Category Archives: Collection
Sidney Chambers & the Dangers of Temptation – James Runcie
How strange. I’ve fallen for Grantchester on PBS, so when I realized this was that I pounced on it on Netgalley. But this actually wasn’t that… it’s that plus a couple of decades. Sidney’s relationship woes on the show have … Continue reading
Five Glass Slippers – ed. Anne Elisabeth Stengl
This is a collection of – in case it’s not obvious – five stories inspired by or riffing on Cinderella. Usually a collection of stories, whether by one author or several, is hit or miss… unfortunately, this one is pretty … Continue reading
The Complete Lythande by Marion Zimmer Bradley
In a recent discussion in a Goodreads group about how an author’s (or narrator’s) bad behavior – meaning truly bad, as in child abuse and rape and murder, not simply being an utter brat online – impacts one’s perception of … Continue reading
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A Fantasy Medley 3
I requested A Fantasy Medley from Netgalley pretty much because of Kevin Hearne. Then Laura Bickle rang a bell as the author of The Hallowed Ones, which I liked; and then Jacqueline Carey registered as the author of Kushiel’s Dart, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Fantasy Medley 3, Aliette de Bodard, Jacqueline Carey, Kevin Hearne, Laura Bickle, NetGalley, Yanni Kuznia
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Beware the Little White Rabbit, Audiobookblast
Oh, so that’s why I’ve been seeing Alice so often lately: it’s the 150th anniversary. I hate to admit it – but I’ve never been entirely enamored of Alice. It’s another childhood classic that I somehow never read, like The … Continue reading
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Unusual Suspects – ed. Dana Stabenow
I’ve never liked short stories, as a class. (This might be why I’ve never tried writing them.) There are certainly exceptions; several writers are always exceptions to the rule, and other stories have come out of the blue and surprised … Continue reading
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Everyone Is Entitled to My Opinion – David Brinkley
This was a quickie fill-in book which I’ve had on my shelf for a while; it finally made its way to the top. When I originally picked it up wherever I picked it up, I thought it would be a … Continue reading
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