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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • 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

  • My Sister’s Keeper

    By Jodi Picoult Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Pocket Books, c2004, 2009 Genre: General fiction ISBN: 9781439157268 Intended audience: Adult (but has won many awards for adult fiction for young adults, including a 2005 Alex Award and 2006 Heartland Award) Number of pages: 500 Setting: Providence, Rhode Island Time period: 1990- 2010 Plot summary:… Read more

  • This is Your Country on Drugs: the Secret History of Getting High in America

    By Ryan Grim Place: Publisher & Year: Hoboken: Wiley, 2009 Genres: Non-fiction, social sciences, history, popular culture ISBN: 9780470167397 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 264 (including notes and index) Setting: USA Time period: 1800s – present Plot summary: Grim tells the story of America’s relationship with various drugs throughout the country’s history up to… Read more

  • No Dominion

    By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Del Rey, 2006 Genres: Mystery, suspense, paranormal, vampire Series: Joe Pitt Casebook; 2 ISBN: 9780345478252 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 251 Setting: Manhattan, NYC Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When vampyre detective Joe Pitt discovers that there is a new drug in his neighborhood designed… Read more

  • Storm Front

    By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2000 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: The Dresden Files; 1 ISBN: 9780451457813 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 322 Setting: Chicago, IL and outskirts (Chicagoland) Time period: 2000 Plot summary: Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is “the only openly practicing… Read more