Originally posted to Goodreads. It was the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons, with a secret agenda. Captain Cordelia Naismith of the Betan Expeditionary Force is captured by her enemy, Lord Vorkosigan of Barrayar. Source: Goodreads Yesterday I read Lois McMaster Bujold’s Shards of Honor, the first […]
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28 Aug 13
Summer reading recap
I took a couple classes over the summer—one of them the core math course I’d been putting off since freshman year—so I wasn’t expecting to have much spare reading time. Surprisingly, I was able to knock quite a bit off my to-read list, including some books I’d been dying to read for a while—namely, Elizabeth […]
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Tagged Ben H. Winters, Between Shades of Gray, Code Name Verity, David Estes, Elizabeth Wein, Gudrun Pausewang, Heather Oak and Olive, Patricia Wrede, Rae Carson, Rosemary Sutcliff, Ruta Sepetys, The Girl of Fire and Thorns, The Last Policeman, The Moon Dwellers, The Seven Towers, The Winter Prince, Traitor
17 Apr 13
An announcement
Hello everybody! First, an apology for (once again) neglecting this place. Second, I wanted to give you guys a quick update about some Important Things pertaining to His Own Good Sword. I’d intended to wait a bit later before making this announcement, but things have progressed a little more quickly than I expected, so I’m […]
31 Dec 12
The list 2012
I didn’t do quite as much pleasure reading as I would have liked this year, since I still have to at least pretend I’m doing reading for school. I did discover a few new favorites nevertheless (and, despite my grousing, I enjoyed some of my school reading, too). I’m ashamed to admit I’d never read […]
6 Dec 12
A film for the occasion
Being a history buff and and a cinephile, from a family of history buffs and cinephiles, I commemorate historical events by watching corresponding historical films on those dates. My family has watched The Longest Day on June 6th for about as long as I can remember. (I admit to watching Titanic on April 15th, too.) […]
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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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