Tag Archives: book

Friday Flash: Dust Rider Eaten

Posted on 05/24/2012 by

Part five in my Friday flash series experiment! Parts one, two, three and four here. Part six next week. He freed Gazelle and she jumped down. The dirt was firm, undoubtedly tamped down from the passage hundreds of dust devils. … Continue reading →

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Friday Flash: Dust Devils’ Lawn

Posted on 05/18/2012 by

Part four in my Friday flash series experiment! Parts one and two and three here. Gazelle handed the dust rider her single knapsack and watched him strap into the dust devil’s harness. She wore her heaviest canvas jacket and wondered … Continue reading →

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Friday Flash: Dust Rider Bought

Posted on 05/10/2012 by

Part three in my Friday flash series experiment! Parts one and two here. “Gazelle!” her mother called. She took a deep breath, wiped her hands on her gray cotton pants and walked out the front door. Up-close, the devil was … Continue reading →

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X is for Xylography

Posted on 04/27/2012 by

I learned something new on twitter today. There is an official word for wood engraving: xylography. There is even a video on youtube! Once upon a time, book were made using xylography. It’s a lot art, since no one actually … Continue reading →

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T is for To Be Read

Posted on 04/23/2012 by

My TBR list is too large. Titanic sized. Tremendously big. At present, my TBR pile has about 70 books. This includes the books on my kindle, a few ARCs and a couple of books from the library. The ARCs have … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century’s Biggest Bestsellers

Posted on 04/09/2012 by

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: * Grab your current read * Open to a random page * Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from … Continue reading →

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E is for eBooks

Posted on 04/05/2012 by

Ebooks. I read lots of ebooks. Lots and lots. I saw this news report on ABC (yes, saw. found this written version afterward) where they said people with an eBook reader or tablet (you can get eBook reader apps on … Continue reading →

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Harmony Series: Marriage of Convenience

Posted on 01/28/2012 by

I have read all of the novels Harmony novels (nearly all. got one left) by Jayne Castle and I am still a bit confused. At some point a Curtain (a portal) opened on Earth to other worlds. One of these … Continue reading →

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How do you choose a book to buy (and hopefully read)?

Posted on 11/26/2011 by

Madison Woods asked this question and this is too long for a comment. So I turned it into a blog post. She also posted a poll with the following options: 1) I go to the bookstore and browse when I … Continue reading →

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RIP: Anne McCaffrey

Posted on 11/22/2011 by

  I read online Anne McCaffrey might have passed away and my reaction was: please don’t let her be dead. Than I read on GalleyCat she was dead. I loved her books. Still do. In fact, I have a couple … Continue reading →

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