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Round 2? Fall 2024 is a Sh*tshow.

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A week ago, SK and I took the horde to Disney World as a way to honor his mom and make memories. It was amazing and exhausting. First time flights were had, boundaries were stretched, new foods tried, rides were ridden, shops were shopped, and ultimately feet were tired out. I averaged twelve thousand steps… Continue reading Round 2? Fall 2024 is a Sh*tshow.

Review: Daughters of Bronze by A.D. Rhine
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Review: Daughters of Bronze by A.D. Rhine

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I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. A.D. Rhine is a pseudonym for Ashlee Cowles and Danielle Stinson, the co-authors of the Troy duology that began with Horses of Fire and culminated with Daughters of Bronze. I did not know this when I picked up Daughters of… Continue reading Review: Daughters of Bronze by A.D. Rhine

fAngus and Ragnar · life · Minerva

Of Owls and Squirrels and Dogs

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I'm a touch melancholy today. It's the 7th anniversary of Chewy's last day, so a bunch of pictures and the post I wrote a year later popped up in my memories https://jessicasettergren.com/2018/10/03/pets-not-for-the-faint-hearted/ which got me teary-eyed. He was a good boy, with a big strong warrior's heart, and I miss him extra today. None of… Continue reading Of Owls and Squirrels and Dogs

Choose Your fAngus
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Choose Your fAngus

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I spent last week commuting to the office every day because the work-folk from Europe were in town. It was a very fun, very productive, very long week. My commute is nearly an hour one way when there's no traffic, so on average it was 2.5-3 hours in the car every day. Also, let's be… Continue reading Choose Your fAngus

Review: The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon
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Review: The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon

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I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Hellevir is only ten years old when she crosses into Death the first time, bringing back a fox caught in one of her brother's traps. Her journey is a transition that happens in the natural accident of a child's need,… Continue reading Review: The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon

IT’S FINALLY HERE! I mean…OH HEY kids go back to school.
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IT’S FINALLY HERE! I mean…OH HEY kids go back to school.

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SEPTEMBER!! The mad dash in sweltering heat of summer is over, finally. I know lots of peeps love summer, and I do love the lush overgrown-ness of all the green and the buzzing insects and dark woods, but I wilt in the heat. Give me crispy leaves and frost, please. The horde is taking this… Continue reading IT’S FINALLY HERE! I mean…OH HEY kids go back to school.

Review: City of Secrets by P.J. Tracy
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Review: City of Secrets by P.J. Tracy

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I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. City of Secrets is the fourth installment of the Detective Margaret Nolan series, written by mother/daughter author duo P. J. and Traci Lambrecht under the pseudonym P. J. Tracy. Although it's part of a series, it can be read as… Continue reading Review: City of Secrets by P.J. Tracy

Review: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
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Review: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

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I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. What happens when the children who, by fate or accident, stumble into a magical alternate universe for a period of time but are returned to the real world? How do they function as adults in our world after such an… Continue reading Review: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

If Barking Was A Sport
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If Barking Was A Sport

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Minerva would be an Olympic Gold Medalist. Today she's watched, with absolute attention and barky gusto: Swimming Women's water polo (she was disappointed no horses were involved, and we agreed non-water-polo should be an equestrian Olympic sport) Kayaking (neither of us knew that was a sport either, and while I don't disagree it looks sporty… Continue reading If Barking Was A Sport

Snippets
Banshee · life · Writing

Snippets

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I'm writing this at the cabin (yay) with a raging headache caused by my own stubborn experimentation* (ugh). Please forgive the general erratic-ness and worse than usual grammar. There is neither rhyme nor reason to anything in this post: it's full of random mess. I'm not sure how summer is half over already, but here… Continue reading Snippets