Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.
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Dead to the World
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, c2004, 2005 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, paranormal romance, romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 4 ISBN: 9780441012183 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 291 (310 including an excerpt from the next book – Dead as a Doornail) Setting:… Read more
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson; translated by Reg Keelan Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage Books, c2008, 2009 Genre: Thriller, mystery, suspense Series: Millennium trilogy; 1 ISBN: 9780307473479 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 644 Setting: Stockholm, Hedestad & Hedeby Island, Sweden Time period: around 2003-2004 Plot summary: When Mikael Blomkvist, a financial journalist, is recently… Read more
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Boneshaker
By Cherie Priest Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, steampunk, horror, science fiction, adventure ISBN: 9780765318411 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 416 Setting: Seattle, WA Time period: 1880 Plot summary: In an alternate history, the Klondike gold rush began a few decades earlier and brought huge numbers of people to… Read more
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Water Witches
By Chris Bohjalian Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Simon & Schuster, c1995, 1997 Genre: General fiction, eco-fiction Series: Hardscrabble Books –fiction of New England published by University Press of New England ISBN: 9780684826127 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 340 Setting: Central Vermont Time period: mid 1990s Plot summary: Scott Winston works as a… Read more
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So This is How it Ends
By Tui T. Sutherland Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Eos, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, time travel fantasy, adventure, mythic fiction, science fiction Series: Avatars; 1 ISBN: 9780060750299 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 480 Settings: Many various settings including: Los Angeles, NYC, Chile, Mexico Time periods: 2003 – 2012, 2087 Plot summary: Five teenagers… Read more
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Bloodhound
By Tamora Pierce Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: Beka Cooper trilogy; 2 ISBN: 9780375814693 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 551 (includes Glossary, Cast of Characters, and Notes about the Provost’s Guard) Setting: Corus and Port Caynn, Tortall Time period: 247 H.E. (medieval) Plot summary:… Read more
Ra's Spiral Path 