The Mountains of Instead

Championing fiction as an escape from pandemics, politics and bad TV.

FYA Photo-a-Day 3 - Currently Reading

So, I'm currently reading...

...and it's really, very good.  I'm reading it a lot more slowly than I expected to as my daughter took one look at the title and demanded that I read it aloud to her.  So I'm stuck on a chapter a night, which is pretty frustrating.
In the words of Goodrea…
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Top Ten (or in this case five) Tuesday (or in this case Thursday) - All about the Music. And the MENS.

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and is just my favourite meme out there in that it caters to both my love of books and obsession with lists of things. 

This week: Musical Boys and Why I Love Them So.
Once again, I am aware that it is not Tuesday.  I am also aware that this list…
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Bittersweet Symphony (Review of Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare)

Clockwork Princess
Cassandra Clare
Walker Books 2013

Clockwork Princess is the third and final book in Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices series.  This review contains spoilers for the previous two books (Clockwork Angel and Clockwork Prince).  You have been warned.

The Institute of London is full …
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Brothers in Arms (Review: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare)

City of Lost Souls Cassandra Clare Walker 2012
City of Lost Souls is the fifth book in The Mortal Instruments series and this review contains spoilers for all five previous books. If you’ve not read them, don’t read this.
Life has been suddenly and irrevocably changed for Clary. Reeling from the disa…
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Comfort Him With Apples (Review: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare)

Clockwork Prince
Cassandra Clare Walker 2011
After the events of Clockwork Angel, Tessa finds herself living in the London Institute surrounded by Shadowhunters whose future looks increasingly uncertain. The Enclave remain dubious of how the Institute is run, with the bullish Benedict Lightwood headi…
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What Dreams May Come (Review: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare)

City Of Fallen Angels Cassandra Clare Walker 2011
City of Fallen Angels is the fourth book in The Mortal Instruments series. If you have not read the previous three books then don't read this, read them, as this review contains spoilers for all the previous titles. It may, depending on your person…
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Victoriana Manna (review of Clockwork Angel; C. Clare)

Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare Walker Books 2010
Magic is dangerous - but love is more dangerous still... When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray arrives in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other super…
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If Music Be The Food Of Love...or Hot Boys And Their Instruments (ooh er, missus)

After threatening to write a post about hot boys and pianos, I was surprised to receive a couple of requests to actually do so. I'm not complaining. I am also not limiting myself to pianos. I should probably explain... I have always loved a creative sort of guy. Art is good – but music is b…
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