Bluestocking

Undated reviews from my paper records, transcribed so I can find them in the future. The Whipping Boy, by Sid Fleischman .   A quick read ...

Sea of swords.  The same as always, mostly, although things are looking up for the next book, should it ever come out.  [what I mostly remem...

Reaper man .  This book had a very early feel-- you could tell the author was still working on developing the character, like Granny Weather...

Noah Gordon: Shaman .  I enjoy this author's writings, although it's clear he is only comfortable writing about two subjects: medic...

paging through my remaining notes, I saw multiple series, and not-series but multiple books by the same author.  After some reorganization, ...

Queen Emma and the Vikings  by Harriet O'Brien.  I didn't actually finish this book.  Although it had a lot of good information, it ...

The paid companion  by Jayne Ann Krentz (as Amanda Quick).  This book was fairly good, actually.  It only had two quick explicit scenes and ...

Nanny Ogg's cookbook  by Terry Pratchett.  This was a fun read, although I'm not sure I'd want to actually try any of the recipe...

The midwife apprentice  by Karen Cushman.  Definitely a piece of children's literature, but one of honesty and reality.  This book was a...

Mairelon the magician  by Patricia C. Wrede.  Sadly, this book was not as amazing as her Dragon series.  But still, this was better than mos...

Like water for chocolate  by Laura Esquivel.  I couldn't set this down, this book was so amazing: recipes, home remedies, and personal a...

I completed transitioning to GoodReads last  year, and no one has complained.  If you miss me, find me there. I found more pre-this blog h...

Midnight crossroad  by Charlaine Harris.  This was pretty fun. There were a couple missteps with remarks that didn't end up leading anyw...

stats and such: 2016 I called my final count 8 books: GN: 2 Audio: 2 novel: 2 partial novel: 1 novella: 1 2017 GN: 2 Partial aud...

Unfamiliar fishes  by Sarah Vowell; narrated by the author.  I'd like to think I would be good friends with this author, as she's ac...