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Wife of the Gods (Literary Feline)
“So cold,” he murmured. “Once she was warm and breathing.”
It was what he could never quite get his mind around–not just how complex life was, but why it was so easy for life to leave a person once so complex. [excerpt from Wife of the Gods]
Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
Random House, 2009 [...]
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (Jill)
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
By Katherine Howe
Completed OCtober 6, 2009
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe examined an alternate view of witchcraft in colonial New England. The story was based on “cunning women,” who used magic, herbs and prayer to heal people. While an interesting premise, this story didn’t fit together as [...]
A Disobedient Girl (Caribousmom)
Where is my village? Where do I live? I live on this train. I used to live in one place and I will live in another but now I live in this perfect place between the past and the future, the known and the unknown, the bad and the good. – from A Disobedient Girl, [...]
The Child Thief (Nicola)
The Child Thief by Brom
Pages: 481
First Published: Aug. 25, 2009
Genre: urban fantasy
Rating: 5/5
First sentence:
It would happen again tonight: the really bad thing.
Reason for Reading: I was very interested in a retelling of Peter Pan from an author known previously for horror books.
Summary: This is a modern re-telling of the Peter Pan story. If you’ve read [...]