2012 Completed Reading Challenges
Once Upon a Time VI Reading Challenge 3/21/12 to 6/19/12 – finished 6/17/12 RIP VII Reading Challenge – 9/1/12 – 10/31/12 – Finished 10/24/12
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Drowned Wednesday – Garth Nix
I have to admit it – the second I found out the main villain of this book was a person turned into a whale that couldn’t stop eating, I just loved it immediately. If you haven’t caught my previous reviews, this series is about Arthur Penhaligon, who manages to find his way to the House
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The Matisse Stories – A. S. Byatt
The three stories in this book are based on Matisse paintings – the names and some sketches appear in the books. All three stories are rich in imagery, clearly because of the source. My favorite is the middle story – Art Work – which is the tale of Debbie and Robin. Debbie has given up
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Son of the Shadows – Juliet Marillier
After the events of Daughter of the Forest, Hugh of Harrowfield has left Harrowfield to stay with Sorcha and her family at Sevenwaters. They’ve had three children – Niamh, Sean and Liadan – and Sean has become the heir to his uncle Liam. His twin sister Liadan is heir to her mother’s power – she’s
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Wise Child, Juniper and Colman – Monica Furlong
Wise Child is the story of a girl in a Scottish island village. She’s living with her grandmother because her father is away at sea, and when her grandmother suddenly dies, she has no one to take her in, except Juniper, the village wise woman. Of course, Juniper is widely believed to be a witch,
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The Grand Sophy – Georgette Heyer
I’m starting to sense a theme in at least some of Georgette Heyer’s books – irrepressible heroine (to the point of probably being too modern for the era) whirls into the life of an unmarried man (and his extended family), turns everyone’s life upside down, drives him thoroughly crazy, which pretty much forces him to
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Child of a Rainless Year – Jane Lindskold
Mira had lived in awe of her mother. When she was young, the two of them had lived in Phineas House, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Collette was bright and brittle, and brought a string of lovers into the house. Mira often faded into the background, only noticed by the silent women that served them.
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RIP VII Reading Challenge 9/1/12 – 10/31/12
Well, based on the unfinished state of my current read, I think I can safely close out my RIP VII reading now. I did the first challenge, which was to read four books in any of the challenge categories. I read: Considering that half of these books weren’t even in my house when I started
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Changeless – Gail Carriger
Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. Alexia Maccon, Lady Woolsey, is woken up in the middle of the afternoon by the sound of her husband yelling at the top of his lungs. Considering that he’s a werewolf, and should be asleep at that hour, this can’t be a good thing, especially when he then
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Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor – Stephanie Barron
Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Challenge. So here’s a slightly different take on the proliferation of Jane Austen continuation stories – this is the first book of a series that has Jane Austen herself solving mysteries. The conceit of this book is that the author is the editor of some letters and
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