Deena's Updates en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:46:11 -0700 60 Deena's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg GiveawayRequest706682271 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:46:11 -0700 <![CDATA[<a href="/user/show/234777-deena">Deena</a> entered a giveaway]]> /giveaway/show/411558-the-entirely-true-story-of-the-fantastical-mesmerist-nora-grey The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey by Kathleen Kaufman
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Enter to win ]]> Review7374459690 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:08:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Deena added 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes: A Graphic Cookbook�26 Recipes & Stories']]> /review/show/7374459690 Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic... by Ying Chang Compestine Deena gave 4 stars to Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes: A Graphic Cookbook�26 Recipes & Stories (Kindle Edition) by Ying Chang Compestine
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I enjoyed reading the graphic novel-like stories about the origins of the recipes, and look forward to trying the recipes. My only complaint is that it's a little hard to read the sequential art blocks in the kindle format--too small and dark. ]]> UserStatus1053234602 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:44:20 -0700 <![CDATA[ Deena is 73% done with The Witching Hour ]]> The Witching Hour by Anne Rice Deena is 73% done with <a href="/book/show/119089.The_Witching_Hour">The Witching Hour</a>. ]]> ReadStatus9237333367 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:25:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Deena started reading 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes: A Graphic Cookbook�26 Recipes & Stories']]> /review/show/7374459690 Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic... by Ying Chang Compestine Deena started reading Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes: A Graphic Cookbook�26 Recipes & Stories by Ying Chang Compestine
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This is an excellent and well researched examination of the layers of fact and fiction of a fascinating historical figure. I first learned about Grace in Witchcraft in Colonial Virginia, by Carson O. Hudson, Jr., and have been captivated ever since. Having just move to VB this past year and meeting a member of the Sherwood family, my interest has only grown. As a historian, I find the fabricated stories rather frustrating because they cloud the truth, but my interest in folklore appreciates these fanciful tales—I just wish more people would differentiate between the two like this author does in a skillful and tempered manner. ]]> ReadStatus9096345287 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:03:23 -0800 <![CDATA[Deena has read 'Labyrinth: The ABC Storybook']]> /review/show/7340255890 Labyrinth by Luke Flowers Deena has read Labyrinth: The ABC Storybook by Luke Flowers
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