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Something missing in Lundy and her Market

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire

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The biggest thing for me here was I had trouble really feeling the motivation. Lundy’s attachment to the Goblin Market is clearly based a little in her friends but one of them is hardly mentioned except that they died (?) and the other one and Lundy don’t really seem to have any kind of emotional attachment. But then again maybe that’s the point? Lundy’s character from her childhood is presented as a rather detached bookworm who doesn’t seem to mind that she doesn’t have a […]

When the poet laureate comes to town

In Mad Love and War by Joy Harjo

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I don’t usually read poetry collections for funsies, or much at all really. But when the Poet Laureate of the United States decided to do a talk/reading at the mid-level state school where I work, I made an exception. To decide if I wanted to brave the crowds, I got a copy of one of Joy Harjo’s collections In Mad Love and War from the library. I don’t often enjoy a lot of contemporary poetry; I’m a little too much of a formalist for that […]

Queer Eye Impulse Grab a the Library

Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski

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I like cookbooks, both to use and to read. I also like the tv show Queer Eye, although I’m behind on the most recent season. I’ve seen and heard some things about the current food guy, Antoni, so when I saw his cookbook, I kind of had to pick it up and see. The biggest thing I was curious about was what kind of food does Antoni do when he’s not necessarily trying to show someone the basics? The biggest critique on him I noticed […]

Oversugared for Valentine’s Day

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

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I had a hard time deciding my Valentine’s Day reading this year: either start C.L. Polk’s new book which actually is a romance (among other things) or continue the Wayward Children series. I went with continue the current series because I wanted to know what happens next. Beneath the Sugar Sky picks up where the first book leaves off, at Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children, apparently not too long after the events of the first book. Several key characters are still there including Kade […]

Jack and Jill the backstory

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

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I half succeeded at a library run the other day. I did succeed at getting the next 3 Wayward Children books, but failed to get any more of a manga series I’d grabbed the first 3 of on a whim; at some point in 2 days someone took volumes 4-12. Now I’ve gotta wait at least 2 weeks on those. At least I had Down Among the Sticks and Bones to make up for it. Volume 2 of the Wayward Children series is basically the […]



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