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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…
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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…
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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…
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Land of the Blind is, at it’s core, a detective novel. Caroline Mabry is a thirty-something detective living and working in Spokane. After a particularly difficult case (that, I believe, is the story of Walter’s earlier book, Over Tumbled Graves) she is rather burned out. She finds herself in a situation where she is trying…
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For the life of me I can’t think of anything to post today. I’m all tuckered out. Thanks to Amanda, for posting the two Memes she posted earlier this week. Here is a book Meme. How it works: bold the ones you’ve read, italicize the ones you might read, cross out the ones you won’t,…