I may have been late last week, but for part 2 I’m all caught up. This week’s read covers chapters 6 through 12, so there will be spoilers. Chapter 6 begins with Richard chanting the mantra, “I want to go … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
25 May 2012
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“The Rains of Castamere”
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24 May 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: London
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Neverwhere (group read part 1) by Neil Gaiman
As is my norm for these group reads I am behind schedule. I should have been posting this on Monday, but here I am, typing away on a Thursday. Nevertheless, I shall press on :) Better late than never, isn’t … Continue reading
21 May 2012
Cast: Donny Alamsyah, Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Ray Sahetapy, Yayan Ruhian
Script: Gareth Evans
Genre: Action
Setting: Jakarta
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The Raid directed by Gareth Evans
The Indonesian version of SWAT are going into battle. An apartment block has become home to the bad and the violent. A no go area that the police never visit. But now they are going in, intending to get through … Continue reading
18 May 2012
Call no: US author
Genre: sff
Setting: Faerie, USA - San Francisco
7 Stars
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An artificial night by Seanan McGuire
An October Daye novel #3 Read for the Once Upon a Time VI challenge October Daye, she’d much prefer you call her Toby, is a changeling, living in San Francisco. And if you’ve read that first sentence there you’ll see … Continue reading
18 May 2012
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Jean Craighead George has died.George was an author of young-adult literature, including the Newbery Medal winning Julie of the Wolves and My Side of the Mountain, which won the Newbery Honor. Her works doubtlessly introduced millions of young readers to the joys of literature.
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13 May 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: contemporary fiction, fictional biography
Setting: Afganistan
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In the sea there are crocodiles by Fabio Geda
The story of Enaiatollah Akbari, trans. from the Italian by Howard Curtis When Enaiat is around ten his mother takes him from his village in Afganistan and they travel Pakistan. And then, after a few days, she leaves him there, … Continue reading
12 May 2012
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12 May 2012
Genre: graphic novel, sff
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The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen, Rebecca Guay
Read for the Once Upon a Time VI challenge Everyone knows that all the dragons are gone. They were killed off years and years ago. Before that they wrecked havoc on people, the sweetest meat. But heroes came and killed … Continue reading
11 May 2012
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In the eye of the beholder
Kameron Hurley, author of God’s War wasn’t overly impressed by The Cabin in the Woods, as maybe you can tell from this short excerpt from her blog: Throughout the whole movie, the guys are the puppeteers. The guys still get … Continue reading