Tag Archives: Fiction
Fiction: I’m not calling this LGBT Fiction on principle.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters Heather and I made a deal – I would read her favorite book (Fingersmith) and she would read my favorite book (Three Men in a Boat). Clearly I love her more than she loves me because…voila! … Continue reading
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I have finally vanquished Scott Westerfeld’s trilogy!
Uglies, Pretties, and Specials by Scott Westerfeld It was exhausting and took me waaaaaaay longer than it should have for me to get through these three books, but I finally triumphed! It’s an intriguing premise and Westerfeld’s a good writer, but … Continue reading
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YA Fiction
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins It’s here – it’s finally, finally here! The third and final book in the Hunger Games trilogy. And I’m going to be good and talk about it under a cut tag so as not to inadvertently … Continue reading
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IR Fiction: Sci-fi/Fantasy
Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer ONLY ONE MORE?! Only one more. Granted, I thought the last one was the last one, so when someone mentioned they were reading the new Artemis Fowl, my response was ‘WHAT … Continue reading
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Fiction: Graphic Novel
Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O’Malley Just in time for the movie! Although now I know how it ends… But still! I don’t want to give away anything in case any of you are … Continue reading
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Fiction: Romance
Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare I think I say this every time I post about a romance novel, but I hardly ever read them anymore, except for Julia Quinn. But someone – and I’ll be honest, I have … Continue reading
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Fiction: What the hell did I call this last time?
Changeless (Book #2 of the Parasol Protectorate) by Gail Carriger But before I read all those other books…I had to finish this one. And MAN, was it hard work! Harder than I’d been expecting, considering how much I enjoyed the … Continue reading
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IR Historical Fiction
Quest for a Maid by Frances Mary Hendry Liz lent this to me ages ago and I kept forgetting I had it! Finally this weekend, I sat down, determined to read it so I could finally, finally give it back … Continue reading
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Fiction: Graphic Novels
Scott Pilgrim, Vols. 1-5 by Bryan Lee O’Malley Your annoying friend strikes again! Scott Pilgrim keeps coming up in recommendations for graphic novels (p.s. – if you have any, feel free to leave me a comment or an e-mail with … Continue reading
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IR Fiction/Graphic Novel
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick I literally spent the entire last weekend reading. As you’ll gradually see over the course of the week. First up was this one which I’ve been meaning to read for absolute ages! … Continue reading
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YA Fiction: Sci-fi/Fantasy
Lament by Maggie Stiefvater I hate myself for liking this book. It won’t make you feel quite as dirty as the Twilight saga (I liked the first one, but by the end of the second, I just wanted to knock … Continue reading
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Supernatural romance? Horror…romance? Gothic?
Soulless by Gail Carriger As you can see, I’m not sure what category this falls into. There are elements of all sorts of things at work here – horror (there are vampires and ghosts and werewolves all in a steampunky … Continue reading
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Fiction
The Last Novel by David Markson I actually finished this on the first plane trip on our way to Hawaii, but decided that it deserved more formatting than I could provide using Edward’s WordPress app, so here you go, a … Continue reading
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IR Fantasy
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Seeing as this is considered a classic in the canon of kids’ books, I can’t believe it took me this long to finally read it! Especially since it was so good! It kind … Continue reading
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Chapters 1-7 of A Study in Scarlet, Or, Well, hello there, gentlemen!
All right, I have a feeling I may have too much to say here and I haven’t come up with a great way of organizing my thoughts, but there’s nothing for it but to get typing – MY THOUGHTS, LET … Continue reading
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