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Cold War Intrigue and Adventure
So, (like most of the world) I’ve been sick. Never fear, I’m not going to catalog my (piteous) symptoms. Even though Sick Happens, I’m more than ready to move on to the actual topic of this blog. Rereading. I know it’s wrong to reread when my TBR is full of new books, but when I…
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Still Swooning for THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
I saw this tweet on Facebook (yes, really) that said that something like the Scarlet Pimpernel was the first vigilante in a cape. Which meant that Baroness Orczy, a female, invented superheroes. I thought that was pretty cool. And I loved that book. The tweet/Facebook launched a bunch of reminiscing about The Scarlet Pimpernel. The…
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It Started with a Movie – or Why I Read/Love THIS ROUGH MAGIC
I was nine when Disney’s The Moonspinners released. I don’t remember reading the credits before, but I do remember noticing that it was based on a novel. That intrigued me and I headed for the library. I found the book, noted that the author had other books (SCORE!) and checked it out. I remember…