Verity has finally brought Dominic to Buckley Township where Thomas Price met Alice Healy, Verity's grandparents. She has shown him the old homestead but since that is rented out, they are staying in the house the Covenant bought for Thomas Price when they sent him to spy on the Healys. While there, they meet Alice's old babysitter, the ghost Aunt Mary, and then some boys come to the house and claim that plants ate their brother. Verity listens and determines that it is likely a swamp bromeliad and if they don't act quickly, the boy will die if he hasn't already been ingested so she and Dominic head out to see what they can do.
Since escaping the swamp bromeliad is what brought Alice onto Thomas's front porch in the first place, it was a lovely bit of symmetry.
Page count: 40p/24,947p ytd/274,104p lifetime
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
98:120 Snake in the Glass by Seanan McGuire
Verity has been criss-crossing all over the country trying to get Dominic more acquainted with the way her world works and now, what better way than to go to Chicago and stay at the Carmichael, a hotel for incryptids run by a family of gorgons. She'll also get to introduce him to Uncle Mike and Aunt Lea.
It was nice going back to the Carmichael and seeing Dominic's reaction to things there.
Page count: 40p/24,907p ytd/274,057p lifetime
It was nice going back to the Carmichael and seeing Dominic's reaction to things there.
Page count: 40p/24,907p ytd/274,057p lifetime
97:120 Voice of Lions by Seanan McGuire
Tybalt, still known by his old name Rand, is a King of Cats with a court of just two subjects, his sister Colleen and her daughter Cailin. Now Cailin has been stolen away and he will not let this stand so the two of them travel to the to Summerlands to have her back or die in the attempt.
Ok, I absolutely love Tybalt and have since the first book so I'm loving getting some of his backstory. This story was no exception and I can only hope that there are many more to come.
Page count: 30p ?/24,867p ytd/274,017p lifetime
Ok, I absolutely love Tybalt and have since the first book so I'm loving getting some of his backstory. This story was no exception and I can only hope that there are many more to come.
Page count: 30p ?/24,867p ytd/274,017p lifetime
Monday, November 28, 2016
96:120 Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
A collection of mini-biographies of princesses through history that did not behave in what one might call "typical princess" fashion. The book is divided into sections based on how the princesses deviated from the standard we think of and then each had a handful of biographies that fit into that heading.
I wanted to like this more than I did and in the beginning, I was really enjoying it. I liked hearing about the Warrior Princesses who would not marry a man unless they could best them or charging into battle or running away from marriage to become a pirate. Those seemed well-researched and if short, offered what felt like a good overall mini-biography. As the book progressed through, it started feeling much more like a gossip magazine with just pulling out the juicy bits as much as possible, maybe with a few possible explanations thrown in but not expounded upon, and then giving entries with 1-2 paragraphs on other notable women that could go under the section titles. The tone seemed to change a bit as well with the earlier princesses getting a more matter of fact tone and then it switching to a more "you know what I mean, wink wink" kind of tone as things progressed into the "scandalous" sections. It felt like a juvenile way of handling the material. In all, I just wasn't impressed and won't be looking further into this author.
Page count: 288p/24,837p ytd/273,987p lifetime
I wanted to like this more than I did and in the beginning, I was really enjoying it. I liked hearing about the Warrior Princesses who would not marry a man unless they could best them or charging into battle or running away from marriage to become a pirate. Those seemed well-researched and if short, offered what felt like a good overall mini-biography. As the book progressed through, it started feeling much more like a gossip magazine with just pulling out the juicy bits as much as possible, maybe with a few possible explanations thrown in but not expounded upon, and then giving entries with 1-2 paragraphs on other notable women that could go under the section titles. The tone seemed to change a bit as well with the earlier princesses getting a more matter of fact tone and then it switching to a more "you know what I mean, wink wink" kind of tone as things progressed into the "scandalous" sections. It felt like a juvenile way of handling the material. In all, I just wasn't impressed and won't be looking further into this author.
Page count: 288p/24,837p ytd/273,987p lifetime
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
95:120 In Little Stars by Seanan McGuire
A short story about Gilad's youth as his parents founded the Kingdom of the Mists and he has to start learning how to actually be a prince in more than just name. A sweet little story.
Page count: 36p/24,549p ytd/273,699p lifetime
Page count: 36p/24,549p ytd/273,699p lifetime
94:120 Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Grey
Adam is so excited to finally be on the road with his father, Roger, living the minstrel life. It was what he had always imagined and he couldn't have been happier until his dog, Nick, was stolen by another minstrel. Now Adam is chasing the thief while his father is chasing him. Unfortunately, as people get seperated from each other, Adam learns that not all minstrels are as wonderful and well-received as his father. He learns many lessons about life on the road and the people around him.
My 2nd son actually read this for his bookclub years ago and wanted me to read it and I finally got around to it. Set in 13th century England, it reads easily with enough odd language thrown in to remind that it's another time but not so much that it takes you out of the story. It managed to be realistic rather than fantastical in it's depiction and I think gave a fun impression of what life could have been like for a minstrel boy in that time in a way that children of today could understand and maybe even relate to a bit.
Page count: 317p/24,513p ytd/273,663p lifetime
My 2nd son actually read this for his bookclub years ago and wanted me to read it and I finally got around to it. Set in 13th century England, it reads easily with enough odd language thrown in to remind that it's another time but not so much that it takes you out of the story. It managed to be realistic rather than fantastical in it's depiction and I think gave a fun impression of what life could have been like for a minstrel boy in that time in a way that children of today could understand and maybe even relate to a bit.
Page count: 317p/24,513p ytd/273,663p lifetime
Sunday, November 20, 2016
93:120 Heaps of Pearl by Seanan McGuire
King Gilad is holding a ball in honor of the new Duchess-in-Waiting of Saltmist and all nobles in the Kingdom of the Mists are expected to attend. Baron Patrick Twycross grumbles but figures he will do as he usually does and make sure his face is seen before finding a place to retreat to safely until he can leave without causing offense. What he didn't plan on was finding a woman he had never seen before threatening to throw chairs at people if she didn't get some real food immediately. Since the kitchens are one of Patrick's favorite haunts, he gallantly offers to help her procur a real meal. Patrick certainly had no idea that he was feeding the Duchess-in-Waiting...
Having already met Dianda and Patrick in the Toby universe, it was fun to see how they first met and began the relationship that we already have seen established.
Page count: 24p/24,196p ytd/273,346p lifetime
Having already met Dianda and Patrick in the Toby universe, it was fun to see how they first met and began the relationship that we already have seen established.
Page count: 24p/24,196p ytd/273,346p lifetime
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