Category Archives: books

The City in the Lake

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Katy K.

Brandy at Random Musings of a Bibliophile had a giveaway for this book awhile back, which reminded me that I really like Rachel Neumeier and hadn’t read this book. I elected to make sure the library copy kept going out, … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Katy K.

I have queues of books to review and instead have been writing pirate poems for the Talk Like a Pirate Day program I’m running at the library this weekend… but Maggie Stiefvater today is doing a thing where if I … Continue reading →

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Six (mostly) Silly Picture Books

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Katy K.

It’s time for the first Kid Lit Blog Hop of September! Take a look at all the great books! In honor of my daughter starting kindergarten, here’s the latest large batch of new picture books that got the most reread … Continue reading →

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Huntress

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Katy K.

I really loved Malinda Lo’s Cinderella retelling Ash, which is why I’d originally put this book, set in the same world, on my 48HBC pile. It took me a couple of months to get to it, but here it is! … Continue reading →

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The Snow Spider

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Katy K.

I remember seeing this book around, but it was Stephanie at Views from the Tesseract writing about it that prompted me to check it out. The Snow Spider, The Magician Trilogy Book 1. by Jenny Nimmo. First published by Methuen … Continue reading →

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Dodger

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Katy K.

I’ve mentioned before that Pratchett is a reliable author whose prolific works I don’t try to keep up with. I just know that if there’s a gap in my listening (or, much less often, reading) schedule, there will be a … Continue reading →

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Books I Want To Read But Don’t Own Yet for Top 10 Tuesdays

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Katy K.

Once again, the lovely folks over at The Broke and Bookish have come up with a list idea that I couldn’t resist. Since the vast majority of books that I read are library books, the concept of not reading a … Continue reading →

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Courting Magic

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Katy K.

Most often, if I want a book that the library doesn’t have, I’ll either interloan it from another library or ask one of my colleagues to get it for me. Here was a book that I had to buy for … Continue reading →

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August State of the Book Basket

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Katy K.

It’s almost the end of summer – this week is the big back-to-school picnic at the lake, where the children find out what teacher they’ll have next year. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that my daughter gets the same K/1 … Continue reading →

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Rose and the Lost Princess

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Katy K.

I really enjoyed reading Rose, one of the Cybils finalists this year, and I was so happy when I won this copy of the sequel from Liviana at . Rose and the Lost Princess by Holly Webb. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2014. … Continue reading →

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