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The Kingdom of Gods – N. K. Jemisin

At Home, Reading / Megan

This is the final book of the Inheritance Trilogy, and I wasn’t sure what to expect of it, going in.    It seemed like the three main gods – Nahadoth, Itempas and Enefa/Yeine – were well taken care of.    And actually, this is the story of Sieh, oldest of the godlings, the children of the original […]

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Bitterblue – Kristin Cashore

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In Graceling, we met Bitterblue, daughter of King Leck of Monsea.     As we meet Bitterblue, she’s just escaped the palace with her mother, because Leck’s Grace is to overshadow the minds of others, and Queen Ashen had one of her rare lucid moments, and was able to get away.     She died

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The Killing Moon – N. K. Jemison

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This book is based on the societies and mythologies of Ancient Egypt and Nubia (at least what we’ve been able to figure out about them), as well the theories of common dreams of the early psychoanalysts like Freud and Jung.      If that sounds heavy, it’s not – it’s a really different story than

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Secondhand Souls – Christopher Moore

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It’s been a while since I read the precursor to this book (A Dirty Job) – it’s on my 2007 reading list, but I read it before I actually started the blog that year.     So I definitely had to get back into the world of this story, which took a few chapters. Charlie

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The Magicians and Mrs. Quent – Galen Beckett

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The about the author section in this book owns to the fact that the author wrote it as an answer to what if there were fantastical elements underlying the social conventions that restrained woman in Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte books. Ivy Lockwell is the oldest of three sisters.      Their father was once

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The Elenium and Tamuli – David Eddings

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I’ve been rereading the Elenium and the Tamuli, which I won’t do a full write up by book.  But I wanted to say a few things.   First:  the Belgariad and the Mallorean are still Eddings’ better works, but these two series are very readable. Second, and I don’t know if it’s because a friend recently started

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Etiquette and Espionage – Gail Carriger

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This series is set about twenty five years before Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate books, with the same zany steampunk atmosphere and sense of fun. In this case, it’s set at Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.   Sophronia is sent there when her mother despairs of ever turning her into a lady.  

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Calling on Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede

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I have to admit, I’m a little sad I only have one book left in this series.   I know I can count on these books when I want to be amused and entertained. The Wizards are up to their old tricks with the Enchanted Forest, and since Queen Cimorene is pregnant, everyone else is

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The Well of Tears – Cecilia Dart-Thorton

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I still love this author’s use of language – she reminds me of Patricia McKillip – her landscape descriptions are amazing.     I loved the first trilogy of hers that I read.     I’m finding this series a bit more of a slog. The series is basically the story of the descendants of

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The Music of Darkover – ed. Elisabeth Waters

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Published in 2013, this was the first new Darkover anthology in a very long time.     The music theme apparently grew out of a submission for the planned anthology (Stars of Darkover – currently sitting in my TBR pile) that was based on a Darkover filk song, but was way too long to include

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