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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • Track of the Cat

    By Nevada Barr Place: Publisher & Year: New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c1993 Genre: Mystery Series: Anna Pigeon mysteries; 1 ISBN: 9780425190838 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 263 Setting: Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas & nearby New Mexico Time period: early 1990s Plot summary: When Anna Pigeon finds the remains of a co-worker/ park… Read more

  • The Coldest Winter Ever

    By Sister Souljah Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Pocket Star Books, 2006, c1999 Genres: Urban lit, street lit Series: Not at this time, although somewhere in the back of the book Sister Souljah mentions there might be sequel from Porshe’s perspective. ISBN: 9781416521693 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 534 Setting: Brooklyn and the… Read more

  • Voyager

    By Diana Gabaldon, narrated by Davina Porter Place: Publisher & Year: Prince Frederick, Md.: Recorded Books, p1999. Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, time travel fantasy Format: Audiobook Series: Outlander series; 3 ISBN: 141935972X Intended audience: Adults Number of discs: 36 (43.75 hrs) Setting: Scotland, England, Boston, the Atlantic Ocean, and the West Indies… Read more

  • Lord John and the Hand of Devils

    By Diana Gabaldon Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Delacorte Press, 2007 Genres: Historical fiction, mystery Series: Lord John Grey series ISBN: 9780385311397 Intended audience: adults Number of pages: 302 Setting: England and Germany Time period: Eighteenth century Plot summary: The book is a compilation of three different stories – “Lord John and the Hellfire… Read more

  • Nevernever

    by Will Shetterly Place: Publisher & Year: Orlando: Magic Carpet Books, 2004 Genres: Fantasy, faerie tale, punk fantasy, urban fantasy Series: Sequel to Elsewhere, part of the Borderlands series edited by Terri Windling ISBN: 9780152052102 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 226 Setting: Bordertown- the city which acts as a gateway between the realms… Read more

  • If I Die in Juárez

    By Stella Pope Duarte Place: Publisher & Year: Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008 Genres: General fiction, suspense Series: Camino del Sol ISBN: 0816526672 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 328 Setting: Ciudad Juárez and the village of Montenegro, Mexico (located in the Chihuahuan desert) Time period: 1995- 96 Plot summary: Since 1993, the bodies… Read more