Faery Tales

I mentioned that I like books about Faeries in my Kidlitcon post, so here’s a list of some of my favorites: Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones I love this book so much. A combination of “Tam Lin” and “Thomas the Rhymer” set in 1980s UK, told as only Diana Wynne Jones can. Tam [...]

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NaBloPoMo

Hopefully this will give me the needed kick to get back in the blogging saddle again. Intended post for Monday: my overdue Kidlitcon writeup. NaBloPoMo

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10 Rules for Writing Fiction

Part One Part Two It’s fascinating to read so many different writer’s take on the same thing, even if I may not be familiar with all of their works. I dare say that many of these rules could be applied to more than just writing fiction.

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Love Diana Wynne Jones?

Diana Wyyne Jones (who is only my favoritest author EVER, and I had no idea she was so ill, and I feel like a jerk for not knowing) is apparently quite sick, and in need of cheering up. So if you would like to brighten her day, drop her a line at: Diana Wynne Jonesc/o [...]

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Cold

Here is the poem I posted yesterday on Twitter, in honor of DOA and me both freezing to death because the psychotic building a/c switched on. Two nice days in early April in Minnesota should not cause this! Oh, wie ist es kalt gewordenund so traurig öd und leer!Rauhe Winde wehn von Norden,und die Sonne [...]

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Patterson the Prolific

I personally don’t like his books, but fully embrace the every book its reader concept; I found the article to be fascinating. James Patterson Inc.

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Bleed to Read

Now, I am a librarian, and I have a tattoo (well, that just outed me at work…), but I’m not *entirely* sold on getting a library tattoo while attending a library conference. But then again, maybe that would have been a fun project while PLA was in Minneapolis in 2008. If I were to get [...]

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Reasons to be Thankful

I’m working on a couple of reviews, but my brain has apparently not returned from vacation yet, so it’s slow going. Here’s 85 Reasons to be Thankful for Librarians to keep you occupied in the mean time.

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Books!

I got a huge pile of books for Christmas (yay!), and borrowed a few more from various family members, but if it turns out I don’t have enough, I may just consider enrolling in this program: $100 for a year-long membership (10 books) or $60 for a six month membership (6 books). Or maybe requesting [...]

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Music of 2009

My list, because I am nothing if not eclectic in my tastes: St. Vincent | Actor Out Of Work (Actor) Imogen Heap | First Train Home (Ellipse) Solid Gold | Get Over It (Bodies Of Water) Vampire Weekend | Horchata (Contra) A R Rahman | Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) The Bird And The Bee | [...]

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