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Deal Me In, Week 45 ~ “After You, My Dear Alphonse”

Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “After You, My Dear Alphonse” by Shirley Jackson Card picked: 5♥ From: text The Story Despite her horror credentials, Shirley Jackson is the queen of the painfully awkward moment, often moments that only the reader is witness to. The phrase “After You, My Dear Alphonse” is …

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Deal Me In, Week 44 (catch-up) ~ “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead”

Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead” by Brooke Bolander Card picked: 3♦ From: Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 57, Feb. 2015 Note: there is a bit of adult language in this story. I was going to post for week 44 & 45 together, but …

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NaNoWriMo 2017 – Week 1 Update

What Am I Doing? – Magical Rebellion 2017 Wednesday, 11/1 – Reread “The Sorrowful Seamstress.” I think it’s pretty good. “Word count”: 631 631 / 50000 Thursday, 11/2 – Intended to reread “The Horrid Haunting” before rewriting, but found that I had at sometime in the past (August 2016, if file dates are to be …

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Nonfiction November 2017 – Book Pairings

Nonfiction November 2017 Info Week 2: (Nov. 6 to 10) – Sarah @ Sarah’s Book Shelves: Book Pairing: This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. It can be a “If you loved this book, read this!” or just two titles that you think would go well together. Maybe it’s a historical …

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Review ~ The Overneath

This book was provided to me by Tachyon Publications via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Overneath by Peter S. Beagle An odd couple patrols a county full of mythological beasts and ornery locals. A familiar youngster from the world of The Last Unicorn is gifted in magic but terrible at spell-casting. A …

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NaNoWriMo – Magical Rebellion 2017

I will be rebelling again this year and working on a trio of novellas which are in various states of completion. I’ll be giving myself: 1/25 of word count for rereading 1/5 of word count for rewriting 1/1 of word count for writing new words (of course) This is the back-burner project that I have …

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Nonfiction November 2017 – My Year in Nonfiction

Nonfiction November 2017 Info Week 1: (Oct 30 to Nov 3) – Julie @ JulzReads: Your Year in Nonfiction: Take a look back at your year of nonfiction and reflect on the following questions – What was your favorite nonfiction read of the year? What nonfiction book have you recommended the most? What is one …

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The Last Perilous Update

October has been more slumpy than expected both on the reading and writing ends. The unusually high temperatures probably aren’t helping. And maybe I started my Halloween celebrating too early. I’m not burnt out on “spooky,” but it’s definitely more on the background level of things. Which is perfectly fine and comfortable. Peril of the …

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Mini Reviews, Vol. 10

The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James On the heels of WWI, temp girl Sarah Piper takes work as an assistant to two ghost hunters; one posh, one rough, both scarred by the war. This book was much too much of a romance for me. Sarah’s spends an overage of time believing that …

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Down the TBR Hole #5

This is a meme started by Lia at Lost in a Story. The “rules” are: Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf. Order on ascending date added. Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last …

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