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Debbie's Spurts

Just an avid reader. Mostly SF/Fantasy, some hobbies, paranormal, urban fantasy and lighter, fluffier things.

 

Currently reading

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton
Bring Me Their Hearts
Sara Wolf
House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas
A Selection of Designs inspired by Iznik & Delft Pottery in Cross Stitch: 16 stunning floral cross stitch designs
Durene Jones
Ain't Love a Witch?
Dakota Cassidy
Progress: 1 %
The Old Witcheroo
Dakota Cassidy
Gemina (The Illuminae Files)
Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
Progress: 100 %
The Dragonbone Chair
Tad Williams
Progress: 14 %

Favorite Book Quotes


"Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake"— Lois McMaster Bujold

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1970s, A Through F

Thieves' World - Robert Lynn Asprin, Lynn Abbey, John Brunner, Poul Anderson, Andrew J. Offutt, Joe Haldeman, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Christine DeWees A Woman of the Iron People - Eleanor Arnason Kindred - Octavia E. Butler Red Moon and Black Mountain - Joy Chant The Vampire Tapestry - Suzy McKee Charnas Gate of Ivrel - C.J. Cherryh Moongather - Jo Clayton The Door Into Fire - Diane Duane Born to Exile - Phyllis Eisenstein Light Raid - Connie Willis, Cynthia Felice

The link goes to TOR.com article from their recent email newsletter with more details on books/authors.  In the 70's, I mostly got to read school library books, my aunt's endless Harlequin subscriptions and yard sale finds.  So, several of these are authors I haven't read:

 

 

I have all the Diadem novels by Jo Clayton (most are so yellowed and brittle -- some I had to get used in pre-Amazon and pre-eBay online searches so came that way and some were mine).  I've been putting off finishing because hard for my old lady eyes to read.