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Book Review

Delicious! by Ruth Reichl

Delicious!

For those who love an element of foodie-ness in their fiction, Delicious! is a tempting piece of women’s fiction about self-discovery centered around people’s love of food. Its cast of eccentric characters is very Alice in Wonderland-esque, but too many pans in the fire and the heroine’s infallibility tended to make the book a bit of a slog. Billie Breslin has traveled to New York from California to take a job at a food magazine named … Continue reading Delicious! by Ruth Reichl

Book Review

A Season of Spells by Sylvia Izzo Hunter

A Season of Spells

A Season of Spells lured me with its pretty cover (owls!), a promise of romance, and a hint that maybe it would be winter-themed and thus go nicely with my holiday reading. It turned out to be the last book in a trilogy. My tip: don’t start with the last book in a trilogy. A Season of Spells, which is not seasonal by the way, is a fantasy book with several plots that are haphazardly … Continue reading A Season of Spells by Sylvia Izzo Hunter

Book Review

Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal

Ghost Talkers

It’s no secret that I’m a huge Mary Robinette Kowal fan. She’s gracious in person and challenging, inspiring, and funny in print, and she does puppetry and hand sews Regency dresses, so I’d be disposed to follow her around like a puppy even if she never wrote a word of fiction. As it happens, she also writes great fiction, and her Regency fantasy series Glamourist Histories is delightful (you can read my reviews for that … Continue reading Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal