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I was introduced to Kelley Armstrong, if you’ll remember, through my last good read, Dates From Hell.  The protagonist was an interesting woman, and I was more than eager to delve into her ‘Women of the Otherworld’ series.
Bitten is the story of Elena Michaels, a woman with the dubious distinction of being the only known [...]

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My friend from work, Sky, suggested that I start reading the Kim Harrison books, and because I’d developed a love for all things Charlaine Harris, I agreed. Kim Harrison has written a series about a witch named Rachel Morgan, and they could not be more engrossing books. The character development is not obvious [...]

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I’m reading an interview of the scriptwriter who adapted The Dark Is Rising, and I just want to cry.
I don’t think I even want to see the movie at this point.
You’re adapting a novel, you want to respect the writer and all that. But at the same time — perhaps it’s different with Harry Potter [...]

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Today’s been a bit of a manic day.. in part due to my yesterday meeting with my apt. rental office. Not feeling especially up to discussing that right now, so I’ll get onto the lyrics.

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Before I moved back to Knoxville this year, my mother sent me a large box of books–it may have even been two boxes.. but it was her collection of David Eddings’ books… the Belgariad, The Mallorean, and one other of his series of books.
It was over 20 years ago when I started reading the Belgariad. [...]

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Ok, thanks to kalkail I have a new very cool thing to share:
BookCrossing.com
In short, from their site:
“What is BookCrossing, you ask? It’s a global book club that crosses time and space. It’s a reading group that knows no geographical boundaries. Do you like free books? How about free book clubs?. Well, the books our members [...]

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Finished Ender’s Game. Great book, and I’m probably the last person on the earth who hadn’t read it, so I won’t bother to recommend it. Finished it in a day, and was disappointed that we didn’t have the next book on hand. Will borrow from someone, or library. Ender rocks, though [...]

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Below is a listing of the (so-called) top 100 books of all time.
It’s bolded if I’ve actually read it already, and I’m going to be posting this as one of my ‘memories’ posts…so that I can go back to it and edit as I read more. We’ll see if I can’t knock these titles [...]

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So I finally finished reading Earth by David Brin, and really, it’s a great book. Lots of food for thought. Lots of it I didn’t really understand, and I had to write down the big words so that I could look them up on dictionary.com — seriously. It’s a good book, but [...]

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Just because, here’s a list of books sitting on my desk. Some read, some waiting to be read:
Catalina’s Riddle by Steven Saylor
The Vampire Lestate by Anne Rice
The Magic of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Eight by Katherine Neville
Earth by David Brin
Protein Power by the Eades MD
Greenwitch, Silver on the Tree, Over Sea, Under [...]

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