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.

  • The Amber Spyglass

    I just finished “The Amber Spyglass” today during my lunch break. sigh. I love the “His Dark Materials” trilogy and am sorry that I’m finished reading it. Listening to it was such a wonderful experience. It was narrated by Pullman himself, with help from a huge cast of characters. I highly recommeded the audiobook. I…

  • Jaguar

    We had the Author Roland Smith speak at the library yesterday. Since I was supposed to be the hostess for the program I thought I should read at leas one of his books before I met him. So I went to the YA shelves and picked Jaguar. I was pleasantly suprised. It was a good…

  • Kira-Kira

    I’ve decided that I am going to try to read as many Newberry Award winners as I can as a way to become familiar with some Juvenile fiction authors. I started with the winner for 2005, Kira-Kira. It’s the story about an asian girl living in Georgia who experiences the death of her older sister,…

  • Episcopal Church

    Episcopal Church

  • The Subtle Knife

    I finished listening to The Subtle Knife this morning. Three books in one weekend is seriously a record for me 🙂 . I’ve read this before but listening to it was such a wonderful experience. Definately a class-act job of recording this book. There are several actors who play the parts of the various characters…