Tag Archives: Librarything Early Review
Living in Threes – Judith Tarr
This was a book received through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers (thank you!). I’ve been trying to cut back on the books I put my name in for on LibraryThing, because while I’ve had pretty good luck there have been a number … Continue reading
Daphne and the Silver Ash – Joss Llewelyn
This was a novella received through LibraryThing’s Member Giveaways – thank you. It is a short, sweet, melancholy yet ultimately hopeful story, aching with a feeling of might-have-been and will-never-be-again as one thoughtful and gallant young woman tries to deal … Continue reading
LTER: One Was a Soldier, Julia Spencer-Fleming
I do get lucky with these LTER’s. Oh, not all – there was one self-published ESL fantasy that I doubt I’ll ever finish, and the book about writing which was extremely uneven, and Roma was not something I’d ever have … Continue reading
LTER: Pegasus
Recently I won a LibraryThing Early Reviewer that I really, really wanted: Robin McKinley‘s Pegasus. This must be why I don’t win anything in radio contests – too lucky here: Adam Schell, GK Chesterton, and now this. Pegasus is a … Continue reading
Early review: The Devil Amongst the Lawyers
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers (Sharyn McCrumb) is the tale of a 1935 trial in Wise County, Virginia, which gains national attention because of two factors: the country (or the newspaper business, at least) is hungry for a new sensation … Continue reading
The world will never starve for want of wonders
… but only for want of wonder. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton I do sincerely love the Early Reviewers giveaways on Librarything. It was through this that I received Tomato Rhapsody, for which I am deeply grateful; and it was through … Continue reading