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Leaving Serra's Realm Behind

Chapter 19 is the “time passes” chapter. And a lot of time passes. We’re talking thousands of years compressed into one chapter. Lynn Abbey pulls it off, though.

Red Worms and Vermicomposting Guide for Beginners

So you want to keep a box of worms in your house. I get it. It sounds weird. But Chapter 4 of Kim Pezza’s Backyard Farming: Composting makes a pretty convincing case that vermicomposting might be the best way to compost, period. Especially if you live in an apartment and your landlord would lose it if you started a compost pile on the balcony.

Messy Chambers, Missing Kids, and Sisterly Advice

Chapters 9 through 11 are where the book shifts gears in a really satisfying way. We jump between three very different settings: Thayan spy games, the Simbul’s disastrous private chambers, and Lauzoril’s complicated home life. And honestly, these chapters are some of the most character-revealing in the whole book.