Tag: books
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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 5 (Post 1 of a few)
I am so, SO overdue to continue this that it’s not even funny! But since I definitely want to get this done before An Unexpected Journey comes out in December, and because my language geekery is wanting the love, let’s dive into Chapter 5, shall we? Bring on the riddles in the dark! This won’t…
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2012 Book Log #11: Unlocked, by Courtney Milan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars As I’ve mentioned in my previous reviews of Courtney Milan’s work, I like her writing quite a bit–and Unlocked, her novella set between Books 1 and 2 of her Turner series, was no exception. This story features a side character that we briefly meet in Book 1, and how…
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2011 Book Log #48: Trash Course, by Penny Drake
My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have to admit, I liked the idea of this one–in no small part because the house wherein the mystery is set, filled wall to wall with the hoarded items of many years, rang true for me. I’ve known houses like that. Fortunately none that ever had anything like…
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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 4 (post 2 of 2)
And here is the rest of Chapter 4 of my Tri-lingual Hobbit Re-read! And ooh, now that I’m done with Chapter 4, Chapter 5 will bring Gollum! FUN!
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2012 Book Log #10: Hellbent, by Cherie Priest
My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Cozily domestic” is not usually a phrase I would think to associate with the living situation of a vampire. It is a measure of Cherie Priest’s ability as an author to engage me so strongly that I not only was intrigued by her take on a vampire heroine, but…
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2011 Book Log #47: Deadline, by Mira Grant
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Oh man, Deadline. This was hands down one of the best books I read in 2011, and I was beyond delighted to see that it was every bit as gripping as book 1 of the Newsflesh Trilogy, Feed. What can I say about this book that doesn’t involve massive,…
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2012 Book Log #9: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm, by Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick
My rating: 2 of 5 stars As any good fan of the TV show Castle knows, Nikki Heat is by no means Richard Castle’s first famous character. The show starts off with his concluding his long-running Derrick Storm series, and the particular explosive ending he gives those books is a nice little character development point…
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2011 Book Log #46: The Thirteenth House, by Sharon Shinn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I read Sharon Shinn’s first book in her Twelve Houses series, I found it a bit shaky in its initial chapters, at least till it got its feet under it. I was very pleased to discover that I had no such problem with Book 2, The Thirteenth House.…
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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 4 (post 1 of 2)
It’s been several weekends since I last checked in on this, but here you go, O Internets! The first bit of Chapter 4 of my tri-lingual reread of The Hobbit!
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2012 Book Log #8: Those Who Went Remain There Still, by Cherie Priest
My rating: 3 of 5 stars One of the big reasons I’ve picked up everything Cherie Priest has written is her propensity for taking established SF/F tropes and finding not only new ways to look at them, but actively odd ones as well–and in a run of intriguingly odd books, Those Who Went Remain There…