Had a bit of a lull this year – definitely didn’t read any books as I normally do. There were definitely some bigger books in this list that took me longer to get through than normal, so I think that was part of that. Other than that, not sure why things slowed
Once Upon a Time VII 3/21/13 – 6/21/13 – finished 6/7/13 RIP VIII Reading Challange 9/1/13 – 10/31/13 – finished 10/22/13
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In this prequel to the City of Ember, a girl named Nickie has come to the small North Carolina town of Yonwood with her aunt so that they can get her great-grandfather’s house ready to sell. At the same time, the United States is teetering at the end of war with an unnamed enemy (it’s
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Lady Diana Furnaval’s husband, William, is the last in the line of gatekeepers. It turns out the family estate has a gate into another realm on it, and William’s family has kept the worst of what can come from the gate from effecting other people. There are of course other gates, and when William is
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Miss Buncle is a spinster in the little English village of Silverstream – the kind of person that everyone knows, and secretly pities, because she seems to have such a drab life. But Miss Buncle has a secret – she’s written a book, recasting Silverstream as the village of Copperfield, and showcasing all of the
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I read French Women Don’t Get Fat ages ago (definitely pre-blog), and I don’t remember having any strong feeling about it either way. It was basically a treatise on French attitudes toward food, and trying to apply that to our American eating habits. So, when I found a used copy of this book, the follow
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An interesting study of various Warrior Queens as an archetype through time, centering on Boudicea (who the author separates in Boudicea – the legendary figure, and Boudica – the historical figure). Boudicea was the Queen of the British Iceni tribe, who rose up against the Romans after they scourged her, and raped her daughters. That
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This book is billed as the sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle, but it actually takes a little while for Howl and Sophie to make an appearance. Instead, the main character is a young woman named Charmain, who has been drafted to mind her Great-Uncle’s house while he’s away being cured of some unnamed illness. Turns
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Some of Georgette Heyer’s books have a certain air of authenticity of the time they’re set in. This is not one of them. Sir Gareth Ludlow is on the way to totally flub up a marriage proposal (the whys are not important. It’s immediately clear he and Lady Hester will eventually be engaged) when he
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Ok. I totally get why these books are the next big thing. There’s a love triangle, but it actually makes sense, so you’re not finding yourself rooting for the guy you know will lose. (Honestly, I don’t know who to root for.) There’s a revolution starting, and that also makes sense. And the heroine is
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