I am rereading Lloyd Alexander's Westmark (followed by The Kestrel and The Beggar Queen). They are honestly the only fantasy* novels I can think of which are about common people bringing down the monarchy. (They're short YA novels, and I recommend them if you haven't read them.)

*They are fantasy in that they are set in a fictional country; there ( Read more... )

Hilarious Dog Stories

I had to stop reading these aloud to F. several times because I was laughing so hard I was crying and couldn't breathe. The second one is a bit gory, though.

I Has a Sweet Potato

[From the kitchen, there comes a noise like someone is eating a baseball bat ( Read more... )

This year I actually kept pretty good track of the books I read, although there were also a bunch of nerdy history books I didn't read straight through which didn't make it on here. I am several months behind on reviews, which I'll have to catch up on, and a lot of the books were comfort-rereads (or self-torment rereads, in the case of Anne ( Read more... )