Monthly Archives: May 2010
Going on vacation!
I’ll be leaving tomorrow with relatives to spend some days in Vermont at my grandmother’s house. It should be a nice relaxing vacation and there will be reading involved. There will not be any internet involved. So it will … Continue reading
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Terra Incognita by Sara Wheeler
1996. 337 pages. Hardcover. Random House. From: the public library Recommended by: Olduvai Reads In a nutshell: During her travels in Chile, British travel writer Sara Wheeler was introduced to the allure of Antarctica. Later she gets the opportunity to … Continue reading
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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
1972. 170 pages. Softcover. New York Review Books [NYRB]. Trans. by Thomas Teal From: The public library For: Spotlight Series In a nutshell: The Summer Book immerses the reader in the summer meanderings, conversations, and revelations discovered by Grandmother and … Continue reading
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Book Thing of Baltimore
A friend introduced me to The Book Thing of Baltimore, which is basically a place where people donate books and a place where anyone can browse through those donated books and get them for free. The books are roughly organized … Continue reading
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Patience of Ice by Renate Wood
2000. 68 pages. Triquarterly Books. Northwestern University Press. From: A university library. For the challenge: VPR poetry reading challenge Review: I picked this book of poems randomly off the shelves because I liked the title and the description on the … Continue reading
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Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
1994. 234 pages. Paperback. Vintage Contemporaries. From: The public library Recommended by: Easmanie Michel, who commented on my review of Danticat’s Krik? Krak! For the challenge: 2nd Reading Challenge In a nutshell: Sophie Caco has lived in Haiti with her … Continue reading
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Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
2004. 317 pages. Hardcover. Bloomsbury. From: the public library For the challenge: 2nd Reading Challenge In a nutshell: This is the second of Hale’s Books of Bayern series, the first being Goose Girl. Goose Girl was based on a fairytale, … Continue reading
Filed under Fantasy, Supernatural & Surreal
Mouse Guard Fall 1152 by David Petersen
2007. 192 pages. Hardcover. Archaia Studios Press. From: the public library Recommendation from: Tales of Capricious Reader In a nutshell: In Petersen’s world, mice live in a collection of communities scattered throughout a region. Guard mice are responsible for keeping … Continue reading
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