Last November, I participated in an event called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. Your goal is to write a 50,000+ word novel in the month of November. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to write a story. There’s a website devoted to the event, nanowrimo.org, which I loved using. They have [...]
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His Majesty’s Dragon
Posted in book reviews, tagged books, dragons on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just finished reading this book recently, so I thought I’d do a review. It’s the first book in a set by Naomi Novik, and I quite enjoyed it. It’s a cross between fantasy and historical fiction, which made it an interesting mix. The book is set during the Napoleonic wars, as Britain works to [...]
Trudi Canavan
Posted in book reviews, tagged book reviews, books on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This was an author I hadn’t ever read before, or even heard of, but the first book of her Black Magician trilogy caught my eye for some reason. Don’t know why, the cover is a bit plain. (In some ways, I think that’s better than the outlandish covers most fantasy books get – they can [...]
The Ordinary Princess
Posted in book reviews, tagged book reviews, books on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Ordinary Princess has got to be one of my favorite books. Yes, it’s a young adult book, and I’m definitely past my “young adulthood” but it’s one I always come back to. The book is by M. M. Kaye, and my 5th grade teacher gave it to me. For some reason, I didn’t bother to [...]
Who likes Weis & Hickman? I do!
Posted in book reviews, tagged book reviews, books on June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I thought I’d start by talking about a few authors I’ve been reading lately, and giving you my (unasked for) opinion. I’ve always loved reading, and for a long time I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. Sometimes, I still do, even though I’m mostly a grown up now. I’m a big [...]
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