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Siavahda
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in Dublin, Ireland
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Catherynne Valente, Jacqueline Carey, CSE Cooney, Jesse Hajicek, Hal D
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August 2008
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City of Shadows (Runed, #1)
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2012
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City of Dreams (Runed, #2)
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2014
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In Short: July
Lots of brain-fog this month, which made reading difficult. It was so hard to concentrate on anything! An author who shall remain nameless went ballistic at my 5yo review of their book, which was a lot funnier than they probably intended; one of my much-younger half-brothers has pulled me in to advise on his Darth Maul cosplay, which I’ve been enjoying immensely; my migraines are back to almost ev
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DNF. I just don’t think it’s a good sign that I didn’t know where the prologue was happening until the final lines made it clear we were inside a house. Mostly, the issue is that it’s overwritten. Too many unnecessary details clog the sentences, and t ...more |
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| Nothing about this strikes me as bad, or even clumsy. It’s just a mis-match between book and reader. The story itself just isn’t my…flavour? Really, I probably shouldn’t have picked it up (and I’m a bit worried that this is an issue of, it’s a headsp ...more | |
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| Walton has said that she wrote this to get over/recover from burnout, and I can see that: Everybody’s Perfect is Walton indulging herself in her favourite things to write. Fair enough! Unfortunately, it didn’t end up being one of my favourite things ...more | |
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“When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.”
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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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