School library book returned 73 years overdue

January 18, 2010

Last year I had someone bring back a couple of library books she’d found when moving house. They were books she had borrowed for a high school project and she is now in her mid twenties. This guy leaves her for dead: Thomas McArdle did a naughty thing 74 years ago. As a sixth grader [...]

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As one year shuffles aside to make way for another.

January 14, 2010

Time for a new year stocktake. 2009 has been tiring. It seems that at any one time in the second half of the year at least one member of our family was sick. This is obviously not a big deal in the scheme of things and I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining. I [...]

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NaNoWriMo

October 30, 2009
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It has always seemed to me that a large proportion of librarians really want to be writers. Actually, let’s face it, a large proportion of non-librarians really want to be writers. The sad fact is however, that the vast majority of these would be literary greats never even get around to starting their masterpiece. That’s [...]

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Edsel Grizzler book 1: Voyage to Verdada, by James Roy

October 22, 2009
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Originally posted over where I blog for work, here are my thoughts on James Roy’s latest: Edsel Grizzler lives a bland life in a bland street with over protective parents he can’t stand. They won’t let him do anything fun, worried that everything is too dangerous. But when Edsel finds himself transported to Verdada, a [...]

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The reformed vampire support group, by Catherine Jinks

October 2, 2009
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Here’s my review of The reformed vampire support group as posted over at my library’s blog.   The plain fact is, I can’t do anything much. That’s part of the problem. Vampires are meant to be so glamorous and powerful, but I’m here to inform you that being a vampire is nothing like that. Not [...]

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Lift off! (Nit Boy 1), by Tristan Bancks

September 28, 2009
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Here is my review of Nit boy: Lift off! as posted to my work blog aboutthebooks. Eleven year old Lewis Snow has a wild blonde afro and his hair has never been cut. It is filled with nits of course, and he considers them his pets. He has even made some money by passing them [...]

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