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National Poetry Month has come to an end. I hope you have enjoyed the poets I have shared here. Some were favorites of mine, others were new voices that I wish to learn more about. The festival of Beltane begins at sundown tonight, and so we will say goodbye to April with a song to…
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I received a review copy of this brilliant book from NetGalley and Scribner, and could not be more appreciative! “…the pursuit of art…by artist or audience, is the pursuit of liberty.” -Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula K Le Guin was a master storyteller. Her work has entertained and enthralled thousands of readers for six decades.…
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There are books you love, and then there are books that become a part of you, that you pick up over and over because you want to hold them, because you want to feel their weight and touch the pages covered in the words that mean so much to you. The covers are soft, ragged-edged…
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Hello Booklovers,After a long and entirely unnecessary hiatus, I am back here on the boards to amuse and entertain you with books. Not mine, sadly, but ones I have piled up to read for my self-curated Summer Reading List, challenging myself to read 30 books in the 14 weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day.…
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This was an epic of an adventure taking readers to the days of Britain’s legends. The Wild Hunt rides, kings and princes jockey for power, and queens play politics like a chess game. Lucy Holland’s writing is fantastic; her world-building is authentic, it is clear that she conducted a great deal of research in order…
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Let me begin by saying that I love winter…when I am tucked away under a blanket with a stack of books, a pot of tea, William Ackerman playing on the stereo, and my cat purring by my feet. If I need to leave my cocoon of comfort and brave the eye-searing, nose-pinching cold, I hate…
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Editor Shilo Niziolek has curated a collection of poetry, prose, and artwork that is a choir of voices. Each piece is as carefully selected as a soloist in an opera, showing readers a look into each contributor’s imagination. Readers walk through realms of experience and vision. Each piece made me think of wandering a house…
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