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Free Book!
I have an extra copy of Andrea's Hairston's new novel from Aqueduct Press, Redwood and WildfireIT CAN BE YOURS ( Read more... ) -
Common Tags
This post's purpose is to collect my common tags in one place, so readers (and I!) can easily access entries on several subjects. -
2001 Reading
A while back I posted the list I kept of my reading in 1991. Here's the list from 2001. Suddenly, there is a lot of Romance, including quantities of Georgette Heyer, my all-time favorite romance writer, Laura Kinsale, and another of my ultimate favorites, Judith Ivory ( Read more... ) -
depressing fantasy
I started reading a fantasy novel I'd been saving for some time, in great anticipation, but I had to put it down. I doubt I'll ever get any further into it. I'd read everything else this author had written, but this one...no ( Read more... ) -
progress report
I think I made good progress on the proposal this weekend; it feels weird to be polishing and adding layers into a couple of chapters without continuing, but I didn't want to submit rought draft, either.
Blogged about opening sentences of novels. For this week, I wrote my blog posts ahead of time, since I'll be out of town for a few days ( Read more... ) -
1991 reading list
This year, I decided to keep track of the books I read. I've done this several times over the years, and last night I typed up some of the old lists from the ancient notebook where they reside.
Here's 1991, which features many books from Tor, because I had a friend working there who obtained them for me. I didn't track rereads.
( oracne's reading in 1991. ) -
Wilce, FLORA'S DARE
Y.S. Wilce, Flora's Dare: ZOMG so good. Ummmm...most of what I loved was spoileriffic, and I really don't want to spoil, so, ummm...it's second in a series, and the world is really cool, it's an alternate California that is a client state of the Huitzals, nicknamed Birdies, who are alternate-world Aztecs. Also, Wilce has a really great prose ( Read more... )
