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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • Boneshaker

    By Cherie Priest Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, steampunk, horror, science fiction, adventure ISBN: 9780765318411 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 416 Setting: Seattle, WA Time period: 1880 Plot summary: In an alternate history, the Klondike gold rush began a few decades earlier and brought huge numbers of people to… Read more

  • Water Witches

    By Chris Bohjalian Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Simon & Schuster, c1995, 1997 Genre: General fiction, eco-fiction Series: Hardscrabble Books –fiction of New England published by University Press of New England ISBN: 9780684826127 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 340 Setting: Central Vermont Time period: mid 1990s Plot summary: Scott Winston works as a… Read more

  • So This is How it Ends

    By Tui T. Sutherland Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Eos, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, time travel fantasy, adventure, mythic fiction, science fiction Series: Avatars; 1 ISBN: 9780060750299 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 480 Settings: Many various settings including: Los Angeles, NYC, Chile, Mexico Time periods: 2003 – 2012, 2087 Plot summary: Five teenagers… Read more

  • Bloodhound

    By Tamora Pierce Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: Beka Cooper trilogy; 2 ISBN: 9780375814693 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 551 (includes Glossary, Cast of Characters, and Notes about the Provost’s Guard) Setting: Corus and Port Caynn, Tortall Time period: 247 H.E. (medieval) Plot summary:… Read more

  • Generation Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time to be Young

    By Anya Kamenetz Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Riverhead Books, 2006 Genre: Non-fiction, social sciences ISBN: 9781594489075 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 265 (including Notes and Bibliography) Setting: USA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Why do so many younger Americans graduate from college (or not) with huge debt from school loans where previous… Read more

  • Kin

    By Holly Black and Ted Naifeh (Illustrator) Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Graphix, c2008, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, faerie tale Format: Graphic novel Series: The Good Neighbors; 1 ISBN: 9780439855655 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 117 Setting: West City (USA) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Rue… Read more