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Five Books I Couldn't Stop Reading2 comments

kaseygiard wrote 3 weeks ago: In honor of summer’s approach, I wanted to do something a little different today. (A new revie … more →

Tags: Book Content, Clean Young Adult Fiction, Contemporary YA, Fantasy, Favorites, Teen Fiction, Beauty, Carol Chase, catherine marshall

Book Review: Blink and Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones

CSL Children's Department wrote 2 months ago: I picked up Blink & Caution expecting to read an adventure story by acclaimed Canadian author Ti … more →

Tags: ya, Award winners, Young Adult Fiction, blink and caution, Blink & Caution, Crime Stories, Suspense

David Almond, Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Deborah Ellis, Nick Hornby, Margo Lanagan, Gregory Maguire, Ruth Ozeki, Linda Sue Park, Tim Wynne-Jones--Click: One Novel Ten Authors (2007)

Paul Debraski wrote 3 months ago: SOUNDTRACK: BEACH HOUSE-Teen Dream (2010). I didn’t know Beach House until this album got huge … more →

Tags: nick hornby, Roddy Doyle, Eoin Colfer, War, boredom, death, Travel, boxing, COCTEAU TWINS

A Grand Birthday Tour8 comments

Amanda West Lewis wrote 3 months ago: I have a hard time with my birthday. It is in January, probably the worst month of the year. I am ne … more →

Tags: Brooke Valley, Birthday, Jan Irwin, laurie lewis, Lewis Wynne-Jones, jack hurd, tasting menu, 8 course meal

Starting the new year in a fort

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: New Years Day, January 1, 2012. The beginning of a new year and the end of our family time together. … more →

Tags: Italy, Amanda Lewis, La Spezia, Ligurian Coast, Ristorante Forte Mace'

Rex Zero Author Named to the Order of Canada

Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum wrote 1 year ago: On Friday, December 30, Perth-based author Tim Wynne-Jones was named to the Order of Canada by Gover … more →

Tags: Bunker Kids!, Cold War Books, Education, Exhibitions, Public programs, Order of Canada, Rex Zero

The Cinque Terre. 2 comments

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: The Cinque Terre are 5 tiny villages that perch on the edge of the cliffs along the Ligurian coast. … more →

Tags: Italy, Amanda Lewis, world-heritage-site, maddy wynne-jones, laurie lewis, Cinque Terre, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia

Portovenere3 comments

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: Portovenere is on a promontory that juts into the western edge of the Gulf of La Spezia. A 30-minute … more →

Tags: Italy, Amanda Lewis, maddy wynne-jones, Ligurian Coast, laurie lewis, Portovenere, Gulf of La Spezia, Xan Wynne-Jones, Lewis Wynne-Jones

A sunny Christmas morning

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: Before coming to Italy, we warned ourselves that the end of December would be wintery and cold. We w … more →

Tags: Italy, Amanda Lewis, Antica Via del Golfo, Christmas morning in Italy, La Spezia, laurie lewis, Lewis Wynne-Jones, Ligurian Coast, maddy wynne-jones

A Christmas Eve feast in Italy

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: Our Christmases have always looked a bit like an archetypal Christmas card. We decorate a tree with … more →

Tags: Italy, Amanda Lewis, maddy wynne-jones, La Spezia, Italian Riviera, Christmas Eve Dinner, market shopping, Villa Maggiano, Melanzane Parmigiano

Croeso i Caerdydd1 comment

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of Wales. A city of approximately 850,000, it is going through qui … more →

Tags: Wales, Amanda Lewis, cardiff, Cardiff Castle, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Merrily We Roll Along, Chapter Arts Centre, Millennium Arts Centre, welsh cakes

Croeso i Tyddewi

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: With the name “Wynne-Jones”, you know that Tim’s family is Welsh. His father was born in Wales, and … more →

Tags: Wales, Amanda Lewis, Pembrokeshire coastal path, St. David's, St David's Cathedral, St Non, St Justinian

Steeped in history and tradition4 comments

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: It never ceases to surprise me that Britain is both large and small at the same time. It’s like a ma … more →

Tags: England, Amanda Lewis, Cambridge

A Sublime Day in London2 comments

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: The Leonardo Da Vinci show at the National Gallery, “Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Mila … more →

Tags: London, Amanda Lewis, st martin's in the fields, Leonardo Da Vinci, just this day, The National Gallery of London

Encore Une Fois, part deux 2 comments

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: After a morning exploring the treasures at the Marche des Puces in Restigne, Bryan, Peta, Tim and I … more →

Tags: France, Amanda Lewis, andouille, Burgundy, local foods, Loire, Marcigny, Mushrooming

Encore une fois

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: Peta and Bryan invited us back to France, to help close up the house for the winter. The trip coinci … more →

Tags: France, Amanda Lewis, Bourgueil, Caves, chocolate-torte, Loire, Restigne, Tours

A new doorstep in an ancient landscape7 comments

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: We had never met Mal Peet and his wife Elspeth Graham before we landed on their doorstep in Exmouth. … more →

Tags: England, Amanda Lewis, Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham, Exeter, Exmouth, Otterton, Otter Estuary Nature Reserve, Exeter Cathedral

Discovering a corner of Devon2 comments

Amanda West Lewis wrote 1 year ago: There is a reason why everyone raves about Devonshire Cream. When you eat it, you feel like you have … more →

Tags: England, Amanda Lewis, Devon, South Devon Steam Train, Totnes, Ashburton, buckfastleigh, Dartmoor, Thai Fish Stew

The Timeless Power of Legends

dereknewmanstille wrote 4 months ago: A Review of The Monkey King & Other Stories Edited by Griffin Ondaatje (Harper Collins, 1995). B … more →

Tags: Fiction Book Reviews, Reviews, monstrosity, Animal, Memory, Teaching, Questions, Diversity, God(s)


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