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Author Archives: Katy K.
Protected: Shopping with Mr. Froggie Pants
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One Almost and Two Right On
Sometimes when I see a good fantasy review, I put the book on hold for when it comes into the library. Sometimes this works out better than others… The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss I started this novel … Continue reading
Knitting Update
Because knitting provides a small amount of sanity for me in a very insane world… My friend A- and I knit matching ponchos for our young friends M- and C-, who turned three and one respectively. They were each two … Continue reading
People of Sparks
People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau. Read by Wendy Dillon. This is the sequel to The City of Ember, which you might recall I enjoyed. It was a nice little post-apocalyptic kind of story, ending happily when our characters escaped … Continue reading
Ri’dance
Because Mr. Froggie Pants asks constantly for “Ri’dance” music, but any Celtic music will do… Their Greatest Hits by the Dubliners The Dubliners (in case you didn’t know) are one of groups that kicked off the revival of Irish and … Continue reading
Ahh!
Welcome to a Quite Nearly Perfect sapphireone-book The New Policemanby Kate Thompson In a small village in Ireland, time is going by a whole lot faster than it used to. The young teenaged J.J. Liddy has always played traditional music … Continue reading
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Protected: Whine
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Two Books and a CD
I’m just writing down my list of things to review. There are six, which is a lot. I’m sure not all of them will make it up at once. Hadn’t realized I was so far behind, but I guess that’s … Continue reading
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Anansi Boys
recommended that I read this book a long time ago. And I really wanted to, but I wanted to listen to it, and my library didn’t have the audio version. Yay, for finding it at our own library, the one … Continue reading

