Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Category: Books, Music, Art, Movies

That’s entertainment.

  • Book Review: Skin Hunger

    Since Saturday is December 1st I will use today to do a book review for another Book Award contender: Skin Hunger by Kathleen Duey. This is the first of a trilogy called “A Resurrection of Magic.” It is of the Fantasy genre and it is the story of two protagonists. The stories are told in…

  • Book Review Saturday: Story of a Girl

    Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr was another contender for the National Book Award this year. It’s the story of a girl (heh) who has a past. A girl with a bad past. At the young age of 13, Deanna is caught by her father having sex in a car with her brother’s best…

  • Book Review Saturday: The absolutely true diary of a part-time indian.

    This week I am reviewing “The absolutely true diary of a part time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, which is one of the contenders for the 2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. This is the story of a 15 year old boy (Junior) of the Spokane Indian tribe, living in Wellpinit, WA. He is…

  • The Wednesday Wars

    I just now finished reading The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. Wow. What an amazingly great book. It’s a very humorous and fun read. I love the characters in it (except for the main character’s dad. But there’s even something to like about him, too.) It’s really well written. There are some great passages…

  • An interesting perspective

    I am reading a really interesting blog post that presents a very good argument that the Harry Potter books are deeply rooted in the Christian faith, contrary to some of the other perspectives out there (one being that God does not exist in the stories). You can find it at the Blog Catholic and Enjoying…