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.

  • This is weird

    Okay. I woke up this morning depressed again. I couldn’t sleep last night because I’ve just kind of been worried about life. I have kind of been shuffling around the house this morning totally unmotivated. I already blew off exercising for knitting, which I think was a good thing because knitting calms my nerves. (Except…

  • The Higher Power of Lucky

    I just now finished reading the newly awarded Newberry Award winner for 2007, The Higher Power of Lucky. I was kind of surprised that this book won because I hadn’t really noticed any buzz about it. I also hadn’t read it so I promptly placed a hold on it at the library. It’s about a…

  • The Newberry Project

    I have joined a Readalong called The Newberry Project. All of us in the group are going to read through all of the Newberry books. Since I’m already doing this I thought it would be perfect! If you are interested in joining check it out here: http://newberryproject.blogspot.com/ To make things easier for me (and because…

  • Hit The Road

    Hit the Road is a road trip story about a girl, her grandmother, and a kidnapping. Brit is on Summer vacation. She is dropped off at her grandmother’s house when her parents take a trip to Alaska. Much to the grandmother’s (Nannie) dismay. You see, Nannie has other plans. She has never missed a school…

  • Skate by Michael Harmon

    The first novel of local writer, Michael Harmon, Skate takes place in Spokane, WA and is about the troubles of a skater-punk kid name Ian. His mother is a drug addict and is never home, so Ian is left to take care of his little brother, Sammy. As you can imagine, this gets very difficult…