S.J. Parris
The Halloween Creatures Book Tag
Rules: Answer all prompts. Answer honestly. Tag 1-13 people. Link back to this post. ( For me it was SnoopyDoo!) Remember to credit the creator. (Anthony @ Keep Reading Forward)< Have fun! Witch A Magical Character or Book Terry Pratchett’s witches, particularly Granny Weatherwax. And DEATH (preferably in his Hogfather incarnation). No contest. […]
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16 Tasks of the Festive Season: Final Tally
The Markers: Stack of Books: Books read Red Bows and Ribbons: Other Tasks completed Joker cards used: The Squares, Books and Other Tasks: Square 1: November 1st: All Saints Day / Día de los Muertos & Calan Gaeaf Book themes for Día de Muertos and All Saint’s Day: A book that […]
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16 Tasks of the Festive Season: Updates / Blackout
I’ve yet to read at least one book for some of the squares, but I’ve completed a minimum of either one book or one task for all of the squares, and in several cases, more. The Markers: Stack of Books: Books read Red Bows and Ribbons: Other Tasks completed […]
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2017: Favorite and Least Favorite Books of the Year
16 Tasks of the Festive Season: Square 10 – Pancha Ganapti – and Square 12 – Festivus Tasks for Pancha Ganapati: Post about your 5 favourite books this year and why you appreciated them so much. Tasks for Festivus: […] –OR– Perform the Airing of Grievances: name 5 books you’ve read this year that have […]
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S.J. Parris: Heresy
16 Tasks of the Festive Season: Square 16 – Kwanzaa Headless Chicken Parade Part 1: Giordano Bruno* Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600) was an eminent Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological scientist, whose theories extended the then-novel Copernican model. Bruno proposed that the stars were just distant suns surrounded by their own exoplanets […]
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S.J. Parris: Heresy – Reading Progress Update: 331 of 474 Pages
Well, that went to hell in a handbasket (or close to it) pretty fast — and it had such a promising beginning! But either there is a major flaw in the plotting, or it’s clear ever since page 95 who was responsible for the death occurring on pages 91-94. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spoiler: Shades of Arthur Conan […]
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S.J. Parris: Heresy – Reading Progress Update: 42 of 474 Pages
Started last night; I’m reading this for Square 2, Guy Fawkes Night: “Any book about the English monarchy (any genre), political treason, political thrillers, or where fire is a major theme, or fire is on the cover.“ This seems to tick off all the categories — Tudor Era political and religious conspiracies; even on the […]
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