Read for the 2010 YA and RIP V Reading Challenges. I love Neil Gaiman. He’s probably the only person in the universe that can start a story off with a toddler managing to escape the murder of the rest of his family by wandering into a graveyard, and make it into a more or less […]
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Read for the RIP V Reading Challenge. It turns out that vampires had come to the American colonies to escape the hostile population in the Old World, and rapidly realized that the slaves here were an ideal food-source. So, the Civil War was actually a battle fought between vampires and a group of mortals that
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Hard to believe it’s that time of year again (really, it’s 90+ degrees outside. It’s really hard to believe it’s that time of year again), but it’s time for the RIP V Reading Challenge. I will be doing Peril the First, which is to read at least four books that could in some way be
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Read for the 2010 YA Reading Challenge. Tally is an Ugly, just shy of her sixteenth birthday, when she’ll have an operation to make her Pretty. Once you’re Pretty, it’s your job to party all day, with no cares in the world. Tally’s one of the youngest in her class, so most of her friends
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I hadn’t realized, but I actually completed the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge with the last book I read, as I’d included an extra book, just in case. So, I’ve managed to top the Fascinated Level by one. I’ve decided not to go up to the next level (and read 12 books), as the TBR tub
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Read for the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. Mollie Peer is the second in a series of books set in late 19th century Maine, about the Moosepath League, five men who somehow manage to stumble into grand adventures. Mollie Peer is a reporter for the Portland Argus, relegated to the society column because she’s a woman.
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Read for the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. I will freely admit to having barely any preconceptions of this book, going into it. I’d seen it mentioned in a couple of book blogs, and was intrigued by the idea of reading of 14th century life in Norway, written by a Norwegian (a Nobel-prize winning Norwegian author,
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Read for the 2010 YA Reading Challenge. I’ve come to the end of another series that I’ve very much enjoyed. I’d been both anticipating and dreading finally reading the The Singing – it’s nice to see a story to a satisfying conclusion, but also sad that there are no new tales to look forward to.
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Read for the Graphic Novel Reading Challenge. Well, I think I’ve found a new addition to my short list of graphic novels or collections I’d recommend to someone trying to sample the genre. The different books within this collection are basically short story vignettes of the lives of some of the superheroes and regular people
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Read for the Complete Booker 2010 and TBR Lite 2010 Reading Challenges. The Welsh Girl is the story of Esther, a girl from northern Wales, whose village is home to a POW camp during WWII, as well as Karsten, a German soldier who ends up in the camp after surrendering during the invasion of Normandy.
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