<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Reviews @ upislandeggs.blog-city.com</title><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Reviews) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 upislandeggs.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:54:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Reviews @ upislandeggs.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>The Alchemist&apos;s Apprentice</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_alchemists_apprentice.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_alchemists_apprentice.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Falchemists%5Fapprentice</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Alchemist&#39;s Apprentice, by Dave Duncan, is the other great fantasy I&#39;ve just finished.&nbsp; It really is a murder mystery, as well as a fantasy, that takes place when Venice is at its pea]]></description><category>book</category><category>review</category></item><item><title>Flora Segunda</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/flora_segunda.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/flora_segunda.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=flora%5Fsegunda</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;I&#39;ve just finished reading two fine fantasies. (I&#39;m not sure what happened to the book review format that blog-city used to have, so I&#39;m not sure if the image above gets you to the b]]></description><category>book</category><category>review</category></item><item><title>The Last of the Blonde Bombshells</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_last_of_the_blonde_bombshells.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_last_of_the_blonde_bombshells.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Flast%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fblonde%5Fbombshells</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is a charming &quot;little&quot; movie.  Go read the review on Amazon for the plot summary and list of fantastic British character actors.  What the review doesn't tell you is that it has all the look and feel of a Thirkell.  It was almost li]]></description></item><item><title>The Princess Diaries 2 - Royal Engagement (Widescreen Edition)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_princess_diaries_2__royal_engagement_widescreen_edition.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_princess_diaries_2__royal_engagement_widescreen_edition.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fprincess%5Fdiaries%5F2%5F%5Froyal%5Fengagement%5Fwidescreen%5Fedition</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This was better than I expected, it is lightweight fluff - but was worth it just to hear Ms. Andrews pronounce that a Princess Does Not Chase Chickens.  The chicken scene is the best in the movie!]]></description></item><item><title>The Midlife Bible: A Woman&apos;s Survival Guide</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_midlife_bible_a_womans_survival_guide.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_midlife_bible_a_womans_survival_guide.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fmidlife%5Fbible%5Fa%5Fwomans%5Fsurvival%5Fguide</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Curse becomes The Change.  I'm right at the age where peri-menopause happens and it is uncomfortable, to say the least.  Mood swings and hot flashes (it is hard not to yell at the computer fixit guy [my PC is NOT FIXED and is getting worse] and h]]></description></item><item><title>The Atrocity Archives</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_atrocity_archives.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_atrocity_archives.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fatrocity%5Farchives</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I couldn't figure how I could have missed an author this good - though since The Atrocity Archives was originally serialized in a Scottish SF magazine, perhaps that explains it.  I'm busy tracking down copies of everything else Stross has written, b]]></description></item><item><title>The Art of Discworld</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_art_of_discworld.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_art_of_discworld.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2005 12:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fart%5Fof%5Fdiscworld</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Paul Kidby illustrates the Discworld.  Brits are lucky because he does the covers of their editions (US versions are not near as interesting).  If you order your books from the UK or buy ephemera such as the Discworld calendars, many of the illustr]]></description></item><item><title>Once More with Footnotes</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/once_more_with_footnotes.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/once_more_with_footnotes.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffootnotes</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is the book published by and  for the Boston WorldCon in 2004, where Terry Pratchett was Guest of Honor.  It collects his short stories, essays, brief writings, etc.  Each work has an intro by Pratchett, often more interesting than the actual]]></description></item><item><title>Terry Pratchett: Guilty Of Literature</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/terry_pratchett_guilty_of_literature.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/terry_pratchett_guilty_of_literature.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=terry%5Fpratchett%5Fguilty%5Fof%5Fliterature</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Have you read every Pratchett out there (including Carpet People and all the Bromiliad Trilogy and the Johnny books)?  Does the Discworld's city of Ankh-Morpork seem more real than London of the 1800s?  If so, you are ready for Terry Pratchett: Gui]]></description></item><item><title>Going Postal: A Novel of Discworld</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/going_postal_a_novel_of_discworld.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/going_postal_a_novel_of_discworld.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=going%5Fpostal%5Fa%5Fnovel%5Fof%5Fdiscworld</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tom (who is doing much better though has to be very careful going down steps) and I have been listening to Going Postal, the latest Discworld novel from Terry Pratchett.  The book does assume you have read other books in the series and don't need to]]></description></item><item><title>High Rising</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/high_rising.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/high_rising.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=high%5Frising</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm a fan of Angela Thirkell's books, most of which are set in England around the time of the Second World War. They concern the doings of village life - not much in the way of plot but lots of character and charm.  I only know of one of them that h]]></description></item><item><title>We Switched to Firefox web browser</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/we_switched_to_firefox_web_browser.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/we_switched_to_firefox_web_browser.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=we%5Fswitched%5Fto%5Ffirefox%5Fweb%5Fbrowser</comments><dc:creator>Tom Vogl</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Based on the recommendation of Brian Livingston's excellent Windows advice column http://windowssecrets.com that recommended the switch for security reasons, Katherine and I switched to Mozilla's Firefox web browser. We are very pleased with it. It i]]></description></item><item><title>The Meaning of Everything CD : The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_meaning_of_everything_cd__the_story_of_the_oxford_english_dictionary.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/the_meaning_of_everything_cd__the_story_of_the_oxford_english_dictionary.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fmeaning%5Fof%5Feverything%5Fcd%5F%5Fthe%5Fstory%5Fof%5Fthe%5Foxford%5Fenglish%5Fdictionary</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is the history of the writers, writing of and publication of the Oxford English Dictiondary (OED).  It is full of interesting eccentrics, high and low level feuds, world and academic history, words, some violence, and how to make (or not make]]></description></item><item><title>Partners in Necessity</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/partners_in_necessity.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/partners_in_necessity.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=partners%5Fin%5Fnecessity</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Also sSee review below.  This is the compilation that includes the Liaden books Agent of of Change (about Val Con of Clan Korval and Miri), Conflict of Honors (about Shan who is Val Con's counsin and Priscilla), and in Carpe Diem  the four come tog]]></description></item><item><title>Agent of Change</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/agent_of_change.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/agent_of_change.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=agent%5Fof%5Fchange</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lee and Miller write a series of space opera that have become underground classics.  Agent of Change is where I entered the Liaden series years ago.  It, its prequels and sequels have great characters, interesting cultures, plots that sweep across]]></description></item><item><title>Ill Wind (Weather Warden, Book 1)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ill_wind_weather_warden_book_1.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ill_wind_weather_warden_book_1.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 03:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ill%5Fwind%5Fweather%5Fwarden%5Fbook%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ill Wind is a very fine fantasy thriller and the best fiction I've read about storms since Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather.  The book centers on wardens who keep the world's environment from going to extremes - at least if there are enough wardens t]]></description></item><item><title>Blessed Are the Cheesemakers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/blessed_are_the_cheesemakers.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/blessed_are_the_cheesemakers.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blessed%5Fare%5Fthe%5Fcheesemakers</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I love the cheesemaking parts of this book - a novel that is set (mostly) in County Cork, Ireland at a small farm that makes incredible blue cheeses.  I'm not as crazy about the non-cheesemaking parts, which are a little soap opera-ish for my tastes]]></description></item><item><title>Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance : Reflections on Raising Chickens</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/hen_and_the_art_of_chicken_maintenance__reflections_on_raising_chickens.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/hen_and_the_art_of_chicken_maintenance__reflections_on_raising_chickens.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hen%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fart%5Fof%5Fchicken%5Fmaintenance%5F%5Freflections%5Fon%5Fraising%5Fchickens</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is simply the best book I've read on what it is really like to keep pet chickens in your backyard.  It is well written, charmingly illustrated, and covers both the joys and the problems of chicken ownership.  It isn't a &quot;how-to&quot; book]]></description></item><item><title>Frozen Desserts: The Definitive Guide to Making Ice Creams, Ices, Sorbets, Gelati, and Other Frozen Delights</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/frozen_desserts_the_definitive_guide_to_making_ice_creams_ices_sorbets_gelati_and_other_fr.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/frozen_desserts_the_definitive_guide_to_making_ice_creams_ices_sorbets_gelati_and_other_fr.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=frozen%5Fdesserts%5Fthe%5Fdefinitive%5Fguide%5Fto%5Fmaking%5Fice%5Fcreams%5Fices%5Fsorbets%5Fgelati%5Fand%5Fother%5Ffr</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Creative and delicious recipes!  I'm adapting them for low carb and substituting Splenda for sugar.  The strawberry balsamic vinegar ice cream is fantastic.  I know that sugar keeps ice cream from freezing solid, and Splenda doesn't.  The acid in]]></description></item><item><title>You&apos;ve Got Murder</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/youve_got_murder.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/youve_got_murder.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=youve%5Fgot%5Fmurder</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Excellent mystery!  The main character and narrator is Turing Hopper (yep, named after both the Turing Test and Grace Hopper).  She is a sentient AI PI (artificial intelligence private eye) - or if not a PI, at least a detective.  The book, whic]]></description></item></channel></rss>