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Random Review: Legend
A copy of a copy of a copy, now with more gimmicks. Legend by Marie Lu June Iparis wants to find the Republic’s most-wanted criminal Day, even though no one knows what he looks like, and avenge her...
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Random Act of Art
Well…I didn’t make a painting today, or the day before that, or for several days before that (though I have made a few since I last posted.) I did draw one of the students in the class I subbed for,...
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Kids These Days: A Visual Comparison
Further Reading: So Sexy, So Soon How Fantasy Becomes Reality: Seeing Through Media Influence Pornified: How Pornography is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our FamiliesFiled under: Random...
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Random Review: The Stand
Not his best work (but not his worst.) The Stand by Stephen King After the outbreak of a deadly virus across the United States, what remains of humanity lives among what remains of society. As they...
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Random Review: The Tin Princess
Exactly what I wanted to read. A rather sad cover illustration, but this is the copy I picked up and I prefer this version to the ones that re-imagined the titular character as a blonde with straight...
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Character Study: Merits of a Maligned Mermaid
Lately I have been watching Disney movies while baby-sitting a ten-month-old and, because he can’t talk yet, I get plenty of time to think about them while stacking block towers and blowing raspberries...
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Random Review: The Swan Gondola
Moulin Rouge, if the Duke had proved a more compelling option. The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert Orphaned ventriloquist Ferret Skerritt is set to make a few bucks and have a fine summer plying his...
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Things That Are Black (Other Than Onyx)
Okay, so I know I’ve basically been the worst blogger ever just reading book after book and not reviewing any of them. I’m sorry. I apologize. This probably will not change significantly in the future,...
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Mix-Tape Monday: Crybaby
Inspiration struck and it brought you this tear-stained edition of Ten Songs in Which Taylor Swift Cries: Teardrops on My Guitar “He’s the reason for the teardrops on my guitar” Love Story...
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Mix-Tape Mondays: I’m Obligated to Myself
It’s the last week of school where I live, which means no subbing jobs outside of a dire emergency, so I wrote myself a list of things to do each day this week. Monday: wash the truck, clean the living...
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Mix-Tape Mondays: Storyteller with a Secret
I recently finished reading a book that made me feel just terrible, so I thought I’d work out my feelings here on The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth My review will be up tomorrow. 1. “I...
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Random Review: The Wild Girl
Though Bitter Greens had three heroines suffering, The Wild Girl is three times more brutal to read. The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth Most people (of European descent) know of the folktale collection...
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Mix-Tape Mondays: It’s All an Illusion
I’m not really sure why I keep posting the playlist for a book before I’ve reviewed it, but I have two theories: a) Making a mix-tape for a novel helps me process my thoughts so that I’m able to write...
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Random Review: The Museum of Intangible Things
I could not have guessed how much I would enjoy this book: The Museum of Intangible Things by Wendy Wunder Hannah and Zoe are lifelong best friends struggling to find a way out of their rural New...
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Why Must Dudes Ruin Perfectly Good Superheroine and Action Franchises with...
armchairauthor:Literature is a bit more diverse than film, but it is interesting that John Green is the breakout personality of YA lit when you have best-selling female authors like Maggie Stiefvater...
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Mix-Tape Mondays: Hot Dog!
It’s a two-fer Tuesday on with double the tracks for twice the fun! Every summer since 2004 I’ve made a mix for the season, and I’ve just put the finishing touches on 2014′s playlist, “Hot Dog!” The...
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Random Art Stuff
Fun with stencils! A few more paintings and a drawing! Chalk pastel madness! Filed under: Art, Printmaking Tagged: DIY, drawing, fine art, painting, pastels, spray paint, watercolor
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Mix-Tape Monday: Blue Period
Monday got you on the cool side of the color wheel? There’s a playlist for that! Blue Notes 1. “Behind Blue Eyes” – The Who If people are too distracted by the gorgeousness of your oceanic peepers to...
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Mix-Tape Mondays: C’Mon Baby
This installment of is dedicated to the art of the sales pitch. And I mean that in a sexual way. Ten tunes that tell tales of trawling for titillation: The Art of the Pickup 1. “Free” – Mya Single,...
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Random Review: The Dream Thieves
Maggie Stiefvater, An author you can trust. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater The second book in The Raven Cycle finds us back in Henrietta, Virginia with three Aglionby boys and one contrary...
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