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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • All Together Dead

    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2007 Genres: Mystery, paranormal mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 7 ISBN: 9780441014941 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 323 Setting: Bon Temps, Louisiana and the city of Rhodes (located on… Read more

  • Skullcrack

    By Ben Bo Place: Publisher & Year: Minneapolis: Lerner Sports, 2000 Genres: General fiction, adventure, paranormal ISBN: 9780822533085 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 159 (161 including Editor’s Note) Setting: Mulligan, Ireland (County Sligo) and Storm Island, Florida (near Cape Canaveral) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Jonah Ebbers has one good thing in his… Read more

  • Howl’s Moving Castle

    By Diana Wynne Jones Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper Trophy, c1986, 2001 Genres: Fantasy, steampunk Series: Howl’s Moving Castle; 1 ISBN: 9780064410342 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 329 Setting: Market Chipping, Porthaven, and Kingsbury, Ingary & Wales Time period: No stated time period in Ingary.  The Wales setting is a contemporary… Read more

  • The Green Room: Mai Huli ‘Oe I Kōkua O Ke Kai, Respect the Ocean

    By Deborah Turrell Atkinson Place: Publisher & Year: Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2005 Genres: Mystery, adventure, suspense Series: Storm Kayama Mysteries; 2 ISBN: 9781590581988 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 275 (including Glossary and References) Setting: Oahu, Hawaii Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Storm Kayama has recently started her own law practice.  She barely… Read more

  • Precious: Based on the novel Push

    By Sapphire Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage Contemporaries, c1996, 1997, 2009 Genres: General fiction, urban lit, street lit ISBN: 9780307474841 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 177 (180 including Reader’s Guide) Setting: Harlem, Manhattan, NYC Time period: 1987 – 1989 Plot summary: Sixteen year old, Precious Jones lives an extremely hard life.  Born… Read more

  • Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction

    By Luis Alberto Urrea Place: Publisher & Year: El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2002 Genres: Short stories, general fiction, magical realism ISBN: 9780938317630 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 146 (includes an afterword) Settings: Range from Rosario to the outskirts of the city dump in Tijuana, Mexico and various locations in the US, including the… Read more