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Dec 28
2009

Skin Trade – A Longwinded Review

[  Mood: Amused ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]It is no secret that I have said some not so nice things about this series in the past, but yet I retun to it book after book, hoping that Hamilton will have … Continue reading

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Dec 23
2009

The Luxe – A Not So Quick Review

[  Mood: Silly ][  Currently: Listening to My son object to having a toothbrush taken away. ]As a teacher, I have read a lot of dreck. Much of it seems to come from the teen romance genre. It pretty much sucks. Trust … Continue reading

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Dec 10
2009

Leviathan – ANSQR

[  Mood: Fed Up WIth Life ][ Currently: Editing a podcast while my son plays. ]As the author of the Uglies series, Scott Westerfield is a YA publishing superstar. His books have sold millions of copies, an justifiably so. His Uglies series … Continue reading

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Dec 02
2009

Plum Spooky – AQR

[  Mood: Hypnotized ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]As I have said before, my grandmother had a name for work like Evanovich’s; toothache books. They aren’t going change your life or even make you think too deeply, but you will chuckle … Continue reading

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Nov 23
2009

Thirteenth Child – ANSQR + Rant!!

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Dealing with a son who doesn’t want to sleep in his bed ]With her Enchanted Forest series, Patricia C. Wrede is already a children’s fantasy star, so any book of hers is eagerly anticipated by her fans. … Continue reading

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Nov 22
2009

1632 – A Not So Quick Review

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Watching My Son Sleep in My Lap ]A lot of people want to live in the past, enchanted by the romance. A lot of them have written fanciful, romantic stories about travelling back in time. 1632 is … Continue reading

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Nov 05
2009

City of Ashes – A Quick Review

[  Mood: Sick ][ Currently: Drinking my Baked Apple Black Tea ]The Mortal Instruments trilogy tells the tale of Clary, a young woman whose world is turned upside down when her mother suddenly disappears. She discovers that she and her mother are … Continue reading

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Oct 31
2009

Finger Lickin’ Fifteen – A Not So Quick Review

[  Mood: Sleepy ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]Janet Evanovich has been at the Stephanie Plum series for awhile. This installment finds Stephanie split three ways. She is helping Ranger hunt down the person (or persons) who have been burgling clents … Continue reading

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Oct 13
2009

Soapbox – Roman Polanski

[  Mood: Shocked ][ Currently: Getting ready for bed. ]So I feel the need today to drag out my little soapbox and take a little stand. I really don’t care who you are or how creatively brilliant you are, drugging and raping … Continue reading

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Oct 10
2009

Library Loot – Week of October 6

[  Mood: Distorted ][  Currently: Watching Flash Forward ]I am trying something new, the Library Loot post. Invented by Eva and Marg, this is a way to let people know what you brought home from the library that week. My Loot: Yup … Continue reading

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