M.A. Kropp: Writer, Blogger, GeekGirl. My Life. My Words. My Way.
The rain finally went away this week, so I was able to finish up some of the outside work. I hauled the rest of the bags of soil to the raised bed garden and got it filled. I emptied the tomato and cucumber boxes to find that one of them is cracked across the bottom. … Continue reading I Couldn’t Think of Anything Snappy for a Title, So This is What You Get
My rating: 4 of 5 starsTesla Crane, heiress and talented engineer, is on her honeymoon on a luxury space liner traveling from the Moon to Mars. She and her new husband are traveling under assumed names in order to try to gain some privacy. Along for the trip is Tesla's adorable service dog, Gimlet, a … Continue reading Friday Review: The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
Is how long it's going to rain. Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration and it's only going to rain all week, but it feels like it's going to be forever. It will likely not rain all day every day, but there is rain forecast for most of the week, along with some possible thundershowers. At least … Continue reading Forty Days and Forty Nights
It seems like overnight, all the trees have filled out with leaves. It's good to see all the green out there. Even if something that is growing right now is wreaking havoc with my allergies. It looks like most of what we planted last year is coming back nicely. A couple things I am not … Continue reading Leaves, Everywhere!
My rating: 4 of 5 starsWhen one of the family is accused of murdering his lover, a highborn woman who was living her year of being a Mendicant (a beggar, revered in this society and believed to provide blessings and forgiveness to those who help them), the laws of Lemanbuntunk require that the entire family … Continue reading Friday Review: The Necessary Beggar by Susan Palwick
I have been slacking again, I know. But, really, there isn't much new going on and I have felt kind of stressy lately. I don't know why that is, either. On most fronts, things are at a holding point. The BaldMan's chemo is ongoing. He just finished the third of six treatments last week. He's … Continue reading Catching Up
My rating: 4 of 5 starsBack from her adventures on the Continent and reconciled with her werewolf husband, eight-months-pregnant Alexia Tarabotti has no time to rest, even with the immanent birth of her "infant inconvenience". The ghost in Madame Lefoux's workshop, near poltergeist stage, has revealed a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. Never one to … Continue reading Friday Review: Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4) by Gail Carriger
My rating: 4 of 5 starsLeda Foley is a travel agent with a difference. She is also a psychic and has an uncanny knack for knowing when to change a client's travel plans, which she does for returning from a trip detective Grady Merritt. When Merritt's original plane explodes before take off, he decides to … Continue reading Friday Review: Grave Reservations (Booking Agents #1) by Cherie Priest
My rating: 4 of 5 starsAfter a plague kills most of his family, Winter and his daughters, Violin and Candlestick, emerge from their underground world into a contemporary Earth where the majority of the human population has mysteriously disappeared. The few remaining humans have no idea what happened or where the rest of humanity went. … Continue reading Friday Review: Winter’s Myths by Gage Greenwood
Because I could sure use some of that energy that "keeps going and going and going." Mine lately has been gone and gone and gone. I am just tired all the time, and nothing sounds better than a nap- or six. Being tired all the time is tiring! Still managing to get to the gym … Continue reading Does the Energizer Bunny Do Transfusions?
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