Ruth Thomas lives on Fort Niles, an island off the coast of Maine, where the main occupation is lobster-hunting. Raised mainly on Fort Niles by her father and her neighbor Mrs. Pommeroy, Ruth’s upbringing is punctuated with time spent in Delaware boarding school. Upon her graduation she returns to Fort Niles determined to start a [...]
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The Well and the Mine, Gin Phillips
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged Gin Phillips, historical fiction, The Well and the Mine on November 29, 2009 | 25 Comments »
I have been hearing about this book all over. The first line is captivating: “After she threw the baby in, nobody believed me for the longest time. But I kept hearing that splash.” So I decided to read it even though it is several things I tend not to like: a Southern novel, set in [...]
Chalice, Robin McKinley
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from a person, tagged Chalice, DogEar Reading Challenge, fantasy, Robin McKinley on November 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »
So this is my adult fantasy or science fiction book for Jeane’s DogEar Challenge, and I have managed to finish it before the end of November, which I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to do, what with all the applying to grad school I’ve been doing and whatnot. Chalice!
I have figured out [...]
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. King
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged Christmas, Laurie R. King, mystery, Sherlock Holmes, The Beekeeper's Apprentice on November 13, 2009 | 25 Comments »
Mary Russell is a (half?) Jewish (half?) American girl who takes up with Sherlock Holmes. Like him, she is brilliant and unemotional; she becomes his protégé at age fifteen, and they solve cases together. In The Beekeeper’s Apprentice they run up against a villain more villainous and clever than all the clever villainous villains heretofore [...]
The Magicians, Lev Grossman
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged C.S. Lewis, Narnia, fantasy, The Magicians, Lev Grossman on November 7, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Whoa, how did I not review this yet? I thought I had – but apparently I only thought about it, A LOT, and then forgot to do it because I was reading through the Amelia Peabody books. (Still fun!)
The Magicians is about a boy called Quentin Coldwater who is obsessed with a series of books [...]
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, Kate Summerscale
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged Kate Summerscale, nonfiction, rip iv challenge, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, Victorians on October 31, 2009 | 18 Comments »
I was determined to finish this book before the end of Halloween which I have now done. This is my bonus book to wrap up the RIP Challenge, which, along with everyone else, I thank Carl for hosting. I’ve had fun reading all my spooky books and reading what everyone else thought of spooky books [...]
Silent in the Grave, Deanna Raybourn
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged Deanna Raybourn, glbt, historical fiction, mysteries, Silent in the Grave on October 24, 2009 | 10 Comments »
My fourth book for the RIP Challenge, because apparently I just cannot get it together to read The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher right now. Silent in the Grave is the first of (so far) three mysteries with Lady Julia Grey, whose husband passes away at the start of this book. After his death, private investigator [...]
Mairelon the Magician, Patricia C. Wrede
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from a person, tagged fantasy, for young people, Mairelon the Magician, Patricia C. Wrede on October 20, 2009 | 30 Comments »
Y’all, I’m applying for graduate school. It is stressful as hell. I’m telling you because the more people I tell, the more shaming it would be for me not to go through with it. And yes! I am using shame as a motivator! If it can beat the crap out of me every time I [...]
The Seance, John Harwood
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged creepy, John Harwood, rip iv challenge, The Seance on October 19, 2009 | 14 Comments »
I read this book mostly in bed over several nights, while the weather outside was obligingly turning into fall. Although there are things about the cold weather that are miserable (mainly miserable for my hands and feet, which get very poor circulation as my blood is too busy keeping the rest of me warm like [...]
How it all went down
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged DogEar Reading Challenge, In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan, nonfiction on October 12, 2009 | 33 Comments »
Reading In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan for Jeane’s DogEar Reading Challenge.
I am anxious about food-type books (because I love food), and I was planning to put this off to the very end of October, except someone has a hold on it at the library. So if I don’t read it by 18 October [...]
