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Giveaway: Lev Grossman’s The Magician’s Land
It’s giveaway central this month at The Library of Alexandra. Today I want to tell you about Lev Grossman’s new book The Magician’s Land. It’s the third book in the Magician’s trilogy which I’ve reviewed here and here. The trilogy has been compared to Harry Potter, Catcher in the Rye, and Chronicles of Narnia.…
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Reading Rainbow
I am sure that all of my blog readers have already heard about the fundraising campaign LaVar Burton has started to introduce Reading Rainbow to a new generation of school children. But just in case you haven’t, here’s a little bit about the project: It’s no surprise that as a librarian, this…
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Focus On: Psychological Novels
Though I’ve featured novels with psychiatric/mental illness themes before I have never dedicated an entire post to them. The human psyche is so interesting because of how fragile it truly is. Below are a selection of my favorite novels and memoirs about mental illness and those who treat it. Dreaming for Freud by Sheila Kohler A…
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Waiting On: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
If you’re a long time blog reader you know that I read and reviewed A Discovery of Witches and then waited with bated breath for its sequel Shadow of Night. I’ve re-read both books more times than I can count, gaining new insights each time I pick them up. Since Shadow of Night came out…
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