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Author Archives: Katy K.
Inkspell
I’m feeling massively behind here – so the recent request to start doing a real journal will have to wait, as will reviews of the other books I’ve recently read. But here’s a good book to tide everyone over. I … Continue reading
Seasonal Reads
Here are two seasonal reading items. The first is for Lent, a time for reflection and thinking about faith. The second is for National Poetry Month, which is April, but I have to read ahead to have time to get … Continue reading
boy books
Full Service by Will Weaver It’s the summer of ’65. Paul Sutton, a farm boy from a small Minnesota town, takes a job at the local Shell station at his mother’s urging. She wants him to see more of the … Continue reading
Mother Nature
Mother Nature by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy My loyal readers (such as I may have) will perhaps not be surprised to learn that this book is a wonderful book, a fabulous book, the most important book that I’ve read in a … Continue reading
Shopping and Geekitude
Why We Buy by Paco Underhill I’d been hearing about this book for a long time, and finally got around to reading it. In a book meant to appeal both to store owners and shoppers, Underhill talks about the science … Continue reading
Light and Dark
My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan In Keenan’s third offering featuring former lover Phillip and Gilbert and their best pal Claire, the action is fast, furious, and hilarious. (No, I haven’t read the first two, either, but I might look … Continue reading
Gifts part III
As a librarian, I am bound to respect all genres and to tell you that I will help you find whatever book it is that you want to read next. As a gift-giver, however, romance is a challenge: most romances … Continue reading
Gifts Two
Now, remembering all the books that I read, I proceed onwards: Last year, I found out that our youngest teen niece read Sunshine, Robin McKinley’s first adult novel, a vampire book, which had been rejected by her twenty-year-old sister because … Continue reading
Gifts – Part One
It’s been quite a while since I found the time to post. I’m feeling terribly behind, and also that I’ve forgotten one of the books I read. Hopefully not, and if it was something fabulous that you all really need … Continue reading
Snow Stories
You may wonder at my long silence, or you may think that I have been too busy with holiday preparations and a baby to read of late. And while I have indeed been busy, I have yet been diligent in … Continue reading
