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January 7, 2019
Magic Monday, 1/7/19
I figure the New Year is a good time to revive my twist on celebrating the first day of the week: Magic Monday. To kick off the year, let’s start with Eric Chien’s award-winning Ribbon routine. It’s on the longer side, but well worth it. It’s Monday! What am I… …reading? Duped: Double Lives, False …
January 5, 2019
#DealMeIn2019, Week 1 ~ “Dark Corners”
“Dark Corners” by Michael Arruda Card Picked: Q♠️From: New Traditions in Terror, edited by Bill Purcell About the Story Ann, a lawyer, is on her way to meet with Thomas Sullivan, an old, rich, mysterious client who lives in a rundown apartment building. As Ann is climbing to the sixth floor (the elevator is out), …
January 3, 2019
Review ~ Harmony in Light
This book was provided to me for review consideration by WordFire Press & the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America via NetGalley. Harmony in Light by Walter H. Hunt In 1880s Paris, a doctor encounters a statuette that can drive men mad, secret societies, and a bridge between worlds that threatens disastrous consequences. Throughout, …
January 1, 2019
January 2019 TBR
It usually doesn’t happen this way, I’m starting the year with fresh books. Well, mostly. I’m still working on Ashes to Ashes, which I started in October and am purposefully reading slowly while listening to the associated albums. My first read of the year is A Song for Quiet for the #LadiesFirst2019 mini challenge hosted …
December 31, 2018
#AMonthOfFaves ~ Favorite Books Read This Year
Mon. | Dec. 31 – Favorite Books Read This Year Favorite Fiction Novel All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater This book was a surprise to me, which has probably increased my warm feelings for it. It has all the things that I like in fiction: great setting, characters I want to spend time with, …
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December 30, 2018
More Challenges for 2019
Remember this post, not a week old, and my insistence that I wasn’t going to join more than one official year-long challenge? Yeah, well, I’m weak and the internet is full of good ideas. Nick’s Chapter-a-Day Read-Alongs Four books, 365 chapters. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes – January 1 to May 8 The Count …
December 29, 2018
#DealMeIn2018, Week 52 ~ “Shape Without Form, Shade Without Color”
“Shape Without Form, Shade Without Color” by Sunny Moraine Card Selected: 10♠️From: Tor.com The window is slightly open, admitting the cold. I hear the starlings whisper. Don’t you love us? Don’t you want us anymore? The blurb of this story is “Haunted by starlings in the dark, a young woman spirals into an altered state …
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December 28, 2018
#AMonthOfFaves ~ This Is How We Read
FRI. | Dec. 28 – #AMonthofFaves ~ This Is How We Read and Blogged This Year – eg. Number of books read so far, genre you read the most from, picture of favorite (or most often used) reading location, most read author, % eBooks, hardcovers, paperbacks and/or audiobooks, hint at what your favorite read of the year …
December 27, 2018
The Black Cat, No. 3, December 1895
Welcome to the third issue of The Black Cat and the Black Cat Project! Stories “The Great Star Ruby” by Barnes Macgreggor A group gathered late in the evening of the Melbourne Cup discuss the days events, including the opening of the opera house and the woman with the ruby headdress who caused quite a …
December 24, 2018
#AMonthOfFaves ~ Goals & Challenges
MON. | Dec. 24 – #AMonthofFaves Challenges and Goals – Reading challenges, personal goals, resolutions – how did you do? What are your goals for this month, this season or next year. Check in here. I’m going to stick to reading goals here because writing and personal goals are a whole other ball of wax. …
