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.

Tag: Books

  • The Book Thief

    I just finished reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Wow. I am really kind of blown away by it. It’s truly an amazing book. Superbly written. There are some beautiful lines and phrases in this story. It’s a little long but well worth the read. Oh and the Characterization is great, too. It’s narrated…

  • Lot’s O Books

    There is a hella huge pile of books on my desk of new books that I am dying to read! But I am trying to get through The Book Thief at the moment, which is VERY long. It’s very good, though. I’m just anxious to get done with it.

  • Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette

    I finished reading it over the weekend. So now I can focus solely on H.P.7. But I wanted to say a few words about this book. It’s wonderful. Sena Jeter Naslund is such a fantastic writer. It is exquistely written. It is a book written for women. Kind of in the same vein as books…

  • Reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Not reading it edition.

    I haven’t even touched H.P. this week! Haven’t even cracked open the book. I think I am going to finish reading Abundance (which is an excellent book, btw) first. Raf finished it last night. He stayed up all night reading it. I finally had to ask him to go read it in the living room…

  • Reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Part One.

    First of all, here are my predictions pre-reading. I think that Harry lives. I think that he and Voldermort fight it out and Voldermort dies. I am not sure about who dies, though. After talking about it at work today I’m thinking that maybe it’s Hagrid? I don’t think she will kill off Ron or…