Sherwood Smith
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Crown Duel (Crown & Court, #1-2)
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Court Duel (Crown & Court, #2)
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Crown Duel (Crown & Court, #1)
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Inda (Inda, #1)
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A Posse of Princesses
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The Fox (Inda, #2)
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King's Shield (Inda, #3)
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The Trouble with Kings
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Wren to the Rescue (Wren, #1)
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Treason's Shore (Inda, #4)
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UPDATE JULY 2024 Just a note to say that we've rededited this book, along with HOSTAGE and REBEL in preparation for TRAITOR's publication in October 2024. It was fun to come back to it, and our process hasn't changed any except that between our first ...more |
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Last of a series about several couples, so new readers going in should know that a lot of characters are throwing at you from page one, as Nova attends a wedding of friends and family in a lovely small town. She's got the hots for Charlie, a very but ...more | |
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This is one of those mixed bag reads that's hard to categorize. I grabbed it because the premise was about rescuing a summer camp, with romance. And the camp part was everything I could have wished for, evoking fond memories of summer camps when I wa ...more | |
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When books have a strong narrative voice, I'll sometimes 'hear' the text, along with the dialogue. This book kept playing into my inner ear in a Brooklyn accent, so strong was the New York vibe. It's marketed as romance, with stand-up comedy as an ele ...more |
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I loved the first book, in spite of an ending that was less a cliff-hanger than driving right off a cliff. Now, with this second one, I'm wondering if this author's ideas and mine will never agree on how to end a story with some emotional resolution ...more | |
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Clavin really knows his material, and he writes so engagingly that I sometimes forgot I was reading a historical account, as he evokes the various outlaws he follows, most to their unsavory ends. I really enjoy his style. Framing this look at the wani ...more |
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“When in doubt, be ridiculous.”
― Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
― Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
“The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.”
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“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“The Aristocrat
The Devil is a gentleman, and asks you down to stay
At his little place at What'sitsname (it isn't far away).
They say the sport is splendid; there is always something new,
And fairy scenes, and fearful feats that none but he can do;
He can shoot the feathered cherubs if they fly on the estate,
Or fish for Father Neptune with the mermaids for a bait;
He scaled amid the staggering stars that precipice, the sky,
And blew his trumpet above heaven, and got by mastery
The starry crown of God Himself, and shoved it on the shelf;
But the Devil is a gentleman, and doesn't brag himself.
O blind your eyes and break your heart and hack your hand away,
And lose your love and shave your head; but do not go to stay
At the little place in What'sitsname where folks are rich and clever;
The golden and the goodly house, where things grow worse for ever;
There are things you need not know of, though you live and die in vain,
There are souls more sick of pleasure than you are sick of pain;
There is a game of April Fool that's played behind its door,
Where the fool remains for ever and the April comes no more,
Where the splendour of the daylight grows drearier than the dark,
And life droops like a vulture that once was such a lark:
And that is the Blue Devil that once was the Blue Bird;
For the Devil is a gentleman, and doesn't keep his word.”
― The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Volume 10: Collected Poetry, Part 1
The Devil is a gentleman, and asks you down to stay
At his little place at What'sitsname (it isn't far away).
They say the sport is splendid; there is always something new,
And fairy scenes, and fearful feats that none but he can do;
He can shoot the feathered cherubs if they fly on the estate,
Or fish for Father Neptune with the mermaids for a bait;
He scaled amid the staggering stars that precipice, the sky,
And blew his trumpet above heaven, and got by mastery
The starry crown of God Himself, and shoved it on the shelf;
But the Devil is a gentleman, and doesn't brag himself.
O blind your eyes and break your heart and hack your hand away,
And lose your love and shave your head; but do not go to stay
At the little place in What'sitsname where folks are rich and clever;
The golden and the goodly house, where things grow worse for ever;
There are things you need not know of, though you live and die in vain,
There are souls more sick of pleasure than you are sick of pain;
There is a game of April Fool that's played behind its door,
Where the fool remains for ever and the April comes no more,
Where the splendour of the daylight grows drearier than the dark,
And life droops like a vulture that once was such a lark:
And that is the Blue Devil that once was the Blue Bird;
For the Devil is a gentleman, and doesn't keep his word.”
― The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Volume 10: Collected Poetry, Part 1
“there is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow-creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help a man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.”
― William Faulkner Reads
― William Faulkner Reads
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Marquise wrote: "Hi, Sherwood! Nice to see you again. Thank you for accepting my friendship request. :)"
Looking forward to your reviews!
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Looking forward to enjoying your books, have seen good reviews.
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I am always here in NYC! (Well, Brooklyn, but close enough.)
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I was wondering, do you read Terry Pratchett, author of the Diskworld series?"
I love Terry Pratchett!
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I was wondering, do you read Terry Pratchett, author of the Diskworld series?