Eve ~ Elissa Elliott

Okay, I think I’m stretching here a little, but I’m counting this one in the mythology category for the Once Upon a Time III Challenge. I hope that doesn’t offend anyone. My apologies if it does.
Eve has always had an almost mythic quality about her in my mind. Adam and Eve seem to be somewhere [...]

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Storm Glass ~ Maria V. Snyder

Here’s another one for the Once Upon A Time Challenge. I’m so grateful to my co-worker for getting me to read Maria Snyder’s books. I have loved them all and I wish I could find more books like these. What’s even better, said co-worker has arranged for Ms. Snyder to come visit our library in [...]

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Fragile Eternity – Melissa Marr

I am totally hooked on this series, which is just what I need right now. What happened to the freestanding books in my life. Oh yes, they are piled high on the nightstand begging to be read and not tossed aside for the latest installment of whatever. I will get to you soon. I promise.
As [...]

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Wicked Lovely & Ink Exchange

Okay, Here is my first review for the Once Upon A Time III challenge. Wicked Lovely doesn’t actually count for the challenge, but it only made sense to talk about them together.
As usual, I was drawn to these books for their beautiful covers. But, as the main character of Wicked Lovely knows beauty can be [...]

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Once Upon a Time III

It’s spring and therefore time for a quest. Carl V. is once again hosting the Once Upon a Time Challenge. I think like many people this is my favorite challenge. It’s just so much fun and it’s the one that I try my hardest to complete. My co-worker caught me by surprise when she mentioned [...]

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Japanese Literature Challenge

In this world
We walk on the roof of hell,
gazing at flowers
~ Kobayashi Issa

Well why not? I’ve just joined the Japanese Literature Challenge. I already finished Haruki Murakami’s After Dark, so I’m a third of the way done. Just two more to go. I’m thinking about reading Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto (I loved her book [...]

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Challenges Update

It seems like reading challenges and I aren’t meant to be. I love the idea of them and there are so many to choose from, but alas my fickle reading brain chooses what it chooses and I just go along for the ride. I was so sad not to have completed the Once Upon a [...]

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My Saga With the White Whale

I know – just finish that damn book already! I was about to give up on Moby Dick after about 350 pages. I was ready to bring it back to the library, but I was feeling guilty and I knew if I returned it, I would never go back and re-read those 350 pages. Then [...]

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Gossamer ~ Lois Lowry

I’ve finished my first book for the Once Upon A Time Challenge. Hooray! Like I said before, I hadn’t read Lois Lowry before, so this was a great introduction to a legendary children’s author. I was surprised by how short the book was and by how much Lowry could fit in a book that was [...]

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Once Again!

I really try to show self-restraint when it comes to challenges, especially considering I have all but abandoned the Short Story Challenge (it’s really because I haven’t taken the bus to work in a while). But I couldn’t resist the Once Upon A Time II Challenge. I’m going to try to do Quest the Second, [...]

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