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My Favorite Books of 2019

Posted on April 7, 2020 by

Here’s the long list of the books I loved most last year, with notes to help you find them at your library now. Continue reading →

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2018 in Review – the Books

Posted on January 31, 2019 by

Once again, icy weather and real life are making it hard to find time to look back at my book life.  But, here’s a look at the best of the books I read last year – so many happy book … 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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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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2016 Review: the Books

Posted on February 1, 2017 by

Here at last are some of my top favorite books from 2016 First, my standard disclaimer about rating books: “I have never liked doing a public scale rating of books – the librarian in me would rather describe what’s in the … Continue reading →

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Ones that got away: 10 favorite 2015 MG Spec Fic books

Posted on January 8, 2016 by

Cybils judges are allowed to put a maximum of seven books on the shortlist (otherwise it isn’t a short, manageable list.) Here’s what the middle grade speculative fiction committee picked this year: Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes Castle Hangnail by Ursula … Continue reading →

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2014 in Review: the Books

Posted on January 12, 2015 by

I have never liked doing a public scale rating of books – the librarian in me would rather describe what’s in the book and let you decide if it sounds good for you. But this year, for the first time since high … Continue reading →

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The Chronicles of Narnia, 2 and 3

Posted on February 5, 2014 by

So my father (pictured at left) corresponded with C.S. Lewis as a child, over a disagreement he and his mother (my grandmother) were having over which order the books should be read in, as well as other matters. My father … Continue reading →

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2013 Part 2 – Favorites

Posted on January 29, 2014 by

This is my list. I could easily have put in another 20 or so books that I really loved, but this is trying to keep it manageable. Did you enjoy any of these? And what were your favorites? Shadows by … Continue reading →

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Dragonsinger

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey. Read by Sally Darling. I love Anne McCaffrey’s Pern books, of which the Harper Hall trilogy was my favorite. Dragonsinger is my favorite of that trilogy. It doesn’t have the big sweeping drama of some of … Continue reading →

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