Tag Archives: LibraryThing

Living in Threes – Judith Tarr

Posted on January 16, 2013 by stewartry

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 →

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A Heart in Sun and Shadow – Annie Bellet

Posted on August 22, 2012 by stewartry

OK, the laptop isn’t 100% – don’t ask – but most of the keys are back on (don’t ask) and I can work around the rest. So here I am, back with a ridiculously long review…Spoiler-free till I give a … Continue reading →

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The Elsingham Portrait – Elizabeth Chater

Posted on July 5, 2012 by stewartry

One of the literary devices I’m always a complete sucker for is the character plucked from her own time and dropped, clueless, into another, whether through straightforward time travel (if there is such a thing) or some kind of sorcery. … Continue reading →

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The Runaway Debutante – Elizabeth Chater (LTMG)

Posted on April 11, 2012 by stewartry

I received The Runaway Debutante through LibraryThing’s Member Giveaways in exchange for a review, thank you; it is part of a re-release of the author’s light romances, decades out of print, in digital format. The story is a cute one, … Continue reading →

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Let the Dragon Wake – Sylvia Volk (LTMG)

Posted on February 26, 2012 by stewartry

Welcome to a world where flowers are grown for the lower classes and made for the wealthy, by magic, along with birds and sunlight and blades of grass; where a soldier is, literally, married to his blade; where Fate is … Continue reading →

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2011: the year in review(s)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by stewartry

Happy New Year.  I kind of missed Christmas, there – sorry about that; hope it was universally lovely.  My mother told me a couple of weeks before Christmas that I was going to love what my brother got me.  And … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Tricks of the Trade – Morgan St. James (LTER)

Posted on October 16, 2011 by stewartry

Wow. This is a LibraryThing Early Reviewer book, and I’m really reconsidering whether I’ll finish this or not. The one-star rating this wears on LT and GoodReads right now is provisional; I honestly don’t know if I’ll go open it … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen Made Me Do It: story collection (LTER)

Posted on October 15, 2011 by stewartry

I won this from LibraryThing’s Member Giveaway – Many thanks. The book has an official website: Jane Austen Made Me Do It Partly in celebration, I take it, of the bicentenary of Sense and Sensibility comes this collection of Austenabilia. … Continue reading →

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Pirate King: Laurie R. King

Posted on September 6, 2011 by stewartry

I won this book, to my intense delight, from LibraryThing’s Early Readers giveaway – many thanks. I did a read-through of most of the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes novels (how funny that Holmes takes second billing) in preparation for reading my … Continue reading →

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Jockeys and Jewels – Bev Petterson

Posted on August 17, 2011 by stewartry

This was a Member Giveaway on LibraryThing, in ebook form – thank you! The basic storyline: Kurt was a cop, specializing in undercover work, until he burned out on the deceit and absence of trust and the danger. His new life … Continue reading →

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