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Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley

I fell in love with Robin McKinley in The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown.  So far I have yet to read any of her retellings but Sunshine showed me that I...

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

Snow White but so much more.  When I picked up this volume I was unaware of the ties to Ella Enchanted so I giggled maniacally when I came to mentions of Sir Peter of...

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

It seems kind of silly for a book about writing to leave me at a loss for words but I can’t describe it any other way.  Lamott speaks to the writer in me in...

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

I have a certain fascination with reading books that I read a long time ago but no longer remember at all.  Cassandra Mortmain narrates for us through three journals.  The Mortmains live in an...

Dingo by Charles de Lint

Obviously a quick read, this little number came to my attention simply because an intriguing good buy on Amazon.  We get so used to having chapters that it is almost dangerous when they are...

Terrier by Tamora Pierce

Tamora Pierce takes us back in time to tell us the story of Beka Cooper, ancestor to George Cooper, but Beka is no rogue she is a Puppy, a trainee of the Provost’s Guards...

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