Books

What I’m Reading Wednesday

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I have decided that on Wednesdays I am going to do a quick blog of everything I'm reading/have read/am going to start reading that week. So you will see when it takes me three weeks to actually get around to finishing some of them...oops... What I've Read: Fire by Kristin Cashore What I'm Reading: Smoke… Continue reading What I’m Reading Wednesday

Books · Reviews · Young Adult Fiction

Review: Fire by Kristin Cashore

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Published: 2009, Gollancz Summary: Fire is set some thirty years before the events of Cashore's previous book Graceling and occurs over the mountains in a land called the Dells. The Dells are inhabited by beautiful monster creatures, identical to the normal wildlife but all the colours under the sun - turquoise, ruby, gold, crimson -… Continue reading Review: Fire by Kristin Cashore

Books · Reviews · Teaser Tuesdays · Young Adult Fiction

Teaser Tuesday: Fire by Kristin Cashore

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday: Fire by Kristin Cashore

Books · Family · Parenting

‘Kids hate reading’ and other stories.

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If I had a pound for every time I heard someone say 'kids these days hate reading' or '****'s too young/old for books', I may not be a millionaire but I'd certainly have some extra pocket-money. They're wrong, obviously, but nothing I do or say seems to be able to convince them otherwise. Probably because… Continue reading ‘Kids hate reading’ and other stories.

Writing

Hunting down peace…(A Writer’s Life)

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Everyone always seems to have this fantastical ideal about a writer's life: Lazy days in coffee shops, sitting behind a window writing furiously with a fountain pen as the rain pours down, quietly scribbling away under a tree in beautiful sunlit woodland and peace. Endless peace. We wish. Try tapping frantically away at a keyboard… Continue reading Hunting down peace…(A Writer’s Life)