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Archives for October 2008
Kin (The Good Neighbors)
by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
Kin is the first in a new graphic novel series written by Holly and illustrated by Ted. Here is the series description, which I found on both Amazon and Holly Black’s website:
Rue Silver’s mother has disappeared . . . and her father has been arrested, suspected of killing her. But [...]
I Heart Animaniacs
This has nothing to do with books or reading but it’s so much fun. I loved Animaniacs when I was growing up and this was my favorite skit. Enjoy!
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Big News…
…for me at least. I am officially a teen librarian!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! I am taking over the teen librarian position at the branch where I currently work as a Library Services Assistant. I begin my position on Monday (I’m having a bit of a freak out about that). This is my current dream job and is [...]
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore
Katsa lives in a world where a select few members of society are Graced with special abilities, and she is one of them. Sounds wonderful, right? It’s not. Those children whose eyes are two different colors, the sign of a Graceling, are sent immediately to serve their king. If the Grace is valuable [...]
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It's Time!
Cybils nominations are now open! Go forth and nominate. Nominations are open from Oct. 1 until Oct. 15. That’s two weeks to think of your favorite books from this year (published somewhere between Jan. 1, 2008 and Oct. 15, 2008) and nominate them for a Cybil. One nomination per person, per category, but there are [...]
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