penwing reads (they/them) commented on Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …
Two chapters of grinning from reading 8-)
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penwing reads (they/them) rated Wood at Midwinter: 4 stars
penwing reads (they/them) rated Out of Oz: 4 stars
penwing reads (they/them) commented on Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …
The front cover has a dandelion on it and the opening chapter is headed with a (fictitious) quote from "The Dandelion Manifesto" and now The Dandelion Dynasty is back on my "I wanna reread" list...
penwing reads (they/them) started reading Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. …
penwing reads (they/them) finished reading Swastika night by Howard Hughes
SWASTIKA NIGHT takes place seven hundred years after Nazism achieved power, by which time Adolf …
#mcrsf read for Jan 2025. Plenty to think about
penwing reads (they/them) started reading Swastika night by Howard Hughes
SWASTIKA NIGHT takes place seven hundred years after Nazism achieved power, by which time Adolf …
#mcrsf read for January 2025
penwing reads (they/them) finished reading Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire
penwing reads (they/them) finished reading Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke
Beautiful little tale
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...