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Category: Books
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Feeling a little rusty
I think I need a duster in here. No, maybe a snow-blower… it’s been too long since I did anything with the blog. I do have reasons. Not just excuses! But I’m not looking back, I’m looking forward. School is out… forever. Ok, for at least a year. I promised the First Reader that much.…
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Stoke the Flames Higher
It’s not often I will say ‘buy this book!’ on the day it’s released, but Stoke the Flames Higher, like all of Peter Grant’s other books, is worthy of a little excitement. The fifth in the Maxwell series, but don’t let that stop you if you haven’t read the others before. Peter is very good…
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Book Review: Witchfire Burning
So it’s been a while since I put up a book review. Mostly, that’s because I haven’t really been reading much. You can see my ramblings about that over at the Mad Genius Club this morning. But when my friend and fellow author put out her latest book, Witchfire Burning, I knew I had to…
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Reading recommendations
I haven’t been reading much, well, not at all. Except for school. It’s been mad busy. I read this book a while back, as an ARC, and I have been waiting for it to come out. I got to put up the first review! Anyway, I highly recommend it, and the first book in the…
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Third Annual Indie Author Sale
reblogged from the Mad Genius Club. If you already own the book, then this is a reminder to write a review! I’d like to thank Amie Gibbons for pulling this together. Between school and life, I’ve been too busy to think straight, let alone do the legwork. You should really check out her work – she…
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Popular Science Fiction
As I was sitting in my first class yesterday listening to my professor introduce himself, I had two thoughts. One, this is going to be a fun class. Two? well, that was spawned by watching his powerpoint slides as he talked. He discussed the class, pointed out that one fun thing he likes to do…
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Review: Grunge and Others
I’ll be back around again later with another review, but so far this morning has been spent with my newly-minted 16 year-old daughter in the kitchen making her birthday cake. From scratch. Why, yes, she is awesome, and I’m very proud of her. Over the weekend I was sick, so I read books. I made…
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Tanager’s Fledglings: Snippet 6
As always, this is a snippet. All rights remain with me, you may freely share the post, but the content is mine. This is a rough draft. There will be errors, typos, and other issues. There may be significant changes before publication. Enjoy! Snippet 1 Snippet 2 Snippet 3 Snippet 4 Snippet 5 Jem picked…
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Review: Shorts N Stuff
I’m seriously behind in my reviews. For that matter, I’m behind in my reading. Well, reading of fiction. This summer in between writing Tanager’s Fledglings, art, life, and other stuff, I’ve been reading such scintillating material as Molecular Biology of the Cell: Fifth Edition. I’ve also got my biochemistry and invertebrate zoology books. So yes,…
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Library Management Question
I’d mentioned in the Tsundoku post that I was tackling my library. Which I have been doing, and discovered that I can actually put all the books in the house on the shelves properly – if I put the Zane Grey collection on top of the shelves. They look good up there. I’ve also dusted,…
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Eat This While You Read That: Lee and Miller
A couple of weeks ago I featured a lowly, plebian sandwich on ETWYRT. Today’s recipe is pretty much the exact opposite of the zombie apocalypse grilled cheese. I really enjoy the Liaden series, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. I came into it backwards, in a way, discovering Fledgling through the Baen webscriptions, and then…