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: favorite books

  • Collector

    One of my knitbloging pals, Lolly, asked on her blog what kinds of things people collect. While her collection of pomegranates is far more interesting, I thought I would share something I’ve been collecting recently, since I began working as a Children’s librarian. In the few months I’ve worked at SPL I’ve discovered some children’s…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

    I just now finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Finally! I have to say that I’m not really surprised. When Rowlings said that somebody was going to die (in the series) I knew in the back of my mind who it would be. And I also had a feeling about the person who killed…

  • Stoked

    I got my Harry Potter book that that pre-ordered from Amazon TODAY! W00t! I was really surprised that I already got it. I thought it would at least take a couple of days. On the box it says “don’t deliver until July 16th.” I wonder if the publisher pre-packaged them for Amazon to mail out,…