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Amanda reminded me that I should be blogging some of the memorable books that I’ve been reading lately. And there have been a few, if you like Y.A. One of the best books I have read recently has been Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin. It is about a girl who wakes up one morning and finds…
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I wasn’t actually tagged for this, but it looks like it’s fun so I’m going to steal it from Jennifer at Brewer Burns (which is a cool little blog BTW. I suggest you go read her! She is a fellow Spokanite and very funny). Book Meme! 1. Copy & paste. 2. Bold the ones you’ve…
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Mandrake pointed me to this article: A children’s book about two male penguins who raise a baby penguin has been moved to the nonfiction section of two public library branches after parents complained it had homosexual undertones. You can read the article here: ‘Gay’ penguins book frozen out in Missouri libraries This is kind of…
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I finished the book, Losing Moses on the Freeway: the 10 commandments in America.” I must say, this is the best book I have read in a long, long time. Everytime I finished a chapter I would audibly tell anyone around me, “Wow. This is a good book.” The writing is impeccable. Chris Hedges really…
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At the library in which I work we have a “staff favorites” display. Each month a new staff person is featured, and this month I am the lucky one. And so I’ve been thinking about my favorite books. I feel very scatterbrained about the whole thing. So I am going to just list them here…
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