Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Nov 5, 2009, 2:02 am
Living in seventeenth-century China, Peony has never left her family’s home.  Her mother has kept her inside to maintain her virtue and modesty as she prepares to marry out to a stranger.  Peo...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Nov 4, 2009, 2:29 am
This companion novel to Oryx and Crake takes the reader into the pleeblands, exploring the effect that Crake’s super virus had on the ordinary people.  Toby and Ren both spent a time as GodR...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Nov 3, 2009, 2:03 am
Humanity has been devastated by a virus and Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is perhaps the only human to have survived, for all he knows.  With him are his friend Crake’s perfect creations, p...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Nov 2, 2009, 2:38 am
Frank and April Wheeler are desperately unhappy.  Married for the sake of their children, living lives that they believe are meaningless, in a suburban town full of similar ordinary couples, they are...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Nov 1, 2009, 6:30 am
Yesterday, I said I was starting my participation in NaNoWriMo today.  And I have officially begun.  I wrote 2000 words this morning, so I’m off to a good start.  If anyone would like to add ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 31, 2009, 4:04 am
October has been quite a month.  I was at first very busy, preparing for the wedding and my parents’ visit.  I didn’t read anything for nine days, probably the longest I’ve gone wi...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 31, 2009, 3:24 am
I don’t really need any more challenges.  I fail at completing them!  I saw the post about the Women Unbound challenge at Eva’s blog yesterday, though, and on looking through her fantast...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 30, 2009, 3:29 am
After emerging the victorious king of Britain in the first book of the trilogy, Arthur now seeks peace with the many tribes and factions below him.  His enemies have not vanished and he often is requ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 29, 2009, 3:58 am
Batuk is a fifteen-year-old Indian prostitute.  She was sold into prostitution by her father at only nine years old, after a less than idyllic, but still relatively happy childhood. Batuk’s pat...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 28, 2009, 3:57 am
Catherine Howard has grown up in the country, a relatively insignificant member of an incredibly powerful family. After the death of her cousin Anne Boleyn, the Howard family fortunes fell to some ex...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 27, 2009, 3:07 am
Anna Latham, an Omega werewolf still adjusting to her status and history of abuse, has arrived in Montana with her would-be mate, Charles.  Charles’ pack is controlled by his father, Bran, the ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 26, 2009, 3:37 am
During one of the Marquis of Raceworth’s house parties, he is startled to learn that a dowager duchess is waiting for him to attend her.  Uncertain what an older woman would want from him, he d...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 25, 2009, 7:09 am
Here’s how I did – I’m assuming that I’m going to spend the next few minutes on this blog post, so it’s updated from 1 pm yesterday to 12 pm today: Number of Books 6 ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 25, 2009, 4:20 am
Yay!  I managed to finish The Queen of Attolia!  And I can totally see what everyone loves about it.  Somehow, even though some of its events defy logic, it has that simple touch that makes it just...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 25, 2009, 2:35 am
Big surprise, I crashed shortly after my last post!  Keith even managed to finish his game while I was turning into a zombie.  I’m awake now, though.  I’m annoyed I’m not going to...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 24, 2009, 6:32 pm
Progress: Number of Books 4 Books Read Pages Read 1236 Hunting Ground Time Spent Reading 8:59 The Lightning Thief Time Spent Blogging 1:53 Dead as a Doornail The Thief I just sped through ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 24, 2009, 4:11 pm
My progress so far: Number of Books 3 Books Read Pages Read 956 Hunting Ground Time Spent Reading 7:10 The Lightning Thief Time Spent Blogging ######### Dead as a Doornail And Keith has hit...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 24, 2009, 1:53 pm
I’m getting tired already, so I’m having another break with a cup of tea and an answer to the mini-challenge hosted over at Beth Fish Reads!  I’d just love one of her gorgeous lace ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 24, 2009, 12:29 pm
Just spent half an hour checking out how everyone else is doing.  It looks like we’re doing well!  I think I’ve actually missed the cut-off for Darren’s mini-challenge, but it soun...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 24, 2009, 9:42 am
I didn’t do the intro meme yet!  Not so good.  Anyway, I have finished my first book, Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs, and I have read so far for 2 hours and 31 minutes.  Here’s my ne...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 24, 2009, 6:56 am
Final update before I begin!  Here is the final stack, plus some snacks. And the titles: Carry On, Jeeves, P.J. Wodehouse – Always wanted to try one of these and I just got it from the librar...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 23, 2009, 3:57 am
Everything is getting harder for Aislinn, the Summer Queen.  She’s finding it harder and harder to resist Keenan, her king, who it seems she is naturally inclined to lust after.  Keenan loves ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 22, 2009, 3:53 am
This haunting graphic novel depicts the Holocaust through the eyes of Art’s father, a Polish Jew called Vladek who suffered greatly but survived the concentration camps.  Starting with the meet...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 6, 2009, 3:00 am
Thomas wakes up in a lift with no memory of anything regarding his previous life.  He knows his name and how to speak, but virtually nothing else.  He’s stranded, until the lift doors open and...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 5, 2009, 3:19 am
As the eldest daughter of Edward IV and wife of Henry VII, Elizabeth of York presents a link of continuity between the extravagant Yorkist rule and the more conservative Tudor dynasty.  At one time, ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 4, 2009, 6:03 am
At some point, after I started reading more books than I ever expected I could, it seemed like I was falling in love with fewer books.  They rarely grab me from the first page and usually I have to g...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 4, 2009, 3:15 am
When a little boy’s family is murdered in a horrible raid, an Otori lord saves his life and gives him a new name, Takeo.  For Takeo’s family was of the Hidden, a tribe which has been pers...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 3, 2009, 3:44 am
September was another great reading month over here.  I completed 28 books, 20 of which reduced my TBR pile.  I’m at 368 TBRs and before the end of October, I’d like to be at 350.  We&#...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 3, 2009, 3:17 am
Rachel Morgan lives in a world populated by vampires, witches, werewolves, pixies, demons, and fairies.  Forty years ago the supernatural creatures were exposed after a genetically engineered virus, ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 2, 2009, 3:00 am
This is book two in The Hunger Games trilogy. I’m going to follow everyone else’s lead and totally skip plot summary for Catching Fire.  This is a thoughts post more than a review.  I d...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Oct 1, 2009, 3:16 am
After the Civil War is over, John Bell Hood, defeated Confederate general, moves to New Orleans seeking a future.  The war has irreparably scarred him, changing not only his view on life but his very...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 30, 2009, 5:22 am
I read this lovely little book for Heather’s read-a-long at Age 30+ … A Lifetime in Books. Cranford is a story that is hard to describe.  The little town of Cranford is populated mainly ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 29, 2009, 2:45 am
David Martin is an aspiring writer of suspenseful stories in early twentieth century Barcelona.  When opportunities to write professionally present themselves, he quickly seizes them, the desire to b...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 28, 2009, 3:00 am
Kate Robinson’s life is in tatters.  Her long-term boyfriend has dumped her, her fashion career is failing thanks to an incompetent advisor, and her mother has died.  Determined to renew herse...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 27, 2009, 11:44 am
I mentioned on twitter while I was finishing my dissertation that I really missed reading classics while doing my MA, especially while on the dissertation.  This was the first year of my reading life...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 27, 2009, 3:43 am
Courtney Stone is a certified Jane Austen addict.  She owns all the books and sinks into them every time she needs comfort, entertainment, or love.  When she wakes up in Regency England one morning,...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 26, 2009, 3:19 am
From the inside cover of The Wilderness: It’s Jake’s birthday.  He is sitting in a small plane, being flown over the landscape that has been the backdrop to his life – his childhoo...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 25, 2009, 3:30 am
Edie Swann, formerly known as Eden Swanford, is determined to wreak revenge on the men that she thinks are responsible for her father’s death.  She returns to the town of her childhood and star...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 24, 2009, 3:50 am
Adam Swann is a soldier, but he’s sick of fighting. Left for dead on a battlefield in India, Adam opens his eyes to spot a ruby necklace, the means for funding his dreams. When he recovers fro...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 23, 2009, 3:30 am
Hiroko Tanaka, a young woman living in Nagasaki in World War II, has fallen in love with a German.  They know their lives are constantly in danger, but somehow their love has blossomed regardless.  ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 22, 2009, 3:45 am
In the future, Mexico has gone to war against the United States, necessitating the creation of buffer zones.  Santa Olivia lies within this buffer zone, the inhabitants stripped of all rights, privil...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 20, 2009, 3:15 am
First, this week I finished my dissertation!  It’s bound and all set to go tomorrow.  Tomorrow I am also moving and taking a trip to Birmingham to get all the legal stuff surrounding our weddi...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 19, 2009, 3:41 am
Description via Amazon: Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing b...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 18, 2009, 4:41 am
I’m going to give up on the fifty word limit right now, I don’t think I’m ever going to express where I think my blog is and where it’s going in that tiny little bit of space.Â...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 18, 2009, 2:57 am
When Sir Harry Valentine moves in next door to Lady Olivia Bevelstoke and her family in London, rumors start to fly.  Olivia hears that he killed his fiancee and she starts watching him through her b...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 17, 2009, 3:15 am
Today, we are blogging about the books that other bloggers inspired us to buy and read.  This is actually a hard question because I haven’t been keeping track!  Almost everything I buy or take...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 16, 2009, 5:29 am
While everyone is blog hopping for BBAW, I thought I’d ask whether there would be any interest in a Medieval Challenge for 2010. I know it’s only September, but we’re potentially go...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 16, 2009, 3:40 am
The goal is to answer all of these questions in five words or less.  If you prefer, you can instead answer one or two questions in detail. Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 15, 2009, 3:58 am
Today, I’m lucky enough to feature an interview with a great blogger that I only just discovered thanks to Book Blogger Appreciation Week!  Lexie of Poisoned Rationality and I were assigned to ...
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Meghan K. posted an article on medieval bookworm - Sep 14, 2009, 4:37 am
I’m willing to admit that I was a little surprised when the Book Blogger Appreciation Week shortlists came out because I thought they were missing a ton of amazing blogs that I love.*  I obviou...
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