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Sherwood’s 2023 Year in Books
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Sherwood Smith
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J.R.R. Tolkien, Patrick O'Brian, Jane Austen, P.G. Wodehouse, Dorothy
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Crown Duel (Crown & Court, #1-2)
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2002
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Court Duel (Crown & Court, #2)
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1998
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Crown Duel (Crown & Court, #1)
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1997
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8 editions
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Inda (Inda, #1)
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2006
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7 editions
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A Posse of Princesses
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2008
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12 editions
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The Fox (Inda, #2)
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2007
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14 editions
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King's Shield (Inda, #3)
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2008
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13 editions
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The Trouble with Kings
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2008
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Wren to the Rescue (Wren, #1)
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1990
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14 editions
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Treason's Shore (Inda, #4)
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2009
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Lagoonfire
I’ve been an ardent fan of works by Francesca Forrest ever since she published
Pen Pal
, a standout novel with a brush of magical realism set in contemporary times. That novel is built around letters between a little girl living precariously in a houseboat off the Gulf Coast and a political prisoner suspended above a volcano in a Southeast Asian country. Pen Pal was my favorite book of 2013.
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| It took me a month to listen to this one, partly because I was traveling, but also because I often opted for music instead, while out walking. This is not one of my favorites of the eighteen out of twenty novels about Aubrey and Maturin. But there ar ...more | |
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| If you're into minotaurs, (and rutting and knotting) this book might be for you. Unfortunately, I'm really not, and the blurb stuff leaned into mythology rather than warning me about the real, *koff* thrust of the book. (I guess I ought to have clued ...more | |
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DAW still has the rights to the books, so that question really ought to go to them! They might consider it if they find out there is an interest.
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This was a skillfully written, absorbing and poignant slowly-evolving love story, with a glimmer of magic that enhances without overwhelming the sense of realism. I especially appreciated the skilled depiction of Augusta's life growing up Jewish in Ne ...more |
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| I found this historical novel set right before, during, and after, the Titanic's maiden voyage a gripping read. Elinor, only child of a wealthy cotton manufacterer, is skillfully conned into marriage by a pedigreed-but-poor upper class family. Withou ...more | |
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This is the final book in the series, and it took a while to write, due largely to a series of disasters, some of them apocalyptic, that happened to my co-writer. But at last it's done! We had a ton of fun writing it--so much that it turned out super ...more |
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| For the most part, this vividly written modern updating of a very old Chinese tale sticks to the plot of the tale. There are a few threads that dangle, but the reader is drawn inexorably toward the tragic ending--as obliquely promised in the title. T ...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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October Goodreads Fantasy Author Vote Phase II (First Voting)
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Fantasy Book Club: August/September Nomination -- Results are in! | 37 | 175 | Jun 27, 2009 06:31AM | |
| Beyond Reality: Forthcoming books for July | 15 | 66 | Jun 30, 2009 05:58PM | |
Beyond Reality:
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| Challenge: 50 Books: Mara's 50 for 2009 | 37 | 239 | Dec 29, 2009 09:07AM | |
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Fantasy Book Club:
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| Romance Readers R...: 2010 June Monthly Challenge: Suggestions Thread | 55 | 170 | Jun 04, 2010 10:24AM | |
| Sounis: Reviews of the Series | 7 | 56 | Aug 12, 2010 11:20AM |
“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. :)"Marquise wrote: "Hi, Sherwood! Nice to see you again. Thank you for accepting my friendship request. :)"
Looking forward to your reviews!
Hi, Sherwood! Nice to see you again. Thank you for accepting my friendship request. :)
Sherwood, thanks for accepting request :DLooking forward to enjoying your books, have seen good reviews.
Well, I was 27 when that was taken--but it scrunched down well for the icon, so I thought, why not!
And good to see you. Your author photo looks positively badass; but then, you are, so fair enough. I am always here in NYC! (Well, Brooklyn, but close enough.)
Maisoon wrote: "Thank you for accepting my request! Crown Duel is next on my Kindle To-Read list, a friend of mine recommended it to me.I was wondering, do you read Terry Pratchett, author of the Diskworld series?"
I love Terry Pratchett!
Thank you for accepting my request! Crown Duel is next on my Kindle To-Read list, a friend of mine recommended it to me.I was wondering, do you read Terry Pratchett, author of the Diskworld series?
I just wanted you to know that Crown Duel is my absolute favourite book. It's always the first suggestion on my lips when someone asks for a recommendation. Thank you so much for writing something that is so dear to me :)
