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The Toll Gate (1954) 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
The Toll Gate. Georgette Heyer. 1954. Harlequin. 304 pages. [Source: Library] I persevered through my rereading of The Toll-Gate. I am on a quest to reread all of Heyer's romances this year after all...
Two More "You Wouldn't Want To" Books 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
You Wouldn't Want To Be A World War II: Air Battles You Might Not Survive. Ian Graham. Illustrated by David Antram. 2009. Scholastic. 32 pages. [Source: Library] Last Monday, I reviewed two books in ...
Sunday Salon: Reading Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935) 25 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
Mary Poppins Comes Back. P.L. Travers. 1935. Harcourt. 315 pages. [Source: Library] It was one of those mornings when everything looks very neat and bright and shiny, as though the world had been tid...
Week in Review: August 18-24 25 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
Now We Are Six. A.A. Milne. 1927. 101 pages. [Source: Library] You Wouldn't Want To Be Joan of Arc! A Mission You Might Want To Miss. Fiona MacDonald. 2010. Illustrated by David Antram. Scholastic. 32...
Library Loot: Fourth Trip in August 25 Aug 2013 | 06:23 am
Is this my biggest library loot of the year?! New Loot: You Wouldn't Want To Be A Greek Athlete by Michael Ford You Wouldn't Want To Be A Slave in Ancient Greece by Fiona Macdonald You Wouldn't W....
Counting by 7s (2013) 23 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Counting by 7s. Holly Goldberg Sloan. 2013. Penguin USA. 384 pages. [Review Copy] Willow Chance is her own person. She may be a little different, a little distant, a little odd. But. There is somethi...
Unthinkable (2013) 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Unthinkable. Nancy Werlin. 2013. Penguin. 400 pages. [Source: Review Copy] Fenella Scarborough is consumed with one desire: she wants to die. She has been trapped--tormented--for hundreds of years in...
Four by Helen Lester (2013) 21 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
Listen, Buddy. Helen Lester. Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 32 pages. [Source: Review Copy] Buddy's father had a beautiful big nose. He was a great sniffer. Buddy's ....
The Black Dudley Murder (1929) 20 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
The Black Dudley Murder. Margery Allingham. 1929. 224 pages. [Source: Bought] I'm so glad that The Black Dudley Murder was not my first introduction to Margery Allingham or Albert Campion. (The Case ...
Two "You Wouldn't Want To Be" Books 19 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
You Wouldn't Want To Be In Alexander The Great's Army. Jacqueline Morley. 2005. Scholastic. 32 pages. [Source: Library] I have only recently discovered the "You Wouldn't Want To Be" nonfiction pictur...
