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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • 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

  • Ill Wind

    By Nevada Barr Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Berkley Books, 2004, 1995c Genre: Mystery, eco-fiction Series: Anna Pigeon mysteries; 3 ISBN: 9780425197257 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 309 Setting: Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado Time period: mid 1990s Plot summary: Anna Pigeon recently transferred to Mesa Verde National Park for a promotion.  She… Read more

  • Blood Work

    By Michael Connelly Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Warner Books, 1998 Genre: Mystery, suspense Series: Terry McCaleb mysteries; 1 ISBN: 9780446690447 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 469 Setting: Los Angeles, CA Time period: contemporary (late nineties) Plot summary: Former FBI agent Terry McCaleb has a new lease on life, which comes from his… Read more

  • The Sandman: Season of Mists

    By Neil Gaiman Illustrators: Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt, P. Craig Russell, illustrators; Todd Klein, letterer; Steve Oliff, Daniel Vozzo, colorists; Dave McKean, covers Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1992, 1994 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, adventure, horror Format:… Read more