About Michelle
I'm a Coloradan writer & web designer who enjoys gaming, knitting, weaving, spinning, reading, painting, anime, and pagan things.
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Between Kingdoms - Outline
Steps: 3 / 30 (10%)
Jester's Court Outline
Days: 2 / 16 (13%)
Wtihout Honor
Chapters: 22 / 22 (100%)
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The False Betrothal by Clarice Peters
The False Betrothal is a somewhat confusing tale of falling in love because it’s convenient. Lady Alexa Eiseley gives shelter to to Leigh Winslow (who has taken his mother’s name for some reason) and nosy neighbors mistakes him for Earl … Continue reading
Perchance to Dream by Robert B. Parker
The late Robert B. Parker wrote some of my favorite mystery titles. Perchance to Dream is the sequel to Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep. The novel is interspersed with the scenes from The Big Sleep as Philip Marlowe remembers what … Continue reading
Farewell to Yesterday’s Tomorrow by Alexei Panshin
Sci Fi short stories by Alexei Panshin range from off color humor to self-indulged what-if stories. I really liked the book. Several of the short stories deal with a selection of colonized planets and their generation ship custodians. Oddly enough, … Continue reading
From Ink Lake: A Selection of Canadian Short Stories Edited by Michael Ondaatje
I received this collection of as a gift when I was in high-school. The stories ranged from historical accounts to speculative fiction. It’s a robust collection. I can’t say I liked ever story but most of them were interesting. Stories … Continue reading
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory is the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the daughter of a turncoat family during the War of the Roses and mother of the lost princes of the Tower of London. The book is sweeping, starting … Continue reading
Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell
I’ve read this book before (English Major), so this isn’t really a review. 1984 follows Winston Smith, an Ingsoc Party member on a journey of self-discovery and subsequent re-brainwashing and breaking. Whenever I read this book I am absolutely struck … Continue reading
My Dream of You by Nuala O’Faolain
Kathleen de Burca is fifty year old travel writer whose best friend has just died. Trying to reconcile the life she’s lived with the family she’d abandoned, she goes back to Ireland under the pretense of writing a book about … Continue reading
Before and After by Rosellen Brown
Before and After is the tale of a family whose son is accused of murder. Told from the point of views of the father, the mother, and the daughter…the book details their reaction and struggles as they first deal with … Continue reading
The Missing Madonna by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie
The Missing Madonna by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie is a mystery novel featuring the elderly nun Sister Mary Helen. The novel starts in New York during and OWL trip (Older Women’s League). Sister Mary Helen is in the midst of … Continue reading
The Crystal Crown by B.W. Clough
In the kingdom of Averidan any one could be king because this is a society which freely mixes history and fiction (plaiv) for every event in history, including royal genealogy. So when well off gardener, Liras-ven Tsormelezok, is chosen he’s … Continue reading
