If you’ve seen my Family Reads feature, you’ll know I’m not the only one in my family who loves books. Here’s a recap of the bookish gifts we exchanged. For Mom Mom received Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming. This was a […]
L.M. Boston’s The Children of Green Knowe had been on my TBR for ‘only’ three years. I know I had signed it out from the library a couple times before but never got around to it. Thanks to your votes for making me read it at last! Unfortunately, this wasn’t […]
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One of the assignments for my children’s literature course this past term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort […]
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Tolkien & The Silmarillion by Clyde S. Kilby Format/source: Hardcover/Purchased secondhandPublished: 1976Publisher: Harold Shaw PublishersLength: 89 pages Genre: Biography★★★★ Yes, this delightful little volume is ‘outdated’, having been published in1976, a year before The Silmarillion. But it remains a valuable read as author Clyde S. Kilby, an Inklings […]
November was a better month than October – I did lots of steady work for uni. I’m taking a quick break from my final assignments to write this post. I’m almost done one paper (a report on eliminating overdue fines on […]