Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 9

Well, Chapter 8 was pretty exciting with all the Bilbo being heroic and OHNOEZ SPIDERS and YAY STING and OHNOEZ THORIN and stuff.

Now, though, we get daring barrel-based escapes from cranky elves! (Because I’m kind of with Thranduil on this; if my house was infested with dwarves I’d be a bit cranky too. Unless the dwarves look like Kili. Then I’m down that. Still, though, those short hairy guys DO put a dent in the beer stash, don’t they?)

Onward to Chapter 9, “Barrels out of Bond”!

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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 9

Well, Chapter 8 was pretty exciting with all the Bilbo being heroic and OHNOEZ SPIDERS and YAY STING and OHNOEZ THORIN and stuff.

Now, though, we get daring barrel-based escapes from cranky elves! (Because I’m kind of with Thranduil on this; if my house was infested with dwarves I’d be a bit cranky too. Unless the dwarves look like Kili. Then I’m down that. Still, though, those short hairy guys DO put a dent in the beer stash, don’t they?)

Onward to Chapter 9, “Barrels out of Bond”!

Read the rest of this entry »

Mirrored from angelahighland.com.

Overlapping years book roundup

Picked up in print:

• The Wild Ways, by Tanya Huff. Book 2 of her Gale Women series. Just finished Book 1 and enjoyed it immensely, so had to scarf this one up ASAP.

Meanwhile, picked up electronically:

• Touched by Magic and Wolverine’s Daughter, both by Doranna Durgin. I have paperback copies of both of these, but Durgin has made them available until the 15th for free out of her backlist, so I took the opportunity to scarf them down. Touched by Magic is one of my long-standing favorites of hers, and I definitely recommend it!

And these two were the last two ebooks I picked up to close out 2012:

• Mariana and The Shadowy Horses, by Susanna Kearsley. These were on sale for .99 each, so I snagged ‘em even though I own copies of both in paperback.

That finishes off the 2012 count at 148, and starts off 2013 at 3.

Mirrored from angelahighland.com.

Overlapping years book roundup

Picked up in print:

• The Wild Ways, by Tanya Huff. Book 2 of her Gale Women series. Just finished Book 1 and enjoyed it immensely, so had to scarf this one up ASAP.

Meanwhile, picked up electronically:

• Touched by Magic and Wolverine’s Daughter, both by Doranna Durgin. I have paperback copies of both of these, but Durgin has made them available until the 15th for free out of her backlist, so I took the opportunity to scarf them down. Touched by Magic is one of my long-standing favorites of hers, and I definitely recommend it!

And these two were the last two ebooks I picked up to close out 2012:

• Mariana and The Shadowy Horses, by Susanna Kearsley. These were on sale for .99 each, so I snagged ‘em even though I own copies of both in paperback.

That finishes off the 2012 count at 148, and starts off 2013 at 3.

Mirrored from angelahighland.com.