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A Wizard's Guide To Defensive Baking
What a fun title! Teen Mona is a baker in her aunt's bakery. She is also a wizard, but her magic only works in baking, pretty much.
This story is a little dark, but nicely done. My favorite character is "Bob".
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Sometimes Bob would put out a mushy tentacle of dough and touch me on the shoulder.Quote:
The cookie tweaked my ear indignantly at that.Quote:
The bread crust still didn't show much initiative.Quote:
THE AUTHOR, I thought gloomily, had clearly never met a capital letter he didn't like. -- Not unlike a certain president? Quote:
I turned to look at it. It went "blorp."
"Bob!"Read:
5/2025
Hannah's Hope
One of the Red Glove series. Inspirational stories are not my cuppa, but I must admit I teared up a tiny bit at the end.
Quotes:
"Nerves of steal, Meade." -- pg. 74 steel?
...packing M-16 machine guns... -- pg. 111 I thought they were assault weapons?
He'd been in more firestorms than he could count... -- pg. 113 Or maybe firefights?
He closed his eyes. God...you did this, didn't You? -- pg 148 I guess all the guys that died had no one who wanted to see them for Christmas.Read:
6/2013
Animal Dreams
Cosima goes back to her hometown of Grace, Arizona, to see how her elderly doctor father is doing. Except it seems to be a very dusty town, if you know what I mean. Very enjoyable.
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11/2011
Demon Copperhead
Growing up poor and an orphan in Tennessee during the Oxycodone era. Really good!!
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I asked Mom one time how to fix the bed so it was covered up like you see them on TV, which she thought was dead hilarious.Quote:
Okay yes, there are the Gola Hams of this world, -- What is a Gola Ham?? Quote:
"If you say so," I told her. "But will I always still be in a bottle?"
She laughed. "The world's a bottle, Demon. Gravity and shit. Don't expect miracles."Quote:
I thought a lot about my mom's months- and years- sober chips I used to screw around with like play money instead of the damn gold doubloons they were .Quote:
I saw a hoot owl. It was hiding, all the same colors as tree bark, but outed by a mob of loud crows that had their grudge against it -- I read that as "a mob of loud cows"... Read:
7/2025
High Tide In Tucson
I was surprised I liked this author. Thoughtful essays on child raising, peace, ecology.
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Be careful what you give children, for sooner or later you are sure to get it back.Read:
4/2000
Prodigal Summer
DELETE THIS LINE Why is the next line in bold?
Another great story set in Applachia, three tales interwoven: A woman forest ranger, a widow, and a old farmer.:
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11/2001
The Poisonwood Bible
Missionary family goes to Africa, does not have a swell time. Heart of Darkness? 546 p.
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9/2001
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Tales of a boy in middle school, with illustrations. Greg comes off as a bit of a self-centered jerk.
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9/2012
The Clockwork Three
A busker, a maid, and an apprentice clockmaker join forces to help each other overcome their problems. Sort of steampunkish, what with the talking mechanical head and all. Good story!
Words I Had To Look Up:
carbuncle (pg. 29) -- A carbuncle is an archaic name given to any red cabochon cut gemstone. It's also a yucky skin infection!
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10/2010
Grandmaster
High school boy gets invited to a father-son chess tournament, to his surprise. Very enjoyable read.
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6/2014
Con Ed
Kip Largo, ex-con/con man, has to run a con to save his son from a gambling debt. Pretty funny in parts, but the ending seems real noir, if I'm using the term correctly.
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8/2007
A Piece Of The World
A fictional biography novel about Christina Olson, of "Christina's World". Really very good.
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2/2018
The Exiles
It wasn't until I read the author's notes at then end did I realize I've read another book by this that I like very much. This one is about the transportation of women prisoners to Australia/Tasmania.
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3/2021
Regarding The Fountain
A middle school tries to buy a new drinking fountain. Very funny!
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9/2002
Regarding The Sink
Geyser Creek Middle School needs a new sink in the cafeteria. Read 4/2005
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4/2005
Trial By Journal
Lily is twelve years old and the first child to serve on a jury, and a murder trial, at that!
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10/2008
Orbit 21
Thirteen science fiction stories. Read 4/2005
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4/2005
Tomorrow and tomorrow
Ten science fiction stories by various authors. I really liked And Now The News by Theodore Sturgeon, and Gomez by C.M. Kornbluth. Old favorites they are. I did not care for Rogue Ship by A.E. Van Vogt or A Sign In Space by Italo Calvino.
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5/2007Words I Had To Look Up:
Once again the bus hirpled off down the broken road (pg. 173) -- A Scottish word, to limp.
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The dream of time is the traitor, and we are all accomplices to the betrayal of ourselves. (pg. 185) Hobson's Choice, by Alfred Bester.
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10/2009
Toward Infinity
A collection of classic science fiction stories. Read 4/2005
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4/2005
The Library Assistant's Manual
I read the Project Gutenberg e-book edition.
A how-to guide for setting up a library, published in 1913.
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9/2022
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