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30 in 30: Day 12 (in which I pick apart Anne McCaffrey’s “feminism” and tell you why ten year olds really should not read her books (or my posts, truthfully))
A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times Ugh. I really really really wish I could say The Black Jewels Trilogy for this one, but unfortunately I keep on losing my copy of that one and haven’t replaced enough times to have read it more than five times (I have read…
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30 in 30: Day 11 (where I talk about the Duke’s flat soda)
A book that disappointed you The Duke’s Ballad, by Andre Norton. It was just fucking crap is what it was. I started reading it and it seemed to be starting a bit slow, but I persevered. I was on vacation after all, and it was one of the three books I had. I wasn’t going…
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30 in 30: Day 10 (in which I ramble off into existential bullshit about the nature of writing)
A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg. The book was assigned for a Creative Writing class I had back in 2004 (Hi, Vinnie). I took one look at it and rolled my eyes, thinking Whatever, I’ve been writing for years. What can this book…
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30 in 30: Day 09 (in which I hold back a rant and finish quickly — really, this is the first time that’s happened!)
Best scene ever WARNING: MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR SPOILERS FOR KUSHIEL’S DART AHEAD. (You’ve been warned.) (Seriously, don’t read any further if you don’t want the ending of Kushiel’s Dart spoiled for you.) And again, we explore my hopeless romanticism.
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30 in 30: Day 08 (in which I’m just asking for some hatemail)
A book everyone should read at least once The Bible. I know, I know, it’s a total fucking cliche, right? And you never expected this from your favorite Witchy author, right? I’m sorry to disappoint. BUT. Nearly everything in English literature is based off ideas found in the Bible — or based off a rejection…
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30 in 30: Day 07 (in which I talk about those tricksy MFWs)
Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise I honestly can’t think of a plot device employed by “way” too many books that I otherwise enjoyed, so I’ll just go with one that seems pretty common with, I don’t know, all the genres I’m into (not just books). MAGICAL…
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30 in 30: Day 06 (in which I quickly get distracted just thinking about a certain Shalador Warlord)
Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time My favorite series is The Black Jewels Series (not Dark Jewels, which it is commonly known as because the Pit of Voles had it listed as such, no doubt so they could get around the fact that the author explicitly requested no…
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30 in 30: Day 04 (in which I’m late with the post but feck off it’s my birthday 😛 also I talk about Glenraven)
Your favorite book or series ever So, I’m late with this post, but I figure y’all can fucking deal with it cause it’s my birthday today. (I’m 24. It was a frackin’ awesome day.) My favorite book or series ever. This is a really, really hard choice. I have so many books that I just…