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Deborah Harkness: A PSA (by Bethany)
I had never heard of Deborah Harkness until I saw a copy of A Discovery of Witches in the book aisle at Target. It was blue and sparkly, and there was that word: Witches. I lived in a small town … Continue reading
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Checking In on the 18th Century: Thoughts After Reading 37% of Diana Gabaldon’s Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (by Bethany)
So I’ve made some good progress in Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, but I still have my share of complaints. First, though, I’ll tell you what I like about the book. The second section of the novel, the one … Continue reading
Thoughts on the First 14% of Diana Gabaldon’s Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (by Bethany)
This is going to be a quick post – I am scrambling to finish a freelance editing job that’s due on Wednesday, and my weekend was busy with Father’s Day activities on both Saturday and Sunday, so I haven’t read … Continue reading
A Review of Orson Scott Card’s Enchantment (by Bethany)
I read Enchantment on the recommendation of a friend. It is the first Orson Scott Card novel I’ve read that is not part of the Ender series. This novel is about Ivan, a late-Cold-War era Russian boy whose family emigrates … Continue reading
A Review of Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred (by Bethany)
I read Kindred for the first time a couple of years ago – July of 2010 if I remember correctly. I had just moved to a new apartment, and Kindred was the first book I read after I installed an … Continue reading
A Review of Stephen King’s 11/22/63 (by Bethany)
What is it about time-travel fiction? I’m a sucker for it. In other genres I whine about stereotyped characters and clichéd language and too many damn vampires. But time-travel stories can really be quite bad before I lose patience with … Continue reading
A Review of Diana Gabaldon’s An Echo in the Bone (by Bethany)
This series is so exhausting. Its first four novels (Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn) are relatively consistent in quality, and what I mean by that is that they are generally engaging and entertaining in spite of … Continue reading
A Review of Diana Gabaldon’s A Breath of Snow and Ashes (by Bethany)
A Breath of Snow and Ashes is the sixth novel in Gabaldon’s Outlander series, and if you don’t know much about the series, you might want to read my reviews of Drums of Autumn and The Fiery Cross. In particular, … Continue reading
A Review of Diana Gabaldon’s The Fiery Cross (by Bethany)
You know you’re reading a Diana Gabaldon novel when you start making comments to yourself like “Only 400 pages to go.” And if you start putting the words “Oh, good!” side by side with the first statement, you know you’re … Continue reading
Wherein the blogger who actually likes vampire fiction reviews Deborah Harkness’ Shadow of Night (by Jill)
When I read Bethany’s review of Shadow of Night a few weeks ago, I wanted to have mine be, simply, “See Bethany’s review.” After much thought, that seemed like probably that went against the premise of our blog, so I … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 