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Tag Archives: Book Reviews
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Flavia de Luce is a brilliant 11-year-old with a talent for annoying her older sisters and a gift for chemistry (the latter frequently put into service of the former.) She lives a rather circumscribed life at Buckshaw, the stately house … Continue reading
RIP Challenge Results
Blood Price–Tanya Huff I watched the entire run of “Blood Ties”, the television show based on Tanya Huff’s Vicki Nelson novels. (Note: I freely admit that I have abysmal standards when it comes to vampire TV shows: if it’s got … Continue reading
Teagarden Mysteries
One of the best things about vacationing at Ramona’s house is how much reading I get done. She’s always got a book or two set aside for me to read while I’m there, and we spend long stretches comfortably settled … Continue reading
Input, Output
I’ve been motivated much more by knitting than by reading lately–perhaps it’s the winter nesting instinct, perhaps it’s just that I’ve been using lunch hours for knitting with a co-worker. I finished Neal Stephenson’s Anathem back in November, and found … Continue reading
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Last year I finally made my way through The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. I actually wrote the majority of this post shortly after reading it, and then sat on it for months and months and months. I always feel reluctant … Continue reading
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
SPOILER ALERT: This book is impossible to discuss without revealing a few key details from the book. I don’t reveal the particulars at any point, but I do discuss things that are not fully made clear until much later in … Continue reading
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is by far one of the most arresting novels I have ever read. On the surface, it is a dystopian novel about a very bleak future and the dark underbelly of survival in a true … Continue reading
Moon Tiger
I’ve had an interesting relationship with Penelope Lively’s Moon Tiger. Some time ago, Ramona sent me a copy and asked me to read it. She was reading it herself, on the recommendation of a friend, and having a hard time … Continue reading
The Virgin’s Lover
The first time I saw Philippa Gregory’s books, I was amused that the cover artwork followed the Chick Lit standard of clipping off the covergirl’s head (sample gallery here, in case you’ve never noticed the trend), even though these were, … Continue reading
Twilight
The intriguing cover of Twilight has been calling to me from bookstore shelves for quite awhile. The hands reaching out of the darkness to offer that eternally forbidden and tainted fruit have an almost irresistible appeal. In one of my … Continue reading