Skellig is a lovely little story about a boy named Michael, who’s going through a pretty rough time in his life. His family has recently moved, and his newborn baby sister is very sick, and they’re not entirely sure she’ll live. His parents haven’t even given her a name yet. Because of the calamity, he […]
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I feel vaguely heretical saying this, but I think I’m glad that there’s a new Robin McKinley book coming out in the fall. I need some affirmation that she is in fact that writing god I have always held her up to be. Dragonhaven isn’t a bad book. It’s a nice little story about family,
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So I did pick up the next book in Carrie Bebris’ Jane Austen inspired mystery series during last Saturday’s library trip. This book, as you can tell from the title, marries the Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey worlds. I was actually pretty proud of myself for figuring out who the villain of the book
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Read for the Young Adult and Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenges. I’ve found a new fantasy series to follow. I’d almost bought The Naming and The Riddle (the second book in the series) last Christmas, based on the cover illustrations and short descriptions in the book. However, I was good, and once I
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The full title of this book is Pride and Prescience (Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged) – A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery. Yep, it’s a Jane Austen knock off. And it’s fun! I’d actually read the second book in this series first (long story), and had then promptly forgotten about it, until I went looking
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Read for the Mythopeoic Award and Once Upon a Time II Challenges. I need to read more Peter Beagle. I’ve read The Last Unicorn, but it was long enough ago that I only remember the bare bones outline of the story. I picked up this book of short stories out of the Mythopoeic award list
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The cracktasic tour of David Eddings’ Belgariad and Mallorean continues. Belgarath the Sorcerer is the entire back story of the world of the series, as seen through the eyes of the 7,000-year old first disciple of the god Aldur. Belgarath is one of the better-developed and enjoyable characters from these books (how can you not
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Read for the Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenge. I’ve had Anansi Boys and American Gods on my to read list for quite some time (because someone had them buried in the basement and could never remember to grab them whenever he was in the area…). I’d always intended to read American Gods first,
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My cracktasic whirlwind tour of David Eddings’ longest story continues. The Mallorean picks up where the Belgariad left off, after Garion has defeated the dark god Torak, and all should be right with the world. Naturally, it’s not. Turns out, killing Torak was something that had to happen before the ultimate showdown between the Dark
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Read for the Young Adult and Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenges. This tale of the beast from “Beauty and the Beast” is an interesting twist on the fairy tale. In the author’s notes, she lists a popular poetry version of this tale by Charles Lamb in 1811 as the inspiration for the setting
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