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| After reading Mary Doria Russell's Doc, I was excited to get a book on another larger-than-life figure from the O.K. Corral.. well, kind of. Still, a look at the woman who was married to Wyatt Earp was pretty darn close to that figure, and I was very...more | |
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| Picking up where Range of Ghosts left off, Elizabeth Bear dives right in with Shattered Pillars - action and strange names galore. Having just finished the first book of this series, I felt somewhat prepared and even more so, excited to see where the...more | |
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| When I picked up The Winters in Bloom by Lisa Tucker I was definitely in the mood for some family drama reading. I got chills with the opening section and felt immediately connected to this small, 5-year old child named Michael. Then, he was whisked...more | |
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| If I had not received the sequel to Range of Ghosts from the publisher, I can honestly say that Range of Ghosts would never have entered my radar. I'm fairly picky when it comes to my high-fantasy, and one of the qualifications is that the strange-na...more | |
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| I'll readily admit that, after the initial scene in Firebrand hooked me, it took a while for the book to regain the momentum it had in the prologue. But, ultimately, it did get there and I am excited to write this review because Firebrand was a book...more | |
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| When I received Mending the Moon by Susan Palwick from Tor, I have to admit, I was taken in by the pretty packaging. It's beautifully bound, has a gorgeous, simple cover, and I wanted to pick it up and read it right away. So I read the inside descrip...more | |
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| There are short stories that are uplifting, thought-provoking, and leave the reader to walk away feeling as if life has somehow become a bit richer for reading them. Then, there are short stories that horrify,depress, and awaken a person to the harsh...more | |
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway
― Ernest Hemingway
“I'm just going to write because I cannot help it.”
― Charlotte Brontë
― Charlotte Brontë
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen
― Jane Austen
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou
― Maya Angelou
Thoughts on reading, writing and critiquing. (Nonfiction)
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