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[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Waiting to eat ] Assassination Vacation is Sarah Vowell’s record of her obsessive visits to any place associated with the assassinations of three US presidents. We follow the author around as she visits former law offices, vacation … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ] Wounded by Eric Walters My rating: 3 of 5 stars Eric Walters is one of my favourite authors for young adults. His books are topical and attractive to the boys I teach. He is also Canadian and … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]Over on my Facebook page, I celebrate the wacky, wierd and wonderful holidays that exist in the world. I have talked about National Dance Like a Chicken Day and Lost Sock Memorial Day. So today, … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ] Before I start, let me state that I LOVE Sarah Dunant’s Italian Renaissnce historical novels. They are so well researched and so well written that they pulled me into historical fiction, a genre that I hate. Why … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sick ][  Currently: Listening to The Next Chapter on CBC Radio ] Kim Harrion contines to develop her Hollows series in this eigth installment. Rachel is still realing over her shunning for being a black witch. Her mother has moved … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Fed Up WIth Life ][  Currently: Watching Castle ] Katsa has a talent that makes her very good at one thing, a talent called a Grace. Her two coloured eyes mark her as being gifted to any who meet her. … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Watching Human Target ] This a remarkable bit of world building with a unique magic system. In this world, magic is preformed by poets who try to capture useful ideas and force them into a human form. … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Fed Up WIth Life ][  Currently: Watching Stephen Colbert at the Olympics ]Today, March 24, is Ada Lovelace Day. A day to celebrate woman in science. Bloggers around the world are posting blog entries dedicated to the women who dare … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Watching My son play and trying to stop him from terrorizing the cat ] Recently, we here at RevSF did a podcast on the Wizard of Oz. This lead me to want to read the book again … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ] In case you missed it, I recommended Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians a while back in my What to Read After Harry column. So it was with glee that I picked up the second installment in the … Continue reading →