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In the Belly of the Bloodhound
At last I return to sea-faring adventures of one impulsive Jacky Faber. Last seen fleeing the Great Battle at Traflgar with a pricy bounty on her head, Jacky escapes back to Boston, leaving her beloved Jaimy Fletcher behind. While she intially plans to be a girl and continue her learning at the Lawson Peabody School…
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Art Books
Aren’t art books great. You get more insight to some of your favorite shows or movies, see background art in full lush color, creator commentary, insight to production ideas and unseen art. It’s amazing to see how much thought and detail that goes into production. Obviously art books are objective since they usually cater to…
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The Mad Girls of New York Review
Since interviewing Maya Rodale, I’ve been eager to get my hands on her historical fiction novel on one of the U.S.’s most famous roving reporter in one of her most famous pieces-“Ten Days in a Madhouse” and finally the library has come through! And you can see the heart of the story in the dedication…
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Princess Academy Review
I am on a roll here with yet another childhood staple (and Newbery Honor winner) I missed when I was young. I’ll admit I skipped it because I thought it was yet another Cinderella adaptation. Those are everywhere! But I was wrong and I’m glad I finally did read this. Hale’s wholly original tale takes…
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Thoughts on Canterwood Crest
So after rereading the entire Canterwood Crest series for the first time in like 7 years, my biggest thoughts from it are….
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Thoughts on new American Girl cover
So American Girl is releasing a new historical girl from the 1920s! Woo, I love that mainly because I love the 20s so it’ll be good for kids to have a new, admittedly more entertaining way to learn about the Harlem Renissance rather than just school books and lectures. However, I do have one cavet…
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What’s this book?: Update
I posted a few months ago about a book series that I simply could not get remember the name of and was driving me crazy. No one from the internet void answered but my local library helped. That lower school edutainment series was America’s National Mysteries Series by Carole Marsh. Boasting Real Kids, Real Places,…
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Thoughts on Shadowhunter Anthologies
I’ve already discussed my thoughts on the Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy anthology so now I go onto The Magnus Bane Chronicles and Ghosts of the Shadowmarket.