Wednesday, September 26, 2012

55. 12.21 - Dustin Thomason

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2012, Dial Press 328 pgs. HC $27.00 TPPL Goodreads rating: 3.52 my rating: 4 or maybe even 4.5, it was very good 1st line/s:  "...

POETRY PICTURE BOOK - Book Speak! - Laura Purdis Salas

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Poems About Books illustrated by Josee Bisaillon 2011, Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin) 32 pages Goodreads rating:  4.31 cag:  5 21...

POETRY - Hallowilloween - Calef Brown

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(Nefarious Silliness by Calef Brown) 2010, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children HC $16.99 TPPL 811.54 32 pages Goodreads rating:  3.8...

POETRY - Autumnblings - Douglas Florian

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Illustrated by the author 2003, Greenwillow Books (Harper Collins) HC $15.99 TPPL 811.54 48 pgs. Goodreads rating: 3.95 my rating: ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

54. Following Grandfather - Rosemary Wells

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illustrated by Christopher Denise 2012, Candlewick Press HC $14.99 58 pages not really an Early Reader, more of a read aloud, I think....

53. The Day Before - Lisa Schroeder

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2011, Simon Pulse Goodreads rating: 4.00 cag: 4 for: YA 309 pages paper $9,99 Setting:  Contemporary Oregon coast First line/s:  ...

52. Bad Business - Robert B. Parker

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# 31 in the Spenser series audio read by Joe Mantegna 2004, Random House Audio 5 unabridged cds (6 hrs.) $29.95 Goodreads rating:  3.7...

MOVIE - Robot and Frank

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PG-13 (1:30) Limited opening 8/17/12 (NY 8/24/12 (LA) I saw it at El Con on Thursday, 9-20-12 RT Crit:  89 Audience:  86 cag: It was o...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

MOVIE - Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

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I forgot to blog about this, I saw it at the end of the summer and am just now trying to remember what I wanted to write. Rating & ...

POETRY - Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up - Lisa Westberg Peters

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Illustrated by Cathie Felstead 2003, Greenwillow Books HC $16.99 32 pages Goodreads:  3.94 cag:  okay (art check +, poetry OK) 22 ...

MOVIE - Ruby Sparks

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R (1:44) Limited Opening 7/25/12 Viewed at Crossroads Theater Monday 9/17/12 (by myself) RT Critics 80 Audience 82 Director:  Jonathan...

MOVIE - Hope Springs

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PG-13 (1:40) Wide release 8-8-12 Thursday 9-13-12 at El Con with Sheila RT Critics 74 Audience 67 I liked it a lot.  I laughed a lot. ...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

POETRY - Please Bury Me In the Library - J. Patrick Lewis

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illustrated by Kyle M. Stone 2005, Gulliver Books Goodreads rating:  4.03 My rating:  3.5 32 pages, 16 poems Endpapers:  Pale...

POETRY - A Chill in the Air - John Frank

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Nature Poems for Fall and Winter illustrated by Mike Reed 2003, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 32 pgs. Endpapers:  Musta...

POETRY - The Ancestors Are Singing - Tony Johnston

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Illustrated by Karen Barbour 2003, Farrar Straus Giroux Goodreads rating 3.25 My rating: 4 64 pages Illustrations:  pen & ink ...