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Fire

Fire by Kristin Cashore. Read by Xanthe Elbrick Fire is set a few decades before Graceling on the other side of the nearly impenetrable mountains. It was a little slow to pick up, as we start with the back story … Continue reading

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Hikaru No Go

Hikaru No Go by Yumi Hotta. Art by Takeshi Obata And now, for a change of pace, some manga. Hikaru is a fun-loving, not too serious middle school student. One day, he finds an old go board in his grandfather’s … Continue reading

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Knitting Lust

My reading of knitting books increases as the amount of time I have to knit decreases; with Christmas and a new baby, I had very powerful and unmet knitting urges. True devotees of knitting books can find reviews of many … Continue reading

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Alphabeasties

Alphabeasties and Other Amazing Types by Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss One of my favorite books, How to Get Your Child to Love Reading talks about the abecedary as the perfect way to explore a concept. And this is a … Continue reading

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Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family

I am back, with a large a healthy Baby Godzilla to show for my time away. Now trying to review a book that I read all the way back in September… but here goes. Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family … Continue reading

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The Pepins and Their Problems

Another one that LB and I enjoyed listening to. The Pepins and Their Problems by Polly Horvath. Read by Julie Halston. Mr. and Mrs. Pepin and their two children, Irving and Petunia, think they are ordinary enough people. Somehow, though, … Continue reading

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The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Read by the author. I’m guessing that most of my readers don’t need me to tell them to read Neil Gaiman. That, and this book winning both the Newbery and a Hugo… but there … Continue reading

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Shelf Discovery

Shelf Discovery by Lizzie Skurnik Here we have a book of beautifully witty book reports on the books that women my age read in their teen years. Somehow, Skurnik manages both to find depths in books that a) the average … Continue reading

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Child of Mine

Another excellent recommendation from my friend Dr. M. I think the next book by Satter, Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family, aimed at school aged kids through adults, is probably better for us now. But, this is one is still … Continue reading

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Wildfire

Wildfire by Sarah Micklem Micklem’s first book, Firethorn, came out when I was pregnant with L.B. Her characters, stubbornly themselves, in love but unable to truly break free of the society that refuses to treat them as equal, have stuck … Continue reading

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