Monthly Archives: March 2011

Reader, I Married Him

I would love to post a picture, but I promised the former Sig-O, now designated “Spouse,” that he had anonymity on this blog.  So picture someone who looks like a mountain man from Jeremiah Johnson, and me, in blue, standing … Continue reading

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Just a Box of Books

Several weeks ago Chad Hull and Terry Weyna were commenting on Terry’s blog that they had just gotten their boxes of books from a huge sale at Subterranean Press.  I was envious.  Why didn’t I have a box of books?  … Continue reading

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Fantasy Literature

As of today, I have joined the reviewing website fantasyliterature.com.  Terry Weyna of Reading the Leaves reviews there, and she suggested me.  The site is well-regarded by the publishing industry and has a reputation for solid, thoughtful reviews.  I’ll try … Continue reading

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Dark Roots

Bury Me Deep/ Megan Abbot Simon and Schuster Paperbacks,2009 Marion Seely chooses men who are wrong inside, beginning with her morphine-addicted doctor husband.  When Everett Seely leavers her in Phoenix in 1930, heading off to a job in Mexico, she … Continue reading

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Ariana Franklin, Rest in Peace

In a field crowded cheek-by-jowl with history mysteries and historical detectives, Ariana Franklin managed to create a true original in Adelia Aguilar. Adelia is an orphaned, Italian-trained physician sent to the backwater of 12th-century England to serve Henry II; a … Continue reading

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Mr. Shivers

Mr. Shivers/ Robert Jackson Bennett Orbit Books, 2010 “I hope I see you again,” he said. “You won’t,” Dexy said.  “Boys like you are always running off chasing one thing or another. They never know when to sit still.” Terry … Continue reading

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The Firespinner

I saw her in the grocery store parking lot, next to Cheeko’s Corner, where I get coffee.  I thought she was practicing. Those silvery lines over her head with the brownish lumps at the end are chain, and the lunps … Continue reading

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The Dirigible Deflates

The Affinity Bridge/George Mann Tor Books, 2009 I did not have any expectations for George Mann’s Affinity Bridge. It managed to disappoint me anyway.  I picked the trade paperback steampunk novel up as a “car book.”  The cover and the … Continue reading

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Food Forum: Producer Solutions

Keith Abeles of Quetzal farms barters produce for time in the commercial kitchen built by the Council on Aging to prepare their Meals on Wheels.  Quetzal Farms makes “value-added products,” like salsa, from the farm’s dry-farmed tomatoes and peppers.  Sheana … Continue reading

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Magical Alaska

Though Not Dead/ Dana Stabenow Minotaur Books, 2011  Kate Shugak, five-foot-nothing, but extraordinarily strong, with lightning reflexes and amazing endurance, is the heir to a tiny kingdom called Niniltna.  Her talking wolf Mutt is her closest friend.  Kate was trained … Continue reading

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