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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • Out of Range

    By C.J. Box Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Berkley Prime Crime, c2005, 2006 Genre: Mystery, eco-fiction Series: Joe Pickett Novel; 5 ISBN: 9780425209455 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 310 Setting: Saddlestring & Jackson Hole, Wyoming Time period: early 2000s Plot summary: When Will Jensen, the game warden for Jackson Hole, commits suicide, Joe… Read more

  • Promises To Keep

    By Charles De Lint Place: Publisher & Year: Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, paranormal Series: Newford; 20 (according to NoveList) or 21 (according to Goodreads) ISBN: 9781596061262 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 173 Setting: Newford, Canada Time period: late 1960s – 1973 Plot summary: In 1972,… Read more

  • The Last Child

    By John Hart Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Minotaur Books, 2009 Genres: Mystery, thriller ISBN: 9780312359324 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 373 Setting: Rural North Carolina Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Thirteen year old Johnny Merrimon has been looking for his twin sister, Alyssa, since she was abducted a year ago.  In this… Read more

  • Undead and Unwed

    By MaryJanice Davidson Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Berkley Sensation, 2004 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal romance, paranormal, romance, vampire, chick lit, humorous stories Series: The Undead Series – Betsy; 1 ISBN: 071831006998 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 255 (277 including an excerpt from Charlaine Harris’ Dead to the World) Setting:… Read more

  • Warriors Don’t Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High

    By Melba Pattillo Beals Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Simon Pulse, c1995, 2007 Genres: Non-fiction, autobiography, memoir ISBN: 9781416948827 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 226 Setting: Little Rock, Arkansas Time period: 1950’s – most of the story takes place during the school year of 1957-58 (includes an epilogue from 1987 and an… Read more

  • French Women Don’t Get Fat: the Secret of Eating for Pleasure

    By Mireille Guiliano Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c2005, 2007 Genres: Non-fiction, health & fitness, healthy living, women’s health, diet, nutrition ISBN: 9781400042128 Intended audience: “Women throughout the developed world” (p. 7) Number of pages: 264 Setting: France & USA Time period: Written for the present, but includes narratives from various… Read more