Paean and plea the day before Canada Day, 2016
Tomorrow is Canada Day. I happen to be four provinces east of home, and, having driven through those four provinces (five; I had to cross most of BC, too) in […]
Monthly Archives: June 2016
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Hello folks, a couple of days ago was the first day of summer. … That has nothing to do with the post but I thought I’d mention it. Well summer […]
Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
Hardcover, 247 pages Published May 10th 2011 by Feiwel & Friends Source: Purchased “One ought not to judge her: all children are Heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, […]
Top Ten Tuesday: Children’s Books to Give to the Scornful Reader
A Book Wars original topic. Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by Broke and Bookish and you can visit their page for more information. Today’s theme has to do […]
Notes from the Wild: Vol. 17
Kids, it is said, say the darnedest things. As a children’s librarian I can attest to the fact that this is indeed the case. Kids can be delightfully weird, which […]
The Cover Wars
To Whom It May Concern: Please, we need help! The day twelve-year-old Clara finds a desperate note in a purse in Bellman’s department store, she is still reeling from the […]
Review: Huntress by Malinda Lo
Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn’t shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. The […]
The Colour Narrative
How much of our daily interactions, reading, and living is affected by the narratives coded in our colours, ethnicities, and histories? How much of our reactions to seemingly insignificant things […]
Review: Cold Tom by Sally Prue
Why you might want to read Cold Tom: Faeries. Really different faeries. As in, at first reading I wasn’t sure what species the protagonist was, he seemed so far from […]
Stiletto (The Checquey Files #2) by Daniel O’Malley
Hardcover, 583 pages Published June 14th 2016 by Little, Brown, and Company Source: ARC from Publisher In this spirited sequel, The Rook returns to clinch an alliance between deadly rivals […]
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