The Alphabet Meme

May 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Picked this meme up from Melanie, in honor of two YA books I read for work this weekend.
The goal of this is to list favourite authors according to last name (with a representative fave book as well).
Atwood, Margaret — Cat’s Eye
Bronte, Charlotte — Jane Eyre
Card, Orson Scott — Ender’s Game
Dragonwagon, Crescent — The Year [...]

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May I Introduce… (Booking Through Thursday)

January 10th, 2008 · 6 Comments

How did you come across your favorite author(s)? Recommended by a friend? Stumbled across at a bookstore? A book given to you as a gift?
Was it love at first sight? Or did the love affair evolve over a long acquaintance?

You can find my favorite authors listed in the first sidebar column. Here’s a rundown [...]

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Essential Books For Children

May 31st, 2007 · 23 Comments

I want to start a conversation about what readers think are the books that no child should be without. I’m building a library for Superfast Baby, and here are my 10 must haves for boys and 10 must haves for girls:
Boys:
1. The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
2. A House with a Clock [...]

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30 Books Some Folks in England Say To Read Before You Die

May 19th, 2007 · 17 Comments

Like Poodlerat, I like lists. British librarians were asked to come up with a list of books adults should read before they die. Like all of these lists, it’s weird.
Books I’ve read are in bold; books I’ll almost certainly never read are crossed out.
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Fantasy Series, Reading Ladies & More–Selections from Problogger’s Top 5

May 9th, 2007 · 6 Comments

In honor of today’s work read, a police procedural that left me hungering for Ruth Rendell, I give you my list of the posts I’ve enjoyed so far from the Problogger Group Writing Project:

Top 5 Most Entertaining Foreign Films of the Last Decade
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10 Books I Can’t Live Without

March 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments

I found this meme over at Bookfoolery and Babble, and heaven knows I love lists. These are the 10 books that form the backbone of my library, the 10 books with which I would never part, the 10 books that I will always reread at every stage of my life. That’s not to [...]

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