the problem with being curious

is just this: I can bet you that I will be 80-years old and still taking college classes. I wrote before about how Wanderlust should've ...

Waiting on Wednesday--Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein

I've only read two books by Elizabeth Wein (The Sunbird and The Empty Kingdom), but they impressed me very much with the quality of thei...

recap part 4: knotts berry farm + farewell

I apologize for the long delay in between my "recaps."  My recent days have been spent working, catching up on homework, enjoying ...

Dark Passage, by M.J. Putney, for Timeslip Tuesday

If it's Tuesday, it's time travel in these parts (mostly). Today's book is a sequel to Dark Mirror , by M.J. Putney, which I re...

This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs

Welcome to mg sff roundup post #105 in which I have compiled all the mg sff related things I found in this week's blog reading! This ...

The Beachcomber spoofs the poems of A.A. Milne, for Poetry Friday

So there I was, peacefully reading my little one the poems of A.A. Milne, from When We Were Very Young and Now We are Six , and we were enj...

More to be thankful (????) for

Although I have finished my glazing for the year (196 panes of glass in two years, and more to do when the weather gets warm again), I do no...

A (somewhat) bookisly thankful post

I am hoping that I will feel more thankful after a day of hard work has mirculously transformed my home into something in which people can ...

Waiting on Wednesday--Runelight, by Joanne Harris

I am somewhat surprised to find that I have never written a review of Runemarks, by Joanne Harris. Here's the crackerjack first line: ...

Goodbye, Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey has died , at the age of 85. I am teary eyed. Menolly and the Harper Crafthall played a huge role in shaping my young mind, ...

The History Keepers: The Storm Begins, by Damian Dibben, for Timeslip Tuesday

Back before 2009 (more or less), time travel in children’s books was most often a solitary pursuit, with a single child slipping back (or fo...

This week's round-up of middle grade fantasy and sci fi from around the blogs

Welcome to this week's round-up of what I found in my blog reading of interest to us fans of middle grade science fiction and fantasy! ...

Two misc. things of a book buying nature

Holiday shopping time is upon us! (although some of us started shopping last summer, and now are somewhat anxiously wondering where exactly...

New releases of fantasy and science fiction for kids and teens--the second half of November, 2011 edition

A short list, but with some nice books....As is the case with all my new release posts, my information comes from the handy lists at Teens R...