Read for the 2009 YA Reading Challenge. I first heard of this book in 1999, when it came out, and was compared to Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books. It’s set in the same time period as those books, but takes place on the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker (Madeline Island) in Lake Superior, a […]
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Read for the Vampire Reading Challenge. I didn’t hate this book. But I can definitely see why a lot of people did. In the first three books, there was always some level of sacrifice going on. I mean, we’re dealing with humans, vampires and werewolves here. This kind of thing is not meant to go
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I received this book through the LibraryThing early reviewers program. I initially requested it because Boston is my nearest big city (I love my city dearly, but big it is not), and over the years since I graduated from college, I’ve been down there quite a bit. And even though I don’t live there, I
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I’ve been lurking the Weekly Geeks blog, and this week’s question caught my eye: 1) How do you feel about classic literature? Are you intimidated by it? Love it? Not sure because you never actually tried it? Don’t get why anyone reads anything else? Which classics, if any, have you truly loved? Which would you
Read for the Vampire Reading Challenge The third book in the Sookie Stackhouse series brings Sookie out of Louisiana to Jackson, Mississippi, when her vampire boyfriend Bill goes missing. Bill’s boss Eric sends her up there to meet with a rather unwilling accomplice named Alcide, who just happens to be a werewolf. By trying to
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Read for the Dream King Challenge. At Death’s Door is a retelling of the events on The Sandman: Seasons of Mist from Death’s point of view. I actually had a pretty strong sense of déjà vu reading this book, because the events follow the original story quite closely. I know I’ve never read this before,
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Read for the Patricia A. McKillip Challenge Morgon is the Prince of Hed, a small, peaceful land of farmers. He’s completely attached to his land, but he’s driven by a curiosity of the outside world unusual to the natives of his land. Unlike any of the princes before him, he ventures to the city of
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I did a big LibraryThing cataloging push this weekend (up to 786 books, which includes almost everything we have out on shelves at the moment, and a crate or so from storage), so I’m able to update my Dream King Challenge list. Based on what I’ve found, I can definitely handle Devotee level. The updated
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Read for the 2009 YA Challenge. This YA novel, set in an alternate England after the Napoleonic Wars where magic exists, takes the form of letters between cousins Kate and Cecy. Kate’s been sent to London for the Season, and Cecy has stayed at home. Even apart, they manage to find themselves in the midst
My BF is a huge Neil Gaiman fan, so we have a large variety of Neil Gaiman’s work here at the house. With Jessi at Casual Dread starting a Neil Gaiman themed challenge, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to delve into the parts of the collection I haven’t touched yet. There are four levels of participation
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