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Gone missing? 19 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
It has been over a month since my last post. I’ve been traveling, spending time outside away from my computer and dealing with a minor health issue. I have also been reading, loving what I read and ...
Iainbanks 7 Jul 2013 | 06:13 am
Iain M. Banks 2/16/1954 – 6/9/2013 According to a post at the Daily Minor Planet website Iain Banks now has an asteroid named after him. I’m sure he would be very pleased. The official citation ...
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes 6 Jul 2013 | 03:29 am
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Mulholland Books, New York 2013 Borrowed from my library. First I read Zoo City. Then I read Moxyland. I have been waiting for this one to come out since I firs...
Arcadia by Lauren Groff 18 Jun 2013 | 02:06 am
Arcadia by Lauren Groff Hyperion, New York, 2012 Borrowed from my library. I’ve had this one on my TBR list for a while. I must admit I was a bit nervous about reading it. The time and place could p...
The 7th Canadian Book Challenge 5 Jun 2013 | 06:35 pm
Brought to us by John Mutford at The Book Mine Set, this is a challenge to read books by Canadian authors or about our neighbors to the north. I am hoping this will get me back into writing about boo...
What I’ve been reading… 30 Apr 2013 | 04:39 am
I know, it has been a while. Work, life and a broken laptop. What else can I say. I did manage to get through the TBR Double Dog Dare and read 24 books, not quite as many as I had … Continue readi...
At the Mouth of the River of Bees by Kij Johnson 11 Apr 2013 | 07:13 pm
At the Mouth of the River of Bees by Kij Johnson Small Beer Press, Easthampton, MA 2012 From my TBR pile. Kij Johnson has won the Theodore Sturgeon, World Fantasy and Nebula awards. This is an odd a...
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones 30 Mar 2013 | 06:14 am
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones Greenwillow Books, New York, 2001 From my TBR pile. Read for Diana Wynne Jones month and Once Upon A Time VII. The story takes place in a world of high fanta...
The Magician King by Lev Grossman 28 Mar 2013 | 04:25 am
The Magician King by Lev Grossman Viking Press, New York, 2011 From my TBR pile. My first book for the Once Upon A Time VII challenge. I read The Magicians last year and found it just okay. Early re...
Chinua Achebe 1930-2013 23 Mar 2013 | 05:35 am
When I returned to college to complete my BA, my first creative writing professor handed us a list of required reading. Things Fall Apart was at the top of that list. Achebe was my introduction to Wo...
