February Reflections

2:36 PM Nikki

February is overflowing with Agatha Christie, for fourteen of the twenty-two adult novels I read were Christie mysteries! You can see my obsession with a new-to-me genre didn't lessen! (Other mysteries included Carrie Bebris' The Intrigue at Highbury and Helen Grant's The Vanishing of Katharina Linden.)  However, I still managed to read fourteen new authors this month: Keith McGowan, Ellen Booraem, Veronica Roth, Beth Revis, Helen Grant, Benedict and Nancy Freedman, DC Pierson, Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall, Lloyd C. Douglas, Kimberly L. Smith, Laurie Alice Eakes, and Kimberly Stuart. This month I read 53 books! My longest book was...


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Listless Monday, Offering Edition

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Listless Monday was inspired by both Amanda at A Bookshelf Monstrosity's feature Books by Theme and Court at Once Upon a Bookshelf's Listed feature.  Be sure to check out their lists! I was trying to figure out how I could tie these covers to the season or some nearby holiday. But, I decided not to waste any more time trying to think of a reason and just post the list already. So, here's what I like to call the "offering" books - these hands just look like they're giving you something.Offering Edition And I'm quite sure there are more (this totally seems to be a trend).  Any suggestions? If you buy through my Amazon...


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Sunday Salon: Week In Review #9

12:01 PM Nikki

What I Reviewed At Becky's Book ReviewsWyrd Sisters. Terry Pratchett. 1980/2001. HarperCollins. 288 pages. Night of the Living Trekkies. Kevin David Anderson & Sam Stall. 2010. July 2010. Quirk Publishing. 256 pages.Evil Under the Sun. Agatha Christie. 1940/2006. Black Dog & Leventhal. 224 pages.Taken at the Flood. Agatha Christie. 1948/1984. Penguin. 256 pages.North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1854-1855. 452 pages. Small Persons with Wings. Ellen Booraem. 2011. Penguin. 304 pages.  What I Reviewed At Young ReadersI Broke My Trunk! (Elephant and Piggie) Mo Willems. 2011. Hyperion. 64 pages.Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party....


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Small Persons With Wings (MG)

2:45 PM Nikki

Small Persons with Wings. Ellen Booraem. 2011. Penguin. 304 pages.Last June, my parents jumped off a roof because of a pinky ring.Small Persons With Wings is an interesting fantasy novel. It stars a young girl, Mellie Turpin, who is tired of being teased. Her nickname? Fairy Fat. It came about like this. In kindergarten, she told one of her classmates that she had a fairy living in her house. His name? Fidius. Those that didn't laugh, believed her. Until she didn't make good on her promise--to bring him for show and tell the next week. Months later, still "troubled" by the aftereffects of this social mess, the school counselor has a conference...


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Library Loot: Fifth Trip in February

1:00 PM Nikki

New Loot:Strawberry Girl by Lois LenskiCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkThe Borrowers by Mary NortonDay of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius LesterCupid: A Tale of Love and Desire by Julius LesterKira-Kira by Cynthia KadohataThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Battle of the Sun by Jeanette WintersonSurviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea WhiteBeatle Meets Destiny by Gabrielle WilliamsThe City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauThe Sky Inside by Clare B. DunkleHit the Road by Caroline B. CooneyFrog and Toad All Year by Arnold LobelDays with Frog and Toad by Arnold LobelFrog and Toad Together by Arnold LobelFrog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold LobelLeftover...


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North and South (Revisited)

9:11 AM Nikki

North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1854-1855. 452 pages.'Edith!' said Margaret, gently, 'Edith!'But, as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.Last spring I discovered North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was a story that I couldn't forget. I read the book. I listened to the audio book. I watched the movie. (I watched the movie twice.) When I wrote in my review that I loved it--I meant it. No question about that. But at the same time, I questioned the intensity of that love. Would it prove a lasting love? Would North and South prove to be a true favorite? Yes, the characters, the stories made an impression on me. But would it make...


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Library Loot: Fourth Trip in February

4:24 PM Nikki

New Loot:Come Juneteenth by Ann RinaldiI Broke My Trunk by Mo Willems A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson HaddixUprising by Margaret Peterson HaddixTurnabout by Margaret Peterson HaddixRules of the Road by Joan BauerBest Foot Forward by Joan BauerLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferThe dead and the gone by Susan Beth PfefferThis world we live in by Susan Beth PfefferLittle Dorrit by Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit by Charels DickensShirley by Charlotte BronteLeftover Loot:The Widow of the South by Robert HicksVilette by Charlotte BronteWives and Daughters by Elizabeth GaskellMansfield Park...


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Operation Bonnet

11:59 AM Nikki

Operation Bonnet. Kimberly Stuart. 2011. David C. Cook. 272 pages.I didn't set out to be the town luminary. True, there wasn't exactly a lot of competition in Casper. Set in Casper, Ohio, Nellie Monroe, an amateur private-detective, stars in Kimberly Stuart's Operation Bonnet. Her first client, Amos Shetler, is still getting adjusted to his new life. He left the Amish community because he felt he just didn't belong, but the truth is, he hasn't found exactly how to belong in the "English" community either. (Watching Gidget marathons probably isn't helping!) He is still in love with an Amish girl, Katie, but he fears that he'll never see her...


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Book Review: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

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Retro Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Angie of Angieville and "focuses on reviewing books from the past. This can be an old favorite, an under-the-radar book you think deserves more attention, something woefully out of print, etc." Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Publisher: Um...lots (for this new cover, CreateSpace)Publication date: 1811 (way retro)ISBN: 9781451539400 (for this edition)Source: Library (book club set)Elinor and Marianne Dashwood have been cruelly sent away from their childhood home by an unfeeling older half-brother who inherited all their father had.  When they are forced to move to a much smaller...


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The Crippled God

7:00 AM Nikki

It's hard to know where to begin with this review. We've been reading Steven Erikson's The Malazan Book of the Fallen for six years. It's what got us re-interested in fantasy after years toiling under the belief that fantasy was imprisoned in the land of elves and dwarves. Six years.And suddenly here we are at the end.THE CRIPPLED GOD (TCG). The tenth and final novel in The Malazan Book of the Fallen. We'd be lying if we said we never had a moment of worry going into this novel. Up until this point, Erikson's series has been one of the standards to which we compare all modern fantasy. Many authors have enough trouble simply writing the...


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Book Review: Guardian of the Gate by Michelle Zink

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Guardian of the Gate by Michelle ZinkPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublication date: August 2010ISBN: 9780316034470Source: LibraryLia has been working on how to stop Samael from entering this world and destroying everything ever since she left her home in New York.  With the companionship of Sonia, she's been searching for the other two keys that will help her stop Samael forever.  She learns that not only is her sister Alice getting much more powerful, she is also trying to steal James, the man Lia had to leave behind.  Lia must do everything she can to get the final pages of the prophecy that will tell her how...


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