Only when I tried to compile this list did it really hit me that most everything—even and perhaps especially the classics—is derivative. Or, put more positively: everything is really telling part of the same story. Even the books I’ve chosen owe something to other books, other stories; I don’t think it’s possible to write without […]
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11 Mar 14
TTT: Favorite war books
The topic for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is “all-time-favorite books in [x] genre.” I chose “war” as my genre, though I’m approaching it very broadly and including both fiction and non-fiction books. (Also of note: I didn’t plan it this way, but I think this is the only one of my TTT lists so […]
4 Mar 14
TTT: Popular authors I’ve never read
Disclaimer: I have inevitably read bits and pieces of books by some of these authors; but I’ve never completed a book by any of them, which is what counts, I believe. Some of these are particularly shameful and inexcusable (Asimov) and some I’m rather strangely and defiantly proud of (Martin). I’ve tried to include all […]
11 Feb 14
Top 10 Tuesday—sort of
The topic for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is supposed to be “books that make you swoon.” I went back and forth on whether to do this one at all; no matter which way I tried to approach it, it came out as “favorite fictional romances,” which is subtly different (and has already been a […]
4 Feb 14
Top 10 Tuesday: Books to make you cry
I feel like I should rename this as “Books that will make you cry if you, in fact, cry for books.” I don’t, typically. The following books particularly moved me—if I did cry for books these would be the ones that did it—but I think I only truly cried at the first. Some spoilers follow, […]
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I'm an amateur military historian, a drinker of coffee and dry red wine, a cinephile, a hockey fan, a cat lady, and an all-around nerd. I like to travel. I also like books, philosophy, and political theory. I write historical fiction and fantasy, most of which deals with combat and conflict in the individual experience. My debut YA historical fantasy novel His Own Good Sword was released on 7 May 2013.
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