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Anne Of Green Gables
I thought I read this charming story of a charming girl many years ago, but it seems, in the reading, not. Perhaps I am thinking of the charming television series with Megan Follows.
EDIT August 25, 2022: Read the Project Gutenberg e-book edition. Still a great book!
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8/2011Read:
8/2022
Chronicles Of Avonlea
Anne is mentioned a few times, but these stories of Avonlea are about other people. Mostly good stories, some great ones, I'd rate it three stars.
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But her doughnuts could not minister to the mind she had diseased. Old Man Shaw took them up; carried them to the pig-pen, and fed them to the pigs. -- VI. Old Man Shaw’s Girl
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8/2022
Dead Air
Will Ross finds himself the target of the bomber again in the fifth book of the series. Took a while to get into it, but enjoyed it when finished. Thought it was going to be humorous, for some reason, but it is not.
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7/2004
Man of the family
Autobiographical story of boy in 1910 Littleton, Colorado, who is quite the little cowboy. In fact, the first book of the series is Little Britches. Very Little House On The Prarie-ish. Very good.
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5/2006
The Fields of home
Ralph goes to live with his Grandfather on the family farm. And meets a girl!
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And I wished that Uncle Levi hadnt said anything about kisses and red hair ribbon going together.Read:
5/2006
The Home ranch
Ralph spends the summer working for Mr. Batchlett at his ranch.
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I couldn't help thinking he and I were a good deal alike. Maybe he was trying to do things too big for him so people wouldn't call him an old man. Maybe he bragged about things he used to do because he couldn't do them any more, and because he wanted the same thing I did: to have other people think he was as smart and able to do things as they were.Read:
5/2006
Command And Decision
Kylara Vatta commands the Third Fleet of the Space Defense Force in the fourth book of the Vatta's War series.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Latrine (pg. 33) -- I thought it would be called the "head" on a ship.
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"The rule with hypothermia: they're not dead until they're warm and dead." -- pg. 129.Read:
9/2008
Crown Of Renewal
Lots of traveling around in Book 5 of Paladins Legacy. I was getting near the end and thought that there wasn't enough book to clear everything up, but it did.
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8/2020
Divided Allegiance
Book II of The Deed Of Paksenarrion. Since there is another book I guess she hasn't done the Deed yet. Ha ha. I liked reading this book very much, but the print is too small in paperback, 522 pages worth of small!I am looking forward to book three.
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5/2020
Echoes Of Betrayal
Book three in the Paladin's Legacy series. Very good, always the "did not see THAT coming!" going on for me!
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8/2020
Engaging The Enemy
Book 3 in the Kylara Vatta series. Ky learns something about Stella, escapes from a space battle with pirates. Aunt Grace loses her grip for a while...
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"...For one thing, they don't break. They never require cleaning. They never need repair or adjustment. Anything that damages one of them will destroy the house around it. They all monitor for a wide range of health concerns. And they have the most comfortable seats..." (pg. 59) -- Sounds like quite a toilet!Read:
9/2008
Kings Of The North
Paladin's Legacy book 2. I find myself starting off slow, then getting all enthused. Now I've finished this one and I don't have the next. What shall I do?
Glad to see a "loose end" may be getting tied up soon.
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6/2020
Limits Of Power
Paladins Legacy #4. I can't remember a scene that Kieri remembers about the traitor. It's really bugging me!
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Tell me: are you wise? -- pg. 473Read:
8/2020
Marque And Reprisal
Further adventures of Kylara Vatta. Her family and their business are attacked by persons unknown, she meets a fellow name Rafe, and gains a new understanding of Stella, and her aunt Gracie. A rotten pun on page 311. Be forewarned!
Words I Had To Look Up:
Inchoate (pg. 211) -- Not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
Relative Vee (pg. 63) -- Still I don't know what relative vee and delta vee are!
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9/2008
Oath Of Fealty
Paladin's Legacy #1. I wasn't real motivated by the book in the beginning, but all of a sudden I was nearing the end and I'm think, "I really like this!" So there you are.
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6/2020
Oath Of Gold
Book Three in the Deed of Paksennarrion series. Very good, some weeps at the end.
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5/2020
Sheepfarmer's Daughter
(The Deed of Paksenarrion #1). I liked this very much, looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
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3/2020
The Speed Of Dark
In the near future, an autistic man has to decide whether to risk an experimental procedure. Very interesting.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Ameliorate (pg. 151) -- To make or become better; improve.
Quote:
"Once is accident, twice is coincidence, and third time is enemy action." (pg. 191)Read:
9/2008
Trading In Danger
Kylara Vatta is kicked out of Space Academy and is sent by her family on a trading voyage. Good space opera, but the print is too small! I was noticing there was no cussing in the book, but near the end there was a B**** and a ***hole. Why?
Reminiscent of The President's Analyst, we learn do not mess with the Phone Company!
Words I Had To Look Up:
Ansible (pg. 93) -- An instantaneous communications device. First noted usage by LeGuin in 1966. http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/16
Gorked (pg. 147) -- Medical slang for a terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional.
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The old woman was still angry. Not scared a bit--well, the old were like that, if they weren't scared of everything. (pg. 180)
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"How well do you know that old code they used in the war?" -- (pg. 222) This is why we learn Morse code, folks!
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8/2008
Victory Conditions
Ky Vatta, excuse me, ADMIRAL Ky Vatta, wins the war, and finally "goes to the drive-in", as it were...
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9/2008
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