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Thank you so much for sticking with me. I am going to be posting a lot over the next month or so! I have a few ARC’s that I am insanely happy to review…Please enjoy the quotes that will be coming over the next few weeks of posts.
I post some reviews here that I post on Amazon and Goodreads. The rest of the time I am rereading old favorites and new releases. I try not to post spoilers, so I take the quotes that most strongly speak to me and make posts. I find it interesting that each time I reread an old favorite DIFFERENT quotes appeal to me. Sometimes there is overlap but it is infrequent. The human brain is an amazing thing!
Happy reading!
From the mind of one of my favorites…
books saved me once, too. They showed me better ways to live, to think, to feel, to be, and helped entertain me in the darkest of times Laurell K Hamilton
[Top]An interesting read that shows the power of words and regardless of where you are in life the transformation the right book can create
As I read this article I tried to figure out which of my books š would get the golden ticket if o had to pick just one. I can’t do it. When I was little I had an early hard cover edition of Little Women which unfortunately got destroyed when I did something nice for someone and it came back to bite me on the ass. And there is Madeline L’engles A Wrinkle in Time, which was one of my husband’s favorites as well and which I read to my girls as I tried to process his death and somehow reading that book to our children helped me. I don’t know how much they remember of the story, but I know they remember the cuddles and the fact I was reading. Then there is the Great Alta trilogy by Jane Yolen, which inspired me so much, and introduced me to the power and joy that can only come from a trilogy.
I don’t know whether you will consider this necessarily a “book”, but the graphic novels of Elfquest–they had just been rereleased for their 20th anniversary and I was on a trip with my best friends family to Hilton Head, and after being so engrossed in Nora Roberts’ Public Secrets (which is another of my influences as life changing) that I spent the whole day at the beach on my stomach which led to a seriously bad burn which led to my father, who was not a fan of me going on the trip in the first place said that was it I was coming home and he sent me a plane ticket. The trip to the airport was a long one and my back was about 6 shades darker then a lobster(and I was in a lot of pain and the trip back home from the car ride to the airplane seat šŗ I was about ready to throw in the towel and was an exercise in mind over matter and how ( there is nothing to be done but let time pass and eventually you heal) and the only thing left in the car was my friend’s little brother’s graphic novel. They wouldn’t let me take it home (I was on page 87 and myom met me at the gate of the airport and she wasn’t able to find what I was talking about so I made her stop at the waldenbooks on the way home so I could read the end of story which of course, ironically, is finishing with the final quest this year and which I try to reread every 5 to 7 years.
And then I think of the eye opening Kushiel’s trilogy by Jacqueline Carey that opened a whole new world of series and books and a new world and genre of books and a great group of people…
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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155093419487632&id=136225597631
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OK, Fangirl has emerged at this end of the computer. It is completely in charge of all content from this point forward
Seanan McGuire is an amazing writer and has been one of my favorites since I read her first October Daye novel All her book titles come from Shakespeare. Her sarcastic wit, her amazing take on old lore and the incredible way she spun a tale.
When the Incryptid series came along–OMG there is no end to the “soundbite” moments in these books. From the quotes at the beginning of each chapter to the millions of quirky statements made back and forth as well as just the familial dynamics. Add in a world of supernaturals trying to stay under the radar but who nee help to survive, the Price family of cryptozoologists who are familiar enough with all the cryptids unique biology, an organization dedicated to the elimination of all cryptids from the planet that the Prices defected from generations ago. Add in talking mice (who worship the human prices and record every word ever spoken as gospel and created a religion around them) and you have got an addicting series of books!
Next up came the kindle serialized indexing and Indexing Reflections stories and not only did we get a covert agency dealing with the supernatural but we learned that there is an actual folk lore and fairy tale index!
When I learned she was up for a HUGO, I was super excited! But on Monday, while I was attending parent teacher conferences and mourning the fact I have a high schooler now (who by the way is Seanan Mcguire’s absolute biggest fan) Seanan Mcguire won the HUGO award !!!!
[Top]āThis review is from: The Greenās Hill Novellas āGreat background and addition to Greenās Hill!ā is locked This review is from: The Greenās Hill Novellas āGreat background and addition to Greenās Hill!
Green's Hill Novellas
Little Goddess
Paranormal Romance
DSP Publications; 2 edition
June 14, 2016
https://www.amazon.com/Greens-Hill-Novellas-Amy-Lane-ebook/dp/B01GQFEEV8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1496210833&sr=1-1&keywords=greens+hill+novellas
A Green's Hill Collection
Companion to the Little Goddess Series
Welcome to Greenās Hill, a small, secret collective of the fey, furry, and undead, existing unnoticed in the California foothills for over a hundred and fifty years. Whether your passion is exotic were-animals, angels, elves, or vampires, you can find them hereāalthough things are changing on the hill.
Bound by love and honor, Cory, Green, and Adrian work to give their followers a homeābut they have no idea that the effects of their true love will spread like ripples in a pond.
Be prepared for the unexpected, and ready for enchantmentāyou never know who will be awakened to the romantic possibilities of a vampire, a sorceress, or a pansexual elf who finds power in the force of love.
This anthology includes:
Litha's Constant Whim
It is on Litha that Whim meets Charlie, and their vows to return next Litha and finish what they started launch a thirteen-year tradition of celebration.
1st Edition published by Dreamspinner Press, June 2010.
I Love You, Asshole!
It's a good thing vampires live forever, because it might take Marcus that long to convince Phillip that gender lines are for the living.
1st Edition published by Dreamspinner Press, May 2011.
Guarding the Vampire's Ghost
An accident of divine politics has put Adrian, a twice-dead vampire, in heaven and under the care of angels Shepherd and Jefischa.
1st Edition published by Dreamspinner Press, October 2010.
Experiencing a dilemma
Iāve never faced before. Frankly Iām tired of love triangles. Mostly because thereās an obvious choice of who the main characterās gonna choose; mostly the reason thereās even a hint of competition is because the girl doesnāt want to hurt the non-chosen guy:
Jace or Simonāduh, Jace wins
Edward or Jacobāduh, Edward wins
Dimitri or Adrianāduh, Dimitri wins
Adam or Samuelāduh, Adam wins
Peeta or Galeāduh, Peeta wins
Barrons or V’laineāduh, Barrons wins
Bones or Tateāduh, Bones wins
Vlad or Maximusāduh, Vlad wins
And countless other I canāt even remember right now. Granted The Infernal Devices took a novel approach and has the main character get to be with both the men she loved (even though it was obvious she really really loved Willāand if forced to choose I think she would have chosen him in the end, but she got both)
My problem is: the Cassandra Palmer series.
One the one hand thereās Mircea who I admitted wasnāt in love with to begin with, but nowā¦after everything Iāve read (including the Dorina Basarab series) I like him. I want him to be happy. I want him to be Cassie because he wants to be with her and she wants to be with him. I like him. Although Iām not too happy about where we were left with him in Tempt the Stars. I hope heās not going to just abandon her. That doesnāt seem like the kind of man he is.
On the other hand, thereās Pritkin who Iāve kinda adored since book two, Claimed by Shadows. And my adoration for him has only gotten worse as the series has progressed. I absolutely love him. And I do think heās gonna be the endgame. But Iām not sure.
And Iām torn.
Therein lies the problem.
Iāve never liked both of the guys for a single girl in a series. I may like a guy like say for instance Simon, but I never liked him for Clary. For Izzy, heāll yeah, but never for Clary.
I want both Mircea and Pritkin for Cassie and I donāt know what to think.
Aaaggghh.
SO, I keep rereading this post. Ā And I get the overall point, even those of us thatĀ ālikeā both the men in Cassieās life equally have favorites. Ā Sometimes, those favorites change from scene to scene but we have favorites. Ā So, who do we root for? Ā How do we want it to end…Well, Iām just gonna root for Cassie and however messily it ends up, as long as sheās happy Iāll be good…
But for the list at the beginning, I gotta say something. Ā I am very happy for this writer that all choices seem crystal clear. Ā For the rest of us, sometimes we donāt know who we are going to pick until after it has happened. Ā Ā Or, if you are me, it sometimes was one person on one read but the next time its someone else…
So, maybe, its mutable. Ā Maybe, for some like Cat and Bones I didnāt even remember there was someone else. Ā But for each one of those, I have Ā an Anita Blake, or a Merry or a Corinne Carol-Anne Kirkpatrick. Ā And there are messy crazy solutions. Ā
And I donāt see Cassie going the way of the many loved. Ā At least I donāt think so. Ā But Iāll just keep reminding myself that Iām rooting for Cassie…and being mutable
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Random partial shelfie because Iām in love with that new Narnia set from Juniper Books š
All my favorites
[Top]I discovered my limitations…
So, I like to multitask…I have done it for a long time, but I reached my limit earlier today. Ā I was listening to a book (Iām doing a reread) and working on a review, when my facebook messenger popped up with a note from a friend. Ā I had just started watching an episode of The Americans and I discovered that I cannot read subtitles, type, read, listen to a book and make sense! Ā So, my friends I have hit my limit at least for today!!!
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