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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • Some Kind of Fairy Tale

    By Graham Joyce Personal notes:  I may have found a new favorite author with this book.  I loved the gritty feel that this story has – the feel of this story is how I picture Tara’s description of viewing this reality after being away.  I loved the characters – especially Ritchie.  (Who doesn’t love a… Read more

  • A different approach

    http://www.goodreads.com/I’ve been neglecting my blog lately because I’ve just had so many other things going on in my life lately.  I’ve contemplated whether or not I should give up the blog altogether (since I do use Goodreads as well). Read more

  • Touched by an Alien

    By Gini Koch Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DAW Books, Inc. 2010 Genres: Science fiction, thriller, romance Series: Alien; 1 Format: Paperback (mass market) ISBN: 9780756406004 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 389 Setting: Pueblo Caliente, AZ, Roswell, NM, & New York City Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: As marketing manager, Katherine “Kitty” Katt, is… Read more

  • Promise Me Eternity

    By Ian Fox Place: Publisher & Year: Amazon Digital Services, 2012 Genres: Suspense, mystery Format: Kindle Book (but I had a print version – no ereader) ASIN: B004KA9JDK Audience: Adult Print length: 370 pages (my manuscript was 137 pages) Setting: Medford, OR Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Dr. Simon Patterson wishes he could take a break… Read more

  • The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: a Hmong Child, her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

    By Anne Fadiman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997 Genres: nonfiction, social sciences, anthropology, cultural studies, medicine ISBN: 9780374525644 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 341 (including Notes, Bibliography, and Index). Setting: Mostly set in Merced, CA, but also includes places where the Hmong have lived – including China, Laos,… Read more

  • Nemesis

    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper, c2002, 2012 Genres: Mystery, suspense, thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir Series: Harry Hole; 5 ISBN: 9780062119698 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 480 (501 including an excerpt from The Devil’s Star) Setting: Oslo, Norway, D’Ajuda & Porto Seguro, Brazil Time… Read more