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Fiction – Graceling

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Sarah

by Kristin Cashore This book started exciting comment almost as soon as it was published. However, I didn’t pick it up until it made the nominee list for the Mythopoeic Award for Chidren’s Fantasy – which it then went on … Continue reading →

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Books – The Big Over-Easy

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Sarah

by Jasper Fforde (Viking: New York, 2005) This is the first of Fforde’s books that I’ve read. I do own a copy of The Eyre Affair, but I haven’t read it yet. What does one call this work, genre-wise? It’s … Continue reading →

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Books – Cordelia’s Honor

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Sarah

by Lois McMaster Bujold This compilation volume contains the “beginning” of the Miles Volkosigan Saga. The qualification comes from the fact that the various stories of the Saga were not written in chronological order. But the contents here deal with … Continue reading →

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Books – Dinah of Seneca

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Sarah

Dinah of Seneca by Corrina Lawson I suppose I should reveal that Corrina Lawson is a friend. But that doesn’t change the fact that she tells a whopping good tale. Lawson plunges into the realm of alternate history and has … Continue reading →

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Books – The Writing Class

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Sarah

The Writing Class by Jincy Willett Writers find writers endlessly fascinating. Is it because we want to compare ourselves to others? Even though, if the writer is at all honest, we know that no two writers are exactly alike, that … Continue reading →

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Books – Here, There Be Dragons….

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Sarah

Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen The Search for the Red Dragon by James A. Owen The Indigo King by James A. Owen When a trio of young men come together in London on a dark and stormy … Continue reading →

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