#elizabeth c bunce

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╰┈➤ if you enjoyed these books growing up then 1) your sense of humor is immaculate and 2) you’re either in pre-med or you’re a detective there’s no in between

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Series, series, series – 2024 update

Si ustedes llevan algún tiempo en Nuestro Rincón de Lectura, ya deben saber que yo tengo un problema empezando a leer series que luego se quedan sin terminar. Hace algunos año, después de darme cuenta de que tenía una cantidad absurda de series empezadas, yo empecé un proyecto de terminar series que había tenido olvidadas, algunas por años. Y, poco a poco, me he dado a la tarea de terminar esas…

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Title: How to Get Away with Myrtle | Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce | Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers (2020)

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Books with “B” Authors that I Own and Need to Read Part 6

* That Lass o' Lowrie's

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Middle School Monday: Premeditated Myrtle: A Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery by Elizabeth C. Bunce 

12-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle is naturally curious about the world around her, and she wants to follow in her parents’ footsteps of law and medicine. Sometimes her curiosity gets her into trouble, like when she notices some Mysterious Circumstances at her neighbor’s house (by observing it with a telescope), and then contacts the police. It turns out that Myrtle’s neighbor Miss Woodhouse died overnight, from what appear to be natural causes. But Myrtle doesn’t believe it, and neither does her governess Miss Judson. 

Together, Myrtle and Miss Judson will work to prove that Miss Woodhouse was, in fact, murdered. But that will be an uphill battle since nobody else believes them, not even the town prosecutor … Myrtle’s father.

This book, the first in the Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery series set in Victorian England, will keep readers hooked with Myrtle’s quick wits and hilarious sarcasm. Readers will also keep turning the pages to find out if Myrtle and Miss Judson can stay out of trouble long enough to solve this murder.

Give this book to older kids and younger teens who enjoy historical mysteries and smart girls who love science!

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how to get away with myrtle by elizabeth c bunce is officially my first read of the new year and !!! i simply adored it. as a middle grade mystery it was very engaging, and the last fifty pages left me guessing, despite whatever attempts i had made to build my case aha! i like myrtle and her quips about the world, from opinions on petticoats, to her adoration of her cat, peony, to books she’s liked, to morbid facts she’s picked up one way or another, she’s a rather charming twelve year old, who would believably get caught up in mystery and murder. her governess, miss judson, is the firm hand on her shoulder, but is quick to encourage and even quicker to jump in herself, if it be sketching a murder scene or facing off with a most disliked detective inspector, she balances myrtle’s excitement and inexperience in way only victorian governesses can!!

also, a train murder ✨🚂✂️🥸❗️10/10

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Kate Elizabeth Bunce - Melody or Musica c.1895

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MWW Artist of the Day (3/2/23) Kate Elizabeth Bunce (British, 1856-1927) Melody (Musica)(c. 1895-97) Oil on canvas, 76.3 x 51 cm. Birmingham (UK) Museums and Art Gallery

Kate Elizabeth Bunce was painter and poet associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.  This is one of the few known easel paintings by the artist who studied at Birmingham School of Art. The model may have been her sister, Myra, who designed beaten metalwork including the frames for some of Bunce's paintings. The young woman playing a lute, framed by apple blossom, is facing an open window visible in the mirror behind her. The mirror frame is inscribed 'MUSICA' in the top left corner. She appears to be in a small private chapel with an image of the Virgin depicted in the stained glass, a crucifix and walls decorated with angels. Her necklace of gold set with pearls is a symbol of purity. The format of the composition, the use of ornate detail, the sensuous textures and the musical subject echoes Rossetti's female icons particularly the 'Blue Bower' (1865).

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I hope you will take this as a fun opportunity and not an annoyance but I was wondering if you had any book recs? I generally read fantasy and have been trying to break into Adult Lit over YA (while still liking YA and hoping to find adult novels with the same engaging settings and brisk pacing but with more advanced prose). Really liked Spinning Silver and Uprooted by Naomi Novik this year, and my favorites of your fics are Seven Suitors (obligatory), pacific rim au, and the snow queen one. I’ve never really read romance before but I’m willing to give it a try, especially if there’s other genre elements at play as well. Do you have any directions you could point me? I appreciate it!

Oh, I always love giving book recs, and thank you so much for giving me some preferences because it's so much easier to direct people when I know what they already like!

My current favorite YA author right now is Frances Hardinge, who writes truly magnificent prose and absolutely amazing worlds. If you like All That Remains, you will probably love the emotional devastation that is The Lie Tree, and a few of my other favorites are Gullstruck Island and Cuckoo Song. If you are a fan of Terry Pratchett, you also can't go wrong with her Fly By Night duology. Genevieve Valentine is another YA author I highly recommend; Mechanique is probably my favorite, but the Persona series is also top notch, and The Girls at the Kingfisher Club has a vibe that cannot be beat.

I haven't yet read Spinning Silver but Uprooted is also a fav of mine; I have a deep love of fairy tale retellings, or stories written to be like fairy tales. On that thread I definitely recommend the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden (I have a few quibbles with the story, but the writing is solid and the first book had me captivated for a good 3/4ths of it), The Orphan's Tales by Catherynne M Valente, plus A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C Bunce (her Thief Errant series also lives RENT FREE in my head at all times).

Seven Suitors was fleshed out with Regency mores in mind, inspired by by historical mystery novels I read in that time period, plus some fantasy with more rigid social structure. The Crown & Court duet by Sherwood Smith is something I would consider formative for my writing in that quarter. For something actually regency set, though definitely not the same genre, I would recommend the Sebastian St Cyr series by CS Harris, which are mysteries set in Georgian London, featuring a brooding hero who starts off with an equally brooding, star-crossed actress as a lover...only to have the rug pulled out beneath him by the daughter of his father's long-standing political rival.

My scifi chops are rather thin-- I love the genre but I find lots of the deeper cuts here get too info-dumpy for me on the hard science level-- but I can definitely recommend The Expanse series by James SA Corey (as well as pretty much anything Daniel Abraham writes in the fantasy genre)

As for All That Remains, there are several extremely painful fantasy series I could recommend, because I love having my heart torn out, stamped on, and then taped back in. Guy Gavriel Kay is a great writer for that-- I suggest starting at Lions of Al-Rassan and then working your way forward through that setting by publishing date. The aforementioned Daniel Abraham also is amazing at this; The Seasons Quartet is a decades-spanning series that will truly make your tear out your hair at the end of each book. NK Jemisin is also amazing, The Broken Earth trilogy is where I would start out for intense heart-stomping.

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Rumpelstiltskin retellings

A Curse Dark As Gold — Elizabeth C. Bunce

Lies of Golden Straw — E. L. Tenenbaum (End of Ever After series)

The Rumpelstiltskin Problem — Vivian Vande Velde

Spinning Silver — Naomi Novik

The Wish Granter — C. J. Redwine (Ravenspire series)

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More fairy tales

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Book Review: Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity

Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 5)by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Goodreads Author) 5 out of 5 stars Myrtle and Miss Judson are traveling to Scotland to inspect the estate which Miss Judson has just inherited from her great-uncle. There are rumors of ghosts around the estate, and a long-lost treasure of the MacJudd clan. Myrtle’s detective skills are called upon when a man is…

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Mis lecturas de octubre

Octubre fue el mes en el que menos cantidad de libros leí, en lo que va del año, aunque es uno de los meses en los que más cantidad de páginas leí. Esto se debe a que, el mes pasado leí tres libros con más de seiscientas páginas y uno con más de novecientas. Lo que, claramente demuestra que, lo que no se va en lágrimas se va en suspiros (una de las frases que mi mamá decía mucho). Pero vamos a…

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Myrtle Hardcastle mysteries by Elizabeth C. Bunce, with cover art by Brett Helquist

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Title: Premeditated Myrtle | Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce | Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers (2020)

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St. Louis Writers Guild’s 4th Annual Summer Writers Camp Week 1 - June 19-23 Week 2 - June 26-30 Camp is on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12-2pm CT $20 and includes one-year membership in the SLWG Apprentice Club. Week 1 Guest Authors Elizabeth C. Bunce & Esme Symes-Smith Week 2 Guest Authors B.B. Swann & Shana Youngdahl Hosted by Brad R. Cook There are plenty of spot left in both weeks. Register and get more information at www.stlwritersguild.org/summer-writers-camp/