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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • Yes Is Better Than No

    By Byrd Baylor Place: Publisher & Year: Tucson, AZ: Silvercloud Books, c 1972, 2011 Genre: General fiction ISBN: 9780984674404 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 187 Setting: Tucson, AZ Time period: Early 1970’s Plot summary: Maria Vasquez is trying to eke out a life for herself and her children in Tucson.  It is difficult because the… Read more

  • River Marked

    By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Lorelei King Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Audio, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, mythic fiction Series: Mercy Thompson; 6 Format: Audiobook – MP3 ISBN: 9781101436547 Audience: Adult Length: 8 hours, 54 minutes Setting: Columbia River Gorge – OR & WA,  Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, &… Read more

  • The Sisters Brothers

    By Patrick deWitt Place: Publisher & Year: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011 Genres: Western, historical fiction, cowboy noir ISBN: 9780062041265 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 328 Setting: Oregon City, Oregon Territory, & California (including San Francisco) Time period: 1851 Plot summary: Charlie and Eli sisters are known throughout the Oregon Territory and California as killers… Read more

  • The Leopard

    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 Genres: Mystery, suspense,  thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir Series: Harry Hole; 8 ISBN: 9780307595874 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 513* Setting: Hong Kong, China, Oslo,  Norway, Kigali, Rwanda & Goma, The Congo Time period: Contemporary Plot… Read more

  • Habibi

    By Craig Thompson Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Pantheon Books, 2011 Genres: General fiction, mythic fiction Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9780375424144 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 665 (672 includes notes and author description) Setting: A Middle-eastern desert, an unnamed village, and Wanatolia Time period: No set time period –seems like the past, present, and… Read more

  • The Road to Lisdoonvarna

    By Charles de Lint Place: Publisher & Year: Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2001 Genre: Mystery, hard boiled crime fiction ISBN: 9781892284914 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 190 Setting: Ottawa, Canada Time period: mid 1980s Plot summary: Private investigator, Jake Swann, has a big heart, especially when it comes to his friends.  When Jake discovers that… Read more