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(livejournal is not letting me upload pics right now, so you get this post sans cover art. alas.)

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan, illustrations by Todd LockwoodI must admit that I have an extreme (and possibly unhealthy) fondness for romance novels that feature bluestockings.  Even more so for ones that pair the heroine up with an ( Read more... )

I'm trying to post more - both here at my "professional" blog - so I typed up a review of a series of non-fiction books I really like using for story times. 
( Enjoy! )

Lots of good things!  Or, rather, lots of the same good things ( Read more... )

This post has been in the back of my head all weekend and it will not go away.  Which means that even though I should be in bed and my homework will now be late! you are getting this post because it is eating my brain and won't let me think of anything else.

So....Books for boys.

First, I want to start out by saying that I think this is a topic very ( Read more... )

(I feel like I mentally start out half my posts with "I should be asleep, but I HAD TO SHARE THIS THOUGHT WITH YOU."  If only you knew how true that was this time around.)

Part 1.

This is the list of science fiction books that Flavorwire suggests for girls.  Note the lack of of modern female writers, the dearth of female protagonists, and the way ( Read more... )

I realized a good week or two after I posted my March reviews for board books that I had missed a few, so here they are:

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( Clicky here for picture book reports )

This portion of the March Report only consists of two books, so I'm skipping the lj-cut bit.

Although, to be honest, I'm mostly skipping it bc I want as many people to read these books as possible.  And really, you all might as well start reading some easy readers now, because if I ever do finally find a long enough break from school to start ( Read more... )

aaaaand here are the novels I read in March.  One children's, one five teen*, and....wait, what's this?  TWO adult novels?  OMG how did that happen?  I think that might possibly be a record for me.

Well, with regards to the past six months, in any case.
( So, here you are - Novels!!!! )