penwing reads (they/them) finished reading Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke
Beautiful little tale
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Zackers foundation shelf with Der a window seat. Some parish committee's collection: "Munchkinlander Aunties Share Secrets of the sauce". And Glenda liked this one, printed in large type with droll and useful drawings: "Avoid Prosecution for Poisoning: Cooking by the Book". Particularly well thumbed was Widow Chumish's famous volume, "Food You Can Actually Stomach".
— Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire (Page 94)
I love this sort of silly humour in the cook book titles here 8-)
penwing reads (they/them) reviewed When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of …
God, I love these books
5 stars
I absolutely adore these books. I did miss Almost Brilliant, but the way that stories are told and challenged and retold is gorgeous...
And wonderful gentle humour 8-)
penwing reads (they/them) finished reading When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of …
God, I love these books
penwing reads (they/them) started reading When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of …
The last one of these I have to read... Loved the others, so I have high hopes
penwing reads (they/them) reviewed A lion among men by Gregory Maguire
Good, but...
4 stars
Some wonderfully funny bits, but the Lion is not the most interesting character and he grates as often as he is humourous...
But, oh boy, do we suddenly uncover a whole lot... About...
penwing reads (they/them) finished reading A lion among men by Gregory Maguire
And I am done so can move on to book 4...
penwing reads (they/them) started reading A lion among men by Gregory Maguire
And we move on to book 3 of the Wicked Years cycle... More Yackle! More Time Dragon?
penwing reads (they/them) reviewed Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Fun
5 stars
A joy to read.
It's a MacGuffin hunt through alien worlds - but what fun alien worlds.
The Frenro combine two of my favourite alien tropes and there's a robot reaching out for humanity too... What's not to love
penwing reads (they/them) finished reading Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
I really quite enjoyed that
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I am loving Auncle, but am anticipating them not being everyone's cup of tea... But I love this type of alien 8-)
penwing reads (they/them) started reading Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Warrington Book Club - Jan 2025
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time …
Joyous
5 stars
I read this when it first came out and it was an utter joy then - twenty years on, it is still an absolute joy
penwing reads (they/them) finished reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time …
Such a joy to re-read this masterpiece - and with Charles Vess illustrations too 8-)
penwing reads (they/them) started reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …