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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • Living Dead in Dallas

    By Charlaine Harris, narrated by Johanna Parker Place: Publisher & Year: Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books ; [Boulder, Colo. : Made available electronically by] NetLibrary, 2008 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire, thriller Format: Audiobook Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 2 ISBN: 9781435643444 (electronic audio book) Read more

  • Dead Until Dark

    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008, 2001 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, horror, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 1 ISBN: 9780441015979 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 312 Setting: Bon Temps, Louisiana Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When the vampire Bill Read more

  • Fox Bunny Funny

    By Andy Hartzell (author and illustrator) Place: Publisher & Year: Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2007 Genre: Fantasy, animal story Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9781891830976 Intended audience: Adults (but would be fine for young adults) Number of pages: 104 Settings: Foxville, Bunnyburg, and Funniopolis Time period: contemporary Plot summary: In a world populated by foxes Read more

  • Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer

    By Rosita Arvigo with Nadine Epstein and Marilyn Yaquinto Place: Publisher & Year: San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994 Genres: Non-fiction, ethnobotany, anthropology, autobiography, biography, traditional medicine ISBN: 9780062502551 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 190 Setting: San Ignacio, Belize Time period: 1980’s (1981- 1993, most of the book’s story is 1981-1987) Plot summary: When Rosita moves Read more

  • Pippi Longstocking

    By Astrid Lindgren; translated by Florence Lamborn; illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: The Viking Press, 1985, 1950 Genre: Humorous stories ISBN: 9780670557455 Intended audience: children – tween Number of pages: 160 Setting: The end of a tiny town (in Sweden) Time period: Not specified Plot summary: Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Read more

  • Cancer Vixen: A True Story

    By Marisa Acocella Marchetto Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 Genres: Non-fiction, autobiography Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9780676978247 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 212 Setting: NYC- lower Manhattan Time period: 2001- 2005 Plot summary: “What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, single-forever, about-to-get married big-city girl cartoonist with Read more