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novelist, house restorer, overeducated liberal in the deep, deep red Shenandoah Valley, Ph.D. in medieval manuscripts (which comes in handy in the deep, deep red Shenandoah Valley)
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Diaries published: 300 (3 days since last diary on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST)
Comments posted: 7937 (1 day since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 05:49 AM PST)
Diary frequency: often
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Total Recommends: 4669
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Most Recommended Diary: In Memoriam: Ursula LeGuin, 266 comments, 464 recommends
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Before all else, thank you, Clio2 , for stepping in last week with such a great discussion of YA fantasy/romance, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s� Storm and Fury �and the Moms for Liberty professional ...
by DrLori
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on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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Prequels are dangerous things; for starters, they’re afterthoughts. All too often they don’t stand on their own, and their existence borrows from the original success, which tries to recapture ...
by DrLori
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on Mon Nov 06, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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Third of a series, tonight we finish up T. Kingfisher’s Southern horror (until she writes another one) with� The Hollow Places . There’s a lot of horror in this novel, and most of it I’m not ...
by DrLori
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on Mon Oct 30, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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“People say they know things and try to look smart, but I don’t think anybody knows anything for sure. The hills’re just where the holler people live. Old-timers talk about seeing ’em now ...
by DrLori
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on Mon Oct 23, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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T. Kingfisher (pen name of Ursula Vernon) lives on a small farm in North Carolina. If you follow her on social media, you know about the Choose Your Own Adventure games she occasionally runs;�her ...
by DrLori
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on Mon Oct 02, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Okay,� one �kiss, but that’s�all you really need for a fairy tale.�
T. Kingfisher’s latest book is a sweet take on “Sleeping Beauty” titled� Thornhedge . This is not Kingfisher’s first ...
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on Mon Sep 18, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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- We begin today with David Wallace-Wells of The New York Times, citing a rather obvious underlying reason for continuing American economic pessimism: the COVID-19 pandemic. But in fishing for causes, an obvious contributor is often overlooked: the...286 comments 255 Recs
- (Oops, sorry, no such person exists) Almost all financial advice is written by people with money for people with money. There’s no such a thing as a financial advisor for the working class: There’s no money in it. Oh, there are people who claim to be...10 comments 21 Recs
- Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include Tel Aviv’s response to allegations of short sales ahead of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. We begin today with George Packer of The Atlantic, wondering if journalism is ready for a second-term Trump...305 comments 302 Recs
- Every time I hear that phrase, “We can now see the light at the end of the tunnel” for what ever crisis it is at the time, my response is that we are still in the tunnel. That being said, the protests against the copper mine in Panama seem to be coming...7 comments 22 Recs
- Kensington Metropark , which straddles Oakland and Livingston Counties in southeast Michigan, is a birding�wonderland.� It’s not a red�eBird hotspot, but the two major hotspots list a respectable ...136 comments 51 Recs
- Because there are new and newish volunteers, and some not-quite-there-but-thinking-about-it folks, I wanted to talk about some of the aspects of getting started in ENGin - especially the first few meetings that the volunteer and their Ukrainian buddy...39 comments 51 Recs
- We have a lot this week! Pac-12 to Pac-2: Oregon State, Washington State, and Realignment’s Cost - The Ringer : TV money controls college sports, often to the detriment of fans and students. An ...2 comments 3 Recs
- We begin today with a somewhat rambling piece from the editorial board of The Kansas City Star about the GOP’s lack of truth and the media’s complicity in broadcasting untruths and disinformation. ...can we note that Donald J. Trump is still besting...306 comments 298 Recs
- Trinity Marrow is just like other teen girls who lust after junk food, binge on Netflix, snark with friends, chafe against restrictive rules, worry about the future, and wear cute underpants with a double entendre printed across the backside. She also...43 comments 26 Recs
- The Booker Prize this year was awarded to Paul Lynch's Prophet Song , a dystopian novel that has not yet been published in the States. Dark novels are important, especially when it comes to ...34 comments 26 Recs
