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About crystalclear

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Crystalclear can usually think of something clever to say, except when she can't. She has a giant stack of unread books at home but will always find an excuse to buy/acquire/borrow another one.

crystalclear's Reviews:

How many ways can I say this is awesome?

July 17, 2017 by crystalclear 1 Comment

Lobster Is the Best Medicine is the second book I have by the awesomeness that is Liz Climo, the first being The Little World of Liz Climo.  It’s a collection of comics, this time all about friendship.  All of the comics are either one or two panels, so they’re all really short.  So if you don’t have a lot of time, you could read one or two.  If you have a longer amount of time, say 15 or 20 minutes, you could read the whole […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novel/Comic Tagged With: awesome, comic, liz climo, Lobster Is the Best Medicine

I just didn’t care

July 17, 2017 by crystalclear 1 Comment

I’m wondering if I was just not in the right mindset to read this book the day I tried to read it.  Maybe I’m going to be unfair.  Then again, maybe I’m not.  I’m a big P&P fan, to the point that I read fanfiction fairly consistently.  (If you would like some recommendations, I can point you in the direction of some extremely good ones!)  I tend to avoid the modern stuff, though, but I thought I’d give this a try.  Obviously, I made a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Fiction, kim izzo, The Jane Austen Marriage Manual: A Novel

Meeting new friends and reuniting with old

May 29, 2017 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

This is a collection of short stories, most of which take place in Tamora Pierce’s Tortallan Universe.  Well, six do, and four take place in other fantasy settings, and there’s one nonfantasy story that was inspired by one of Pierce’s early jobs.  I liked all of them, although one of them was a bit spoilery for me, as I haven’t read the books that it follows.  (They’re sitting in my TBR pile right now, actually.)   “Student of Ostriches” This story follows Kylaia, a young […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Anthology, fantasy, short stories, tamora pierce, Tortall, YA

“Historic people are usually revered for not for the innocence of their souls, but for the lack of incriminating evidence.”

May 15, 2017 by crystalclear 1 Comment

Once upon a time, David McLain wrote a book.  It was good, you should read it.  Then he wrote another one, this one much longer.  And this one was also good!  This means that instead of his first book being a lucky stab in the dark, David McLain is a Good Author.  They aren’t easy to find, nowadays.  (Disclaimer: David McLain wrote another book before these two.  I have not read it, and therefore have no opinion of it.) Alice Anderson has many titles.  World’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: David McLain, fantasy, Felix Eddy, Fiction, steampunk, The Time Traveller's Resort and Museum, time travel

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