I hadn’t read a graphic novel in what seems like ages, so it was really nice to kick of Dewey’s Graphic Novel Challenge with Neil Gaiman’s Books of Magic. It’s one that has been sitting on my shelf now along with a few other graphic novels just waiting to be read…but unfortunately, they always get [...]
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Oh dear…right after doing the “negativity meme” I have to go and do a review of this book. Here’s the thing. I was really enjoying this book all the way up until the end. Don’t you hate when that happens? I’ve read a few reviews now that were less than enthused about this one, so [...]
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Every season our library system holds their “big book sale” and today through Sunday is the Spring sale. So of course I woke up this morning as excited as could be and all ready to buy, buy, buy. I don’t think there’s anything more exciting to a bibliophile than a library sale! Books just don’t [...]
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Well I finally did it after all these years - I read my first Jane Austen book! And it really wasn’t all that painful of an experience. I actually enjoyed it. Persuasion was Jane Austen’s final novel and from what I gather, it’s not her most popular work, but it was one that I can [...]
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I always have the hardest time adjusting to daylight savings time. I hate it really. I’m going to sound like a big grouch here, but I’m much, much more of a night person. My mom used to call me a vampire when I was a teenager…now that I think about it, she still does. When [...]
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It’s hard to describe exactly how much I enjoyed Witch Ember by John Lawson. I don’t even know if “enjoy” is the right word to use, but it was an amazing book. I’ve been struggling with how to write this review and how to sort out my feelings and do the book justice. I certainly [...]
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An amazing phenomenon has happened in the last few years…the “young adult” category of books has grown huge! Go into any bookstore and there’s a whole land of adventures awaiting young readers where there used to be only the lands of well known authors like C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, John Bellairs, etc. Of course all [...]
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The Austin trip went pretty well. It wasn’t everything I hoped for, but perhaps it was exactly what was needed. Life works that way sometimes. There won’t be any moves in the next couple of weeks. But the interviews that I went on went extremely well. Everyone liked my resume. One place said they could [...]
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What can I say? I’m impatient…within an hour of receiving my copy of Odd and the Frost Giants from Amazon UK today I had finished it. At 97 pages, that wasn’t very hard to do, but it’s 97 pages of pure goodness! I wish it would’ve been longer, but it’s absolutely perfect for young readers. [...]
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