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Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Squire

Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Squire

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Squireby Tamora PierceIt is part of the , series and is a fantasy in Paperback edition that was published by Bluefire on August 24, 2004 and has 432 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant, Wild Magic, Trickster’s Choice, Trickster’s Queen, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Realms of the Gods, First Test, Page, Lady Knight, Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Daja’s Book, Sandry’s Book, Tris’s Book, Briar’s Book, Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, Battle Magic, Tempests and SlaughterThird in the Protector of the Small series within the overall Tortall series. It revolves around Keladry of Mindelan, the second girl in the kingdom who wants to become a knight. My Take Parents, you really do want your girls to read this whole series. It promotes equality for girls and boys and shows the pluses and minuses of […]


Book Review: Tami Hoag’s Secrets to the Grave

Book Review: Tami Hoag’s Secrets to the Grave

Marissa Fordham is dead, but her daughter is found at the crime scene, injured but alive. Now sheriff’s detective Tony Mendez and child advocate Anne Leone begin to peel back the layers of Marissa’s life. And the shocking truth they discover puts them directly in the sights of a killer with a stunning secret to keep; because Marissa Fordham never existed…

Posted May 16, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Putting on my vigilante hat…!

Putting on my vigilante hat…!

Thin Edge of the Wedge Time! EFF discovers secret meeting in Dallas Hmmm, I sort of feel like I’m on the National Enquirer‘s front page… Seriously, those of us who use the Internet and enjoy its free-wheelin’ nature need to pay attention when someone like the Electronic Frontier Foundation gets worried. I can just imagine that the government is just going nuts at an entire “dimension” not under their control. “Rules are needed!” “It’s a lawless frontier!” Then there are the corporations who would just love to find a way to charge us for each time we access the Internet or for every email we send to every person on each email. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I sound like a conspiracy theorist, don’t I? * snicker * Seriously, There are busybodies in government just dyin’ to jam us up with laws and rules and you know how people get about money, so…getting back to the EFF concern… The Electronic Frontier Foundation learned about a secret meeting in Dallas between trade reps that could affect online speech and create new, international standards for intellectual property enforcement. Worst of all, Internet users and free expression advocates like EFF aren’t allowed in the room […]

Posted May 16, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments