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Book Review: The Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan
I'm always on the lookout for new books for bedtime read-alouds, and Rick Riordan has provided quite a few. We're currently working on the last of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and are...
View ArticleWhim Surfing 2011
A quick word about my post title here is needed, I think. I sometimes describe my process for choosing books to read as "Wherever the whims may take me." I don't generally set out to read a lot of...
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Book Review: The Son of Neptune, by Rick Riordan
I have to say that I'm just extremely impressed with Rick Riordan. When I first saw that he'd gone ahead and written a new Demigod series, The Heroes of Olympus (starting with The Lost Hero), I...
View ArticleBook Review: What Becky Didn’t Want, by Seth Tower Hurd
Well, if I'm going to praise Jim Al-Khalili for having on of the most enjoyable names in history then I have to give a shout out to Seth Tower Hurd just based on his being named Seth. I mean, what's...
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Book Review: The Mark of Athena
Given how much I enjoy Rick Riordan's demigod books, it's probably fitting that two of his Heroes of Olympus novels bookended my year in reading. The Son of Neptune was the first book I finished, and...
View ArticleWhim Surfing 2012
Well, it was a down year for me in terms of reading, mostly due to not doing as many read-alouds with the Pancake Eater, but I'm not sure forty-three books is anything to sneeze at even if it's nine...
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Soon-to-be Published Books I’m Looking Forward To
I like to say that I just set myself adrift and read "wherever the whims may take me," but the truth is that there are some authors I regularly return to, and books or series I look forward to. So,...
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Book Review: The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan
At this point, what is there to say about Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series? The books are still fun and interesting, and The House of Hades is a fine and inoffensive entry in the series, but am...
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Favorite Reads of 2014
I’ve decided not to do a big “Everything I Read This Year” list, because frankly it’s just a bit of work to put together and I’m unwilling to do it. But it’s definitely worth the effort to push...
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All The Reading, 2015
So this is the post in which I brag about how much I read this year while simultaneously whining about not reading more. And that’s all I have to say about that. I read 50 books this year, but that...
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