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Author Archives: Katy K.
Zorro
Long ago, in my grandparents’ basement, among the boxes of old toys and china, I found an ancient paperback pulp novel of Zorro. I took it home with me and read and reread it. So dashing! So handsome! And thus … Continue reading
The Busy Family’s Guide to Estate Planning
The Busy Family’s Guide to Estate Planning by Attorney Liza Weiman Hanks Usually I read for entertainment, but sometimes there is a need for straight-up information, in which case, clear and concise are the watchwords. I read often about how … Continue reading
Fire
Fire by Kristin Cashore. Read by Xanthe Elbrick Fire is set a few decades before Graceling on the other side of the nearly impenetrable mountains. It was a little slow to pick up, as we start with the back story … Continue reading
Hikaru No Go
Hikaru No Go by Yumi Hotta. Art by Takeshi Obata And now, for a change of pace, some manga. Hikaru is a fun-loving, not too serious middle school student. One day, he finds an old go board in his grandfather’s … Continue reading
Knitting Lust
My reading of knitting books increases as the amount of time I have to knit decreases; with Christmas and a new baby, I had very powerful and unmet knitting urges. True devotees of knitting books can find reviews of many … Continue reading
Alphabeasties
Alphabeasties and Other Amazing Types by Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss One of my favorite books, How to Get Your Child to Love Reading talks about the abecedary as the perfect way to explore a concept. And this is a … Continue reading
Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family
I am back, with a large a healthy Baby Godzilla to show for my time away. Now trying to review a book that I read all the way back in September… but here goes. Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family … Continue reading
The Pepins and Their Problems
Another one that LB and I enjoyed listening to. The Pepins and Their Problems by Polly Horvath. Read by Julie Halston. Mr. and Mrs. Pepin and their two children, Irving and Petunia, think they are ordinary enough people. Somehow, though, … Continue reading
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Read by the author. I’m guessing that most of my readers don’t need me to tell them to read Neil Gaiman. That, and this book winning both the Newbery and a Hugo… but there … Continue reading
Shelf Discovery
Shelf Discovery by Lizzie Skurnik Here we have a book of beautifully witty book reports on the books that women my age read in their teen years. Somehow, Skurnik manages both to find depths in books that a) the average … Continue reading
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