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

  • Review: Tinkers by Paul Harding

    Tinkers by Paul Harding My rating: 5 of 5 stars wow. I am blown away by this book. At some point I will read it again. It’s that kind of book. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about it. The first few sentences brought tears to my eyes as they perfectly described the scene…

  • Born to Run

    Born to Run has been recommended to me a few times in the past few months so I thought I should pick it up. I finally started listening to the audio version of the book yesterday and I could barely stop listening. It’s an excellent book! At least so far. It’s about the author, Christopher McDougall’s search…

  • The day I learned to read

    The training that I went to was about early literacy and  the skills kids need to learn in order to read later on when they are in school. This training has made me think about my own experience as a child learning to read. My mom and older siblings used to read to me and my…

  • The Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchet

    Enjoyment is always greatest when you have enough contrast to measure it by. – M. Wylie Blanchet (The Curve of Time) I’ve been meaning to blog more about some of the great books I’ve read this year. Some of them are kind of obscure and I feel the need to share them. One of those…

  • Review: Stay by Allie Larkin

    Stay by Allie Larkin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Van is devastated when her best friend marries the man she is in love with. When she comes home from the wedding she drowns her sorrows in kool-aide and vodka and accidentally orders a German Shepherd off of the internet. A German Shepherd from Slovakia.…