For the last many weeks, Bart has been in the midst of busy season at work, which meant he worked pretty much around the clock for weeks on end. Then, on Tuesday afternoon, he called to say it was all done and he was on his way home. And he didn’t go back to work until this morning. Having him…
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Reliving One of the Best Meals of My Life
A long time ago, in a house only a few blocks away from my current apartment, I wrote a book review and someone asked if I’d been paid to write it (it was a book quite outside the normal teen romance scope of my reading). I had not, but the book was non-fiction and so my review was more outline-y…
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A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na
A Book of Sleep came out a couple of years ago, but I’d never heard of it until The Horn Book mentioned that a board book version of it was being released (they said the board book version was too small and the images were really dark, so you know, skip it). Now I am in love with this book…
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The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal
The False Princess was so so much better than I expected. A really fun younger YA fantasy that reminded me of Ella Enchanted or The Goose Girl. Definitely recommended if you’re a fantasy fan. You know how tons of books say things like, “Perfect for fans of _______ and ________.” And how most of the time the only similarity is…
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Bits and Bobs
I was on a winning streak a couple of weeks ago. In the course of a week, I won a box of Meyer lemons from Princess Nebraska’s backyard (yum), two camis from Mod Bod (oh my heavens, I love them so much; in the last ten days, I’ve probably worn them at least five times), and. . . .an immersion…
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