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Snow in Summer
Snow in Summer by Jane Yolen. Master (mistress?) storyteller Jane Yolen moves the story of Snow White to 1940s Appalachia. For all the fairy tale novels that I’ve read, this is the first retelling of Snow White. And while I … Continue reading
All Wound Up
All Wound Up by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Just about any day can be improved for me by reading one or two or three of the Yarn Harlot’s essays on knitting and life. I don’t know that there are so very many … Continue reading
Gregor the Overlander
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. Read by Paul Boehmer This was the first big book by Collins, much more famous now for The Hunger Games, which I haven’t yet read. The boy and I listened to this together. Gregor, … Continue reading
Ready Player One
Actually I started listening to it, and realized that there was no way I could finish it before the audio book was due back at the library. So I ripped the part I hadn’t yet listened to (to make sure … Continue reading
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
This book came in on hold at one of those times when five or six books that I’d been waiting for came in for me all at the same time. Since it was the longest book, I saved it for … Continue reading
Housekeeping
…aka linky time. Charlotte at Charlotte’s Library does this wonderful and I’m quite sure time-consuming round-up of blog reviews of middle grade science-fiction and fantasy books, as well as related interviews and news. She does this every week. I think … Continue reading
How to Knit a Heart Back Home
How to Knit a Heart Back Home by Rachael Herron. This is the second book in the Cypress Hollow Yarn series of knitting romances, after How to Knit a Love Song. This second entry worked much better for me on … Continue reading
Bride and Prejudice
Bride and Prejudice. Like many people I know, I have a special place in my heart for Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. During the years that my sister was studying South Asian culture, she also introduced me to the joyous … Continue reading
The Books of Elsewhere. The Shadows
Recently, in my small efforts at become more knowledgable about the world of book blogging and particularly children’s book blogging, I discovered the Cybils awards, which are given by book bloggers every year to the best children’s books in a … Continue reading
Pocketful of Posies
Pocketful of Posies by Salley Mavor. I recently reviewed Salley Mavor’s book Felt Wee Folk, and discovered this book in the process. This is her latest effort, a collection of nursery rhymes illustrated with her signature felt and found object … Continue reading
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