Monday, November 24, 2008

Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie - Norton Juster

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Illustrator: Chris Raschka For: Kids Published: October, 2008 Rating:5 for story/ 1 for illustrations Read: This weekend Endpapers: Bri...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Wild Boars Cook - Meg Rosoff

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Illustrator: Sophie Blackall For: preschool-Gr 2 Published: Sept, 2008 Rating: 3.5 Read: This weekend Endpapers: Closeup of the boar...

MOVIE: What Just Happened

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Rating: Mostly boring, lots of emotional sadness, some funny parts Viewed: Friday, Nov. 21 Crossroads by myself Rotten Tomato Rating: 51%...
Friday, November 21, 2008

My Baby - Jeanette Winter

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For: Preschoolers Published: 2001 Rating: 5 Read: Today Endpapers: Deep lavender There are THREE reasons why this book is a "5...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Little Boy - Alison McGhee

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Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds For: Kids Published: April, 2008 Rating: 5 Read: today Endpapers: Sunshine yellow Rhythm and rhyme. Repe...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

MOVIE: Secret Life of Bees

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Rating: Wonderful Viewed: November 18, 2008 El Con with SW 58% Rotten Tomato Rating Mine: 90% EW: C cag: A Genre: Drama Released 10/1...
Monday, November 17, 2008

59. Angels Flight - Michael Connelly

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AUDIO Read by Dick Hill For: Adults Book Published: 1999 Audio Published: 1998, Brilliance (yup, these dates are correct) 9 discs 393 pag...

Owney, The Mail-Pouch Pooch - Mona Kerby

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Illustrator: Lynne Barasch For: Kids K-3 Published: April, 2008 Rating: 3.5/5 Read: Today Endpapers: Drawings of 14 dogtags from diffe...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

The Dog Who Belonged to No One - Amy Hest

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Illustrator: Amy Bates For: Young kids Published: Sept. 2008 Rating: 4 Read: Today Endpapers: Deep maroony-brown This is a sweet book....

Abraham Lincoln Comes Home - Robert Burleigh

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Illustrator: Wendell Minor For: Kids, but they need to be old enough to know who Lincoln was Published: August, 2008 Rating: 4.5 Read: today...

58. Cycler - Lauren McLaughlin

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For: Young Adults Published: Aug. 26, 2008 256 pgs. Rating: 5 Finished Nov. 16, 2008 I was picking through my pile of ARCs from last May...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

57. Living Dead Girl - Elizabeth Scott

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For YA (ARC says 16+) Published: Sept, 2008 176 pgs. Rating: Unrateable Read in one sitting, after school today Tragic Heartbreaking Unfor...
Sunday, November 9, 2008

56. Little Brother - Cory Doctorow

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For: YA Published: April, 2008 384 pgs. Rating: 3.5 Finished Nov. 8, 2008 Set in San Francisco just a year or two in the future, Marcus Y...
Saturday, November 8, 2008

The Dangerous Alphabet - Neil Gaiman

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Illustrator: Gris Grimly For: ages 5 and up? Published: Apriil, 2008 Rating: 2 (but I may change it if another reading helps me underst...

Peter Spit a Seed at Sue - Jackie French Koller

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Illustrator: John Manders For: Kids Published: June, 2008 Rating: 4 (Spitting in general is nasty, that's why I had to knock it down....