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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • Death Masks

    By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2003 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal mystery, paranormal, vampire Series: The Dresden Files; 5 ISBN: 9780451459404 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 374 (378 including an excerpt from Blood Rites). Setting: Chicago, IL Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Harry wanted… Read more

  • Speak

    By Laurie Halse Anderson Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1999 Genre: General fiction ISBN: 9780374371524 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 198 Setting: Syracuse, NY Time period: Late 1990s Plot summary: Melinda Sordino starts her first year of high school as an outcast for calling the cops at an end of… Read more

  • The Book Thief

    By Markus Zusak Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A Knopf, c2005, 2006 Genre: Historical fiction ISBN: 9780375831003 Audience: Adult, young adult -“Somebody’s favorite book” Number of pages: 552 Setting: Molching, Germany (outside of Munich) Time period: 1939- 1945 Plot summary: In January 1939, nine year old, Liesel Meminger, steals her first book while… Read more

  • Shutter Island

    By Dennis Lehane Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper, c2003, 2009 Genres: Suspense, psychological suspense, mystery, historical fiction ISBN: 9780061703526 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 369 (385 including excerpts from other works) Setting: Shutter Island, MA (off the coast from Boston) Time period: 1954 Plot summary: In 1954, US Marshal, Teddy Daniels, and… Read more

  • Shadow of the Wind

    By Carlos Ruiz Zafón; translated by Lucia Graves Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Books, c2001, 2004, 2005 Genres: General fiction, historical fiction, mystery, romance, suspense ISBN: 9780143034902 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 487 Setting: Barcelona, Spain Time period: 1945-1966 (although some events occur prior to 1945) Plot summary: As a boy, Daniel… Read more

  • From Dead to Worse

    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 8 ISBN: 9780441015894 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 359 Setting: Bon Temps, LA Time period: Contemporary (post Hurricane Katrina) Plot summary: Sookie has recently… Read more