffered as various Epics consolidated their power. David was there when Steelheart claimed Chicago,
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Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge 3/21/14 – 6/21/14 – finished 6/12/14 RIP IX Reading Challenge 9/1/14 – 10/31/14 – finished 10/29/14 Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge 1/1/14 – 12/20/14
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It being the final week of the year, I think I can safely close out the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. I read: I was trying to get to level 2 (10 books), but I’m ok falling one short. That means I have one physical book and one Kindle book left still to look forward
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Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. This book of short stories was a perfect travel read. It was also fun to experience her writing in a shorter form. They’re probably even a little more mad cap than usual because she needed to pack so much into so few pages. I’m also amazed how much
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This is actually a reread – I think I got this book out of a bargain bin at some point, and it’s been hanging out in my stored books since. I did a catalog of those last month, and this was the only one I really couldn’t decide if I either definitely wanted to keep
Wizards – Editted by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Read More »
There is something about returning to YA authors you read when you were actually a young adult – I do get a lovely nostalgic feeling when I read their work, even if it’s a series that came about after I left that demographic. Battle Magic tells the story of what is basically the invasion of
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Well, it’s time for my annual read the newest (to me) Hunger Games book at the same time as the movie comes out so I’m not spoiled by something random on Pinterest. (Seriously, the Geek feed in Pinterest has the most randomly spoilerific things if you’re not caught up on various fandoms. But I digress.)
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