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Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce is the second book in the Legend of Beka Cooper series. Set in the land of Tortall, almost two hundred years before her popular series Song of the Lioness, Bloodhound is a different sort of beast … Continue reading
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3 Willows by Ann Brashares
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares Set in the same hometown as Brasheres‘ bestselling Travelling Pants novels, 3 Willows picks up after the previous series has ended. The book introduces three new friends Ama, Jo and Polly and … Continue reading
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Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips The Greek Gods of myth are alive and well and living in London as the world’s most dysfunctional family in one extraordinary, dilapidated house. Their powers are waning after millions of years and it … Continue reading
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The Seasoning of a Chef by Doug Psaltis
The Seasoning of a Chef by Doug Psaltis (with Michael Psaltis) is subtitled “My Journey from Diner to Ducasse and Beyond.” I picked it up at a hotel while on vacation as part of a Read It and Return It … Continue reading
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How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier and other books
How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier I’ve been following Justine Larbalestier’s blog since reading her Magic or Madness books. The author splits her time between the States and Australia and has many wickedly funny observations on life. She … Continue reading
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and other books
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games is one of those dystopian futures novels like Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies novels, A Brave New World or even Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale. Collins’ book is riveting from the get go. Every … Continue reading
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Discoveries in 2008
Everyone’s reading habits vary. Some readers chose by subject, others by author, even more are genre oriented. I have rather eclectic tastes that cross many genre’s depending on my mood and current interests. I do have favorite authors, though, and … Continue reading
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On Parenting in Childrens and Young Adult Literature; or How Harry Gets it Right Again
Children’s picture books frequently feature wonderful relationships between little kids and their parents, or grandparents. Moms are heroes, Dad’s idolized and a day with Grandma is the ultimate fun. Then you get to chapter books. Early chapter books have less … Continue reading
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Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Cruise and Bob Mayer
Take one writer with a weekly food column and anger management issues, add in a frying pan, a drooling hound, a hitman, the mob, a wedding and a two flamingos and you have a recipe for a great time. Agnes … Continue reading
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Nonfictionitis
I’m mostly a fiction reader. Say I read 100 books a year; maybe two or three of those are nonfiction. Sometimes none of them are. The nonfiction I DO read tend to be biographies. My husband is the opposite. He … Continue reading
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