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Sep 14, 20243 min read
See it or read it: His Dark Materials
In deciding whether to see it or read it, in a series like His Dark Materials, I don't think that any movie is going to be able to equal...
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Aug 18, 20242 min read
The Bright Sword
I was so stoked for this. I almost fell off a chair when I saw that the guy who wrote The Magicians was coming out with a King Arthur story.
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Jun 1, 20244 min read
Neverland: enough Peter Pan adaptations to keep us all from growing up
Ogden Nash:
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely
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Jul 30, 20233 min read
Backlist Books: 2020
Why I like visiting the backlist and two titles I read this year that came out three years ago, The City We Became and My Dark Vanessa.
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Jun 29, 20233 min read
Well, that was weird: a short book list
Each of these books has something weird in it, except Lost Places, which is a story collection, and each story has something weird. The wei
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Nov 11, 20222 min read
Language studies and survival skills 2: the kids are not alright
Barry, Quan- We Ride Upon Sticks Novik, Naomi- The Golden Enclaves In this edition of Language Studies and Survival Skills: The Kids Are...
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Oct 30, 20224 min read
Victorian Bears and Monsters
OK, these two books don't really have much to do with each other, except: Victorian, British setting really looooong sinister, selfish...
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Aug 21, 20224 min read
The Joy of Re-Reading: The Silmarillion
Tolkien, JRRR: The Silmarillion The first time I read it I'm not going to summarize this book. It's a hard book to summarize; odds and...
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Jul 24, 20223 min read
The Joy of Re-reading: Circe
If you love to read: -about a woman telling a bully who is much bigger than she is, "You don't know what I can do," -or, if you love...
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May 7, 20222 min read
Ambitious people problems
Korelitz, Jean Hanff- The Plot Sathian, Sanjena- Gold Diggers These two books don't have anything to do with each other, really, but both...
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Apr 26, 20223 min read
A short YA fantasy list
Levine, Gail Carson- Fairest Levine, Gail Carson- Ella Enchanted Novik, Naomi- A Deadly Education Novik, Naomi- The Last Graduate and...
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Mar 10, 20225 min read
Audiobook round-up
I'm completely addicted to having audiobooks on my phone all the time so I can listen in the car and while I'm doing my kitchen work. ...
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Mar 2, 20224 min read
Language studies and survival skills
The Latinist, The Lake of Dead Languages, A Dangerous Education By chance, I've read three books this month that are set in schools in...
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Nov 5, 20213 min read
Books for young'uns: The Dragonet Prophecy and Tales of the Hinterlands
Sutherland, Tui T- The Dragonet Prophecy Narrated by: Shannon McManus Albert, Melissa- Tales from the Hinterland I don't know if I've...
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Aug 30, 20214 min read
Alphabet challenge check-in: M, N, O, and P
Martin, Valerie- The Ghost of the Mary Celeste North, Claire- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Olson, Neil- Before the Devil Fell...
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May 7, 20213 min read
April '21 reading challenge round-up
Alphabet reading challenge, Goodreads challenge, and a non-fic.
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Apr 4, 20216 min read
March 2021: challenge check-in and a galley
Titles from my alphabet reading challenge and my Goodreads reading challenge. Also one YA book and one galley.
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Jan 18, 20213 min read
The joy of re-reading: Narnia and The Magicians
Prince Caspian, The Silver Chair, The Final Battle, by C. S. Lewis The Magician King, The Magician's Land, by Lev Grossman I listened to...
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Jan 10, 20212 min read
Sci-fi and Fantasy: Ready Player 2, Crossings
Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline Crossings, Alex Landragin Ready Player Two: If you liked Ready Player One, which I think was better, then...
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Nov 12, 20205 min read
Fantasy and Sci-fi: Piranesi, Hench, The Once and Future Witches
What a great group of books from this autumn. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke This book blew my mind. I almost didn't read it. The reviews...
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