children’s books

Flash Review: Little Skink’s Tail, by Janet Halfmann

June 13, 2009 Books and Reading

Little Skink’s Tail, by Janet Halfmann While Little Skink hunts yummy ants for breakfast, she is suddenly attacked by a crow! But she has a trick to escape she snaps off her tail, and it keeps on wiggling! Little Skink is happy to be alive, but she misses her bright blue tail. Little Skink’s Tail [...]

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This Week’s Library Loot

May 6, 2009 Books and Reading

I didn’t get a chance to visit the library last week but fortunately (I think) they keep holds for four days and I managed to squeak in at the last minute and pick up another batch of books. Then the phone rang with another automated message … So here’s this week’s library loot: Mystery: The [...]

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Mailbox Monday – May 4

May 4, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s Mailbox Monday, when book bloggers talk about the book titles that came to their house that week. Here’s what arrived in the Ms. Bookish household: Mystery: Long Time No See, by Susan Isaacs. Via Bookmooch. Judith Singer (last seen in Isaacs’ Compromising Positions) is back, this time to investigate the death of Courtney Logan, [...]

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More Library Decadence

April 22, 2009 Books and Reading

After my recent Library Loot post, I really didn’t think I could have that many more hold requests at the library coming in. I haven’t had a chance to read ANY of the books from that batch, with the exception of an audiobook, a BBC Radio Production of Agatha Christie’s The Caribbean Mystery (it helped [...]

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An Embarrassment of Library Riches

April 17, 2009 Books and Reading

It must be some sort of Murphy’s Law applicable to bibliophiles, I think. Work-wise it’s been quiet around here, which is why I’ve been able to keep up with all my reading even through all the renovations around here, instead of being stuck at my desk pounding on deadline after deadline. I always have a [...]

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Book Review: Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman

February 6, 2009 Books and Reading

Something mysterious is happening in Skeleton Creek. Something scary. Something sinister. Ryan came close to it … and nearly died. Now he’s trapped in his house. He can’t trust anyone – not even himself. He is forbidden from seeing his best friend, Sarah. So while Ryan is isolated and alone, she plunges back into the [...]

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Friday Finds – Lots of Fantasies

February 6, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s time for Friday Finds again! Here are the books I’ve discovered this week, that I’d love to add to my TBR pile: Fantasy/Young adult: Family Bones, by Kimberly Raiser (discovered at Marta’s Meanderings) Young adult: Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta (discovered at The Children’s Literature Book Club) Children’s book: Indigo’s Star, by Hilary McKay [...]

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Review: The Case of the Missing Marquess, by Nancy Springer

January 28, 2009 Books and Reading

From the Back of book: When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly sets off to find her. Disguising herself as a widow, Enola embarks on a journey to London, but nothing can prepare her for what awaits. For when she arrives, she finds herself involved in [...]

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Mailbox Monday – A Big List

January 26, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s Mailbox Monday again – this is where I get the chance to list all the books that came into the house this past week. This past week, I more or less made up for the the sparse new arrivals a few Mondays ago I made the mistake of ambling over to Chapters.ca to buy [...]

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Mailbox Mondays

January 19, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s Mailbox Monday again, and here’s what arrived at the Ms. Bookish household this past week! Young adult/Mystery: Skeleton Creek, by Patrick Carman. This one is an ARC courtesy of the author. I’m very excited about this book because of the interactive video component – my daughter isn’t a big reader, but she’s a filmmaker [...]

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