March 30, 2018

Turning Pages Reasd: SAINTS AND MISFITS by S.K. ALI

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Welcome to another session of Turning Pages! Content commentary : This novel contains a physical assault, which is processed throughout ...
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March 29, 2018

Cybils Review: SOUPY LEAVES HOME by Cecil Castellucci and Jose Pimienta

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Synopsis : Graphic novels lend themselves to telling a wide variety of stories, and Soupy Leaves Home is one of those that helps push the...
March 27, 2018

Turning Pages Reads: RELATIVE STRANGERS by PAULA GARNER

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Welcome to another session of Turning Pages! Synopsis : Jules, a senior, lives with her librarian mother, who is, by Jules' lights, ...
March 23, 2018

Turning Pages Reads: PERIOD 8 by CHRIS CRUTCHER

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Welcome to another session of Turning Pages! It's another Crutcher book! And I can't really tell you much of the plot without rui...
March 22, 2018

Cybils Review: PASHMINA by Nidhi Chanani

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Synopsis : This was such a charming, delightful story about the many questions that come up for kids whose families have in some way cross...
March 20, 2018

Turning Pages Reads: DREAD NATION by JUSTINA IRELAND

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Welcome to another session of Turning Pages! NB: Readers will be glad to know that this is a story with a clear beginning, middle, and e...
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March 19, 2018

Cybils Review: BUDDHA: AN ENLIGHTENED LIFE

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Gateway to the Great Stupa at Sanchi, 1st century CE. Synopsis : The life (well, lives) of the Buddha are almost naturally suited to ...
March 14, 2018

Surveying Stories: Separating Fears and Identifying Heart's Desires in T. Kingfisher's SUMMER IN ORCUS

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1. Don't worry about things that you cannot fix. 2. Antelope women are not to be trusted. 3. You cannot change essential nature with mag...
March 13, 2018

2♦sdays@the treehouse: Challenge the Third: March

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Welcome back to our monthly Second Tuesday writing challenge! From January - June, every second Tuesday of the month, we're going to pos...
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March 12, 2018

Cybils Review: THE BIG BAD FOX by Benjamin Renner

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Synopsis : I can't really beat the flap copy for this one, in terms of plot summary, so here you go, fresh from Amazon: Who’s afrai...
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March 08, 2018

Cybils Review: SPINNING by Tillie Walden

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Synopsis : First Second consistently puts out high-quality and varied graphic novels for audiences from kids to adults, and Spinning by ...
March 06, 2018

Turning Pages Reads: FUM, by ADAM RAPP

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Welcome to another session of Turning Pages! NB: This is not going to be the average review; I finished this novel despite my better judg...
March 01, 2018

Cybils Review: THE DAM KEEPER by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi

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Synopsis : I found out during Cybils deliberations that The Dam Keeper originated as an Oscar-nominated short animation, which makes me s...
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February 27, 2018

Turning Pages Reads: THE RADICAL ELEMENT, edited by JESSICA SPOTSWOOD

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Welcome to another session of Turning Pages! Synopsis : Women who persist aren't a recent innovation. A history of intolerance, whic...
February 23, 2018

Turning Pages Reads: THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MEDIATING MYTHS AND MAGIC by F.T. LUKENS

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Welcome to another session of Turning Pages! Synopsis : Hungry to inhabit his true self, Bridger Whitt will do anything to find a job to...
February 22, 2018

Cybils Review: NEW SUPER-MAN VOL. 1: MADE IN CHINA

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Synopsis : Reboots seem to be the story fad du jour when it comes to comic franchises, and while there have been some reboots of Superman,...