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Category Archives: books
As You Wish
I vividly remember the first time I watched The Princess Bride – on a rented TV and VCR at an overnight with my high school Girl Scout troop. We watched it twice through that night, and then watched our favorite … Continue reading
Mortal Heart
I’d been very much looking forward to this book, the last in the His Fair Assassin series, but it came out last fall when I was in the midst of the Cybils and had to wait for a bit. It … Continue reading
The Talented Clementine
I hope everyone is recovering from Independence Day and Canada Day celebrations! I had a couple of days off of work and spent them busy with family and friends – a good time. I listened to Clementine with my son … Continue reading
Bone Gap
Oh, look! One of my top ten books of the year so far. Once again, I loved it so much I’m not sure that my review will do it justice… but as lots of other people have loved it as well, … Continue reading
Top 10 Favorites of 2015
Once again, I feel the siren call to join in with Top 10 Tuesday, hosted as always by the fabulous folks at The Broke and Bookish. Perhaps taking a few minutes to look back at my favorites from the first … Continue reading
Picture Book Monday
Here are some of the fabulous picture books that have been making their way into our home of late. Even though I’m loving reading chapter books to my daughter, I’m so glad she still lets me read her picture books … Continue reading
Lily 1-3
This series is a follow-up to Webb’s Rose series, the first of which was a Cybils Finalist in the Middle Grade Spec Fic category a coupld years ago. I’m just now reading the last book of that series, Rose and … Continue reading
The Old Kingdom Chronicles
Flashback to last week – I was so busy getting ready for taking my daughter’s Girl Scout Daisy troop on their first camping weekend that I forgot to mention that it was also Mother Reader’s 48 Hour Book Challenge, which … Continue reading
The Sculptor
When I started as a librarian and started reading graphic novels, Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics: the Invisible Art was the book that my friend David at Yet Another Comics Blog recommended as the book to read to, well, understand how … Continue reading
Shadow Scale
And in contrast to Death Marked, which was ready for me right when I wanted to read it, I (along with other fans) had to wait three long years for this book, the sequel to Seraphina, which I liked so much … Continue reading


