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This is the blog of a girl who loves books. It chronicles the books she reads, reading challenges she is attempting to conquer, and other adventures that her book obsession takes her.
Recent Posts
El Indio
If you’ve been a regular visitor to this site, you’ve probably noticed I’ve been slowly acquiring the taste for graphic novels, as more and more of them seem to be making their way to my shelves. Last week I had the chance to read F...
Bah, Humbug!
I saw the Christmas Carol movie this weekend, and I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand the animation was amazing! Five years has certainly done wonders for 3D performance capture — compared to Zemeckis’ 2004 Polar Express, Chri...
More Po-Mo picture books (Picture book roundup 10)
I’ve been fascinated with postmodern picture books ever since I took a course in children’s books back in college. Since then I’ve been building up my collection of po-mo picture books, and I’ve now got over 20 of them, mostly...
Funny Famous Faces
Impulse buying at the bargain bookstore has gotten me a lot of books I have no earthly use for (as you probably know), but I like buying them anyway (as you probably also know). This is another one of those books — Famous Faces by Norman Messen...
Chicklit Capers
I discovered Lauren Willig while browsing through a bargain bin and unearthing a hardcover copy of The Masque of the Black Tulip. The story summary appealed to me, so I bought it and looked it up online, only to find that it was the sequel to The Sec...
Maus
This post is dedicated to the victims of the election massacre that took place in Maguindanao. I was supposed to read another book to wrap up my World War II Challenge, but that will probably have to wait until next month, as I found another couple ...

