Finishing School by Gail Carriger YA Fantasy/Steampunk Published 2013-2015 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Etiquette and Espionage Curtsies and Conspiracies Waistcoats and Weaponry Manners and Mutiny When discussions of YA Fantasy arise, talk of tropes and clichés invariably follows. While many readers believe that the mere inclusion of a trope indicates a lack … Continue reading Series Review: Finishing School, by Gail Carriger
Etiquette and Espionage
Sunday Sum Up, 02/24/2019
So we had a blizzard yesterday. One of those slow-clotted storms with high winds that fling ice at your face at high speed if you make the mistake of wandering outside. I'm not sure yet how much snow we ended up getting. It might not have been more than six inches, but with 45mph … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 02/24/2019
Sunday Sum-Up, 02/10/2019
I don't know where this week went. I remember it was cold and windy, and it snowed for two days straight, but otherwise? No clue. It went into the file of 'lost weeks', I suppose. And yet, for all that, I got a lot of reading and whatnot done. I did a bit of baking, … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 02/10/2019
