Story and Somnomancy

Story and Somnomancy

When ideas emerge out of a sleepy, dreamy daze.

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Books, Fairy Tales

Mini Reviews: Half a Soul, The Crown of Gilded Bones

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022by MariLeave a Comment on Mini Reviews: Half a Soul, The Crown of Gilded Bones
Mini Reviews: Half a Soul, The Crown of Gilded Bones

Rounding out my year's worth of books read! I've got several reflection posts to put up for the end of the year, including a Top Ten of 2022, but that can wait until next week when I've sorted through my journal and notes. For now, some more reviews! I was alerted about this book when [...]

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Enter the Duke || The Duke & I Review

January 14, 2021January 18, 2021by Mari2 Comments on Enter the Duke || The Duke & I Review
Enter the Duke || The Duke & I Review

Initial Thoughts:  Seemed a bit tame compared to some of the historical romances I've dabbled with, but honestly, I mostly adored Daphne's three older brothers in the book. I don't think I particularly took to Daphne and Simon's relationship as much as I did in the TV adaptation, but I did enjoy them as characters [...]

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Mini Reviews: Sisters, The Jane Austen Handbook

July 6, 2017July 2, 2017by Mari3 Comments on Mini Reviews: Sisters, The Jane Austen Handbook
Mini Reviews: Sisters, The Jane Austen Handbook

Playing more catch-up games in terms of reviews! The first book is a graphic novel I assigned to my English Language Arts class for the summer. I figure, if I'm assigning something, I better have read it or will read it by the time school begins again. So I purchased myself a copy and read [...]

Mari

Mari-with-an-I prefers her fantasies drenched in oil and fried up in faerie, but when that’s not the case, she’ll read it anyway. She likes writing what she reads, and likes baking while she writes. She’s written a few things for anthologies, including an anthology that got translated into Czech (I know, right?! Eeeeee!), and if you haven’t read them yet, she urges you to do so! Who knows, there might be a few cookies waiting for you at the end of the read.

…Or not. (Blast her pet steampoctopus for eating them all!)

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Reading Ratings (in Cookies)

5 cookies = Book was so deliciously awesome that I couldn't put it down or get it out of my mind for a while.

4 cookies = Book was great and certainly worth the read.

3 cookies = Book was good but I expected better.

2 cookies = Meh.

1 cookie = Why did I even bother?!

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