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Medieval Bookworm

Medieval Bookworm

http://chikune.com/blog

I love to read and my blog is my way of sharing my enthusiasm with the world. I love medieval history and my favorite genre is historical fiction, thus the name.

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  • Review: Heart’s Blood, Juliet Marillier

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 02:34 in reviews, Romance, fantasy, own copy

    Caitrin arrives at Whistling Tor having fled her entire life.  After her father’s death, she was abused by her distant cousins to the point where she runs away with only her writing box, for she is a scribe by trade.  Whistling Tor is not the...

  • Review: My Invented Country, Isabel Allende

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 02:22 in reviews, memoir, library copy

    With a careful touch of humor and her own personal subjectivity, author Isabel Allende takes her readers on a tour of the Chile of her childhood, the Chile that she knew for the earliest years of her life.  This memoir reads as a meandering journey ...

  • Review: The Magicians, Lev Grossman

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 02:43 in reviews, fantasy, own copy

    Other than the fact that he is brilliant and never grew out of a series of children’s fantasy novels, Quentin Coldwater is a fairly ordinary teenager in his last year of high school.  When his interview to Princeton goes horribly wrong, Quenti...

  • Review: Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 02:18 in reviews, short stories, library copy

    This short story collection contains “five stories of music and nightfall”, revolving around some similar characters and locations. “Crooner” This story features a Hungarian musician in Venice who sees his mother’s favor...

  • A Quick Interruption

    Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 07:17 in life

    I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m currently without internet at home and it looks like I’ll be that way for another two weeks.  I have enough reviews to keep going and I can get on at my MIL’s, as I am doing right now, bu...

  • Review: Ash, Malindo Lo

    Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 02:31 in reviews, fantasy, young adult, review copy

    Aisling’s grief at her mother’s death was strong, but nothing compared to how she felt when her father also fell ill, shortly after taking a new wife.  Ash, connected deeply with the forest, was forced to move to the city for her father&...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 4 comments.

5 stars Pete

I share you enthusiasm for the Medieval culture. I own a business in Medieval accessories and I always enjoy reading up about cool facts and history on the subject. Thanks for blogging!

Pete,
www.redskytrader.com

Posted: July 7th, 2009 | Report This Comment

Melisende

5 stars Melisende

Excellent !

You should pop on over to Historical Fiction Online - you'd love it!

http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/forums/index.php

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webduck

5 stars webduck

Wonderful blog with great articles.

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Eyre32

5 stars Eyre32

Great blog!

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