Wednesday, June 18, 2008

percy jackson - the battle of the labyrinth, rick riordan

comfort me with apples, ruth reichl

tender at the bone, ruth reichl

the linden tree, ellie matthews

the willoughbys, lois lowry

toby alone, timothée de fombelle

jack plank tells tales, natalie babbitt

Sunday, April 20, 2008

i capture the castle, dodie smith

the listmaker, robin klein

exceedingly mediocre

'b' is for betsy, carolyn haywood

because i'm honest. also because the pictures were really adorable. i'm a bit of a sucker for line drawings

Saturday, April 12, 2008

porcupine, meg tilly

(i verily believe she was in the colin firth valmont, in the michelle pfeiffer role. madame du something, tour something ... )
like a very very pale imitation of cynthia voigt's homecoming

little plum, rumer godden

sequel to miss happiness and miss flower

remembrance of things paris - sixty years of writing from gourmet

set in stone, linda newbery

all faux victorian gothic, and then selling out

the shell house, linda newbery

it tries.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

powers, ursula le guin

the last of the annals of the western shore. also rereading gifts and voices.

a game of dark, william mayne

of pageants and picnics, elizabeth david

runemarks, joanna harris

the mysterious benedict society, trenton lee stewart

it looked like it was going to be okay, but it really wasn't

Monday, March 03, 2008

arthur, for the very first time, patricia maclachlan

Sunday, March 02, 2008

the facts and fictions of minna pratt, patricia maclachlan

the artful eater, edward behr

percy jackson and the curse of the titans, rick riordan

Saturday, March 01, 2008

at large and at small, anne fadiman

the child that books built, francis spufford

animal, vegetable, miracle; barbara kingsolver