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Linda’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Linda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Linda Raedisch
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in Summit, NJ
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Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Katherine Briggs, Barbara Rieti, Sigr
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February 2022
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Linda Raedisch
I want to write a novel about a yeti. And yes, it would be a romance.
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Spotlight on "forgotten" history
Salvage by Mark BaillieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Salvage was published by an Indie press that features mostly books about Scotland. The author sent me a copy because I moderate a book group in which we read works by Romany authors from all over the world. This is the first book I've read by/about Scottish Travellers, and I loved it. So why only four stars? Because Mark Baillie is a writer who's o Read more of this blog post »
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| I discovered Lynn Hutchinson Lee's writing in "Wagtail: The Roma Women's Poetry Anthology" (ERIAC), a book I discussed with the Roma Words, Roma Worlds Book Group at the New Providence Memorial Library. (Go to the library's website to learn more abou ...more | |
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A Time For Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea
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Turn Left at the Mooncrow Skeleton (The Firefly Tree #1):
"Humanity has moved on from Earth and more or less gotten back to normal on Planet 5372, in that some college students have not quite figured out what to do with their lives. Their landlord, Kelda, is grumpy and reticent, and also the key to understan"
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| Llewellyn and Weiser are, I'm pretty sure, the two oldest "new age" publishers in America. I'm a Llewellyn author, and this is a Weiser book, and I loved it! I wasn't surprised; I've been listening to the authors' Romanistan Podcast for a couple of y ...more | |
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| This book did not initially catch my interest. The second iteration of the cover (I've since learned there was an earlier, very different version) is pretty, yeah, but I don't usually like hot babes on covers. The heroine is a gutsy young woman who l ...more | |
“There is only one kind of reindeer suitable for pulling Santa’s sleigh and that is the harke, or castrated male. The harke, whose testicles were traditionally bitten off by the herdsman, is real Christmas-card material.”
― The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year
― The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year
“But the flame of magic, even the smoky rumour of magic, is a hard one to snuff out. No matter how thick a layer of ashes you kick over it, the fire always struggles back to life, though it may not burn the same colour as before.”
― The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year
― The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year
“There was also a belief, handed down from antiquity, that black made the wearer invisible to the spirits of the dead. (That is why black is the colour of mourning in the Western world: originally it was a means of protection, not an expression of sorrow.)”
― The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year
― The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year
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December will be our holiday read. Please vote if you would like to join in. Poll will be open through November 9.
Note: Added on a couple more days for voting.
Note: Added on a couple more days for voting.
This Year Will Be Different
Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy
Christmas Stars
David G. Hartwell
David G. Hartwell
The Old Magic of Christmas
Linda Raedisch
Linda Raedisch
A Newberry Christmas A Newberry Christmas : 14 Stories of Christmas Martin H. Greenberg
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“My father turned to me and said, "When I was your age, I learned that when a person very special to us dies, they float around in heaven, watching us forever. I think of that now whenever I'm on the toilet.”
― Ghostlove
― Ghostlove
“We stood in the sunlight, staring into the room. The fountain looked dulled, more bone than pearl, more wear and tear than contortion--puppets lose their charm when the master is in view.”
― The Triangle Age
― The Triangle Age
“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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“First, it's important for us to clear up that Roma are not any more inherently magical than any other ethnic group, and yet, we carry this reputation of the magical Gypsy that's both a blessing and a curse.”
― Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling: Divining with Tarot, Palmistry, Tea Leaves, and More
― Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling: Divining with Tarot, Palmistry, Tea Leaves, and More
