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Allusion is not Illusion
You'll pry my books off my cold, dead body. By the time you shift them all I'll be flat and dessicated.
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Winter's Tales
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Already Dead
The Rings of Saturn
Lady Audley's Secret
Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back
The City, Not Long After
You Can Sketch: A Step-by-Step Guide for Absolute Beginners
Lonely Werewolf Girl
After his grandfather tells him the story of how Ravna, daughter of the Sun and Moon, was captured by the Winter King, causing an extended winter, young Laplander Miko becomes convinced that this is happening again and sets out in the night to rescue her so the sun can come again.
The prose was pretty flat and dull, but I appreciated being introduced to a new folk tale and wish that Donehower had included some background notes on it. It reminded me a bit of a few other stories in which a human must intervene when winter is unnaturally prolonged, such as [b:Lucia and the Light|60065|Lucia and the Light|Phyllis Root|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320448023s/60065.jpg|58445].