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Catching Fire ignites curiosity about upcoming Book 3
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Copyright 2009, Scholastic Press 391 pages, YA sci-fi [Spoiler Alert: I highly recommend you skip the first paragraph of this review (the synopsis/teaser) if you haven… more →
Here's To Us
Catching Fire ignites curiosity about upcoming Book 3
Allegra wrote 1 week ago: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Copyright 2009, Scholastic Press 391 pages, YA sci-fi [Spoiler Aler … more →
Suzanne Collins paints a startling picture of the future
Allegra wrote 1 week ago: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Copyright 2008, Scholastic Press 374 pages, YA sci-fi Katniss Ev … more →
Hale, Hale, and Hale make a great team
Allegra wrote 2 weeks ago: Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale Copyright 2008, Blooms … more →
stashing, reading, and drinking
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Monique wrote 2 weeks ago: Yesterday’s mail brought a few new charts. I don’t have the cat body for that “Meo … more →
Literature, music and Taliban.
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Minerva wrote 3 weeks ago: Part 1: Literature. Peter loves Jane. Jane loves Peter. And they all loved a dog – whose name … more →
Another winner from the author of the Discworld series
Allegra wrote 3 weeks ago: Nation by Terry Pratchett Copyright 2008, HarperCollins 367 pages, YA fantasy Mau is a member of the … more →
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
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brideofthebookgod wrote 3 weeks ago: So this was my first proper exposure to Nick Hornby; of course I know who he is, I have High Fidelit … more →
I sure hope there are more books in this series!
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Allegra wrote 1 month ago: Forest Born by Shannon Hale Copyright 2009, Bloomsbury 389 pages, fantasy Rinna has no doubt she is … more →
A rare read outside of my genre
Allegra wrote 1 month ago: Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin Copyright 2009, Simon & Schuster 195 pages, realisti … more →
This one's really short compared to His Dark Materials!
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Allegra wrote 1 month ago: Clockwork by Phillip Pullman Copyright 1996, Arthur A. Levine Books 107 pages, fantasy One winter ni … more →
Yet another ghost story
Allegra wrote 1 month ago: Jade Green: A Ghost Story by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Copyright 1999, Atheneum 168 pages, YA fantasy … more →
First modern short story collection I've read in a while
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Allegra wrote 1 month ago: Pretty Monsters: Stories by Kelly Link Copyright 2008, Viking 389 pages, YA fantasy/sci-fi Pretty Mo … more →
B -- Paul Bowles, Bookishness, Bunting, Breadknives
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Third books can be tedious, but this one's not
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Allegra wrote 1 month ago: River Secrets by Shannon Hale Copyright 2006, Bloomsbury Publishing 290 pages, YA fantasy Although … more →
A great story for Halloween
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Allegra wrote 2 months ago: One grave in every graveyard belongs to the ghouls. Wander any graveyard long enough and you will fi … more →
This book makes me like Shannon Hale even more!
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Allegra wrote 2 months ago: “You think I’ll stand by while you threaten the princess?” said Enna. “You k … more →
the Quirky Jane books
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Monique wrote 2 months ago: I’m finished with Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. I didn’t finish reading it, but I … more →
Books By Mail (and a Halloween Reading List)
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Allegra wrote 2 months ago: This is an awfully belated post, readers, but you’ve probably noticed by now that most of my p … more →
A fun, beautiful tale
Allegra wrote 2 months ago: Daisy stretched and seemed to be talking to herself. I couldn’t hear what she was saying, but … more →
