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Archive for September, 2013
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The weekly web ramble (9/27)
Posted on September 27, 2013 | 2 CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Enjoy famous men reading famous poetry – Rebecca Eaton (executive producer of PBS’ Masterpiece) on great adaptations – Dear Author […] -
Frozen – trailer
Posted on September 26, 2013 | No CommentsAfter many a year of Veronica Mars voice-overs, Kristen Bell’s voice still just makes me happy… Plus this movie is looking pretty darn adorable in its own right. I am liking […] -
Battle Magic by Tamora Pierce – Advance Review
Posted on September 23, 2013 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: On their way to the first Circle temple in Gyongxi, mages Briar, Rosethorn, and Evvy pay a visit to the emperor’s summer palace. Although treated like royalty when […] -
The weekly web ramble (9/20)
Posted on September 20, 2013 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The 2013 National Book Award longlists in all categories (young people’s lit is past poetry) – A New York Librarian gets fired after […] -
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell – Advance Review
Posted on September 19, 2013 | No CommentsBook Jacket: Embrace possibility in this luminous novel about a girl in search of her past who discovers a secret rooftop world in Paris. Everyone thinks that Sophie is an […] -
Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud – Advance Review
Posted on September 16, 2013 | 5 CommentsBook Jacket: When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in… For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic […] -
Delia’s Shadow by Jaime Lee Moyer – Advance Review
Posted on September 13, 2013 | No CommentsBook Jacket: A dark, romantic fantasy set against the backdrop of San Francisco devastated by the Great Quake It is the dawn of a new century in San Francisco and […] -
The weekly web ramble (9/13)
Posted on September 13, 2013 | 1 CommentLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – J.K. Rowling is penning a new film set in her Harry Potter universe – Ten gorgeous posters inspired by the books […] -
The Railway Man – trailer
Posted on September 11, 2013 | No CommentsThis movie will make me cry, I guarantee it. Not to mention it got a standing ovation at its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Plus I cannot wait to see […] -
The weekly web ramble (9/6)
Posted on September 6, 2013 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The 2013 Hugo Award winners – Remembering Ann Crispin <– AUTHOR TALK – Sarah Rees Brennan remembers meeting the late, great Seamus Heaney […]