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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

“What to Read after Black Panther” part 3. It’s not quite Afrofuturism because it’s decidedly mythic past without even the alternate technology of Everfair, and it came out after I made my display. It still belongs here. Continue reading →

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Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Posted on June 22, 2018 by

It’s summer reading time at the library.  I love crowds of kids excited about reading, but it does make it challenging to get anything else done.  But waiting patiently in my own review queue, I have a trio of African-based … Continue reading →

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2018 Diversity Reading Challenge Update

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

This year I’m participating in the Diversity Reading Challenge hosted by Pam at an Unconventional Librarian.  I’m really enjoying the way it encourages me to diversify my diversity, as it were.  I’m leaving the ones I’d read at my last update … Continue reading →

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2017 in Review: the Books

Posted on January 21, 2018 by

Finally, I found a some time to go through the books I read in 2017 and pull together my top-rated books.  This is everything I read rated 9 and above.  The only thing I’ve cut in the interests of your … Continue reading →

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9 more Cybils titles I loved

Posted on January 13, 2018 by

I really do love all the books we put on the Cybils Finalists list this year.  But is it really surprising that when we’re considering over twelve dozen books  I fall in love with more than seven?  I know we … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Tuesday: Top 10 Books I Hope Santa Brings Me

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

It’s been… about 6 months since I last did a Top 10 Tuesday (hosted by the dedicated folks at the Broke and the Bookish.)  Oops.  But I ran across Chachic’s, and now I am distracted from all the books I still … Continue reading →

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Diverse Reading Round-up Fall 2017

Posted on October 16, 2017 by

It looks like I missed the last couple of my planned diverse reading round-ups – the last one I could find was my March and April Diverse Reading.  Here’s what I’ve read since then, with links to reviews if I’ve … Continue reading →

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TTT: Top 10 Books from the First Half of 2017

Posted on July 12, 2017 by

Only one of the three statements above is actually true – can you guess which one?  Top 10 Tuesday hosted by the very busy ladies at the Broke and the Bookish might officially be on hiatus, but I’m still taking … Continue reading →

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The Merlin Conspiracy

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

My son and I have been reading Diana Wynne Jones together, both on audio and me reading aloud to him.  This is the second book in the duology that begins with Deep Secret, which so far only I have read. … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Books on My Want-to-Read List for the Second Half of 2017

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

Once again, the folks at the Broke and the Bookish say it’s time for me (and the rest of their groupies) to plan out our reading for the second half of the year. I will not complain about planning ahead for once. Here are (slightly more than) ten mostly middle grade fantasy books I’m looking forward to. Continue reading →

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