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When You Reach Me and The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It’s like how turning on a light makes you realize how dark the room had gotten. And the way you usually act, the things you would have normally... Continue reading →

The Carpet People and Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl vol 1

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
The Carpet People written by Terry Pratchett age 17 and Terry Pratchett age 43. This book was originally published when Terry Pratchett was 17 and then once the Discworld series started picking up in popularity, they went to him and... Continue reading →

Earwig and the Witch and The Vile Visitors

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
Earwig and the Witch by Diana Wynne Jones and illustrated by Marion Lindsay On a rainy day (streets flooding and trapping me at someone’s house rainy) I read three Diana Wynne Jones stories, Earwig and the Witch and The Vile... Continue reading →

Johnny and the Bomb

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett The last of the Johnny Maxwell trilogy! Johnny and the Bomb takes Johnny from helping videogame aliens (Only You Can Save Mankind), helping out ghosts (Johnny and the Dead) to straight up time... Continue reading →

The Snake Who Became The King’s Son-in-Law

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
My favourite fairytale, mostly for its oddness, is The Snake Who Became The King’s Son-In-Law or as I call it, ‘Herp: The Snake Who Was His Own Boostrap’. Here it is in its entirety, taken from sacred-texts.com: No. 7.–The Snake... Continue reading →

Johnny and the Dead

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett Second book in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy changes nothing about my requests for some changes to the protagonist, but it’s significantly smoother than the first, Only You Can Save Mankind. In this one... Continue reading →

American Born Chinese

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang was picked up on a whim and it’s excellent. It has three main characters: Jin Wang, a Chinese boy who wants to be All-American (which means white, at least in his eyes and... Continue reading →

Cardcaptor Sakura

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
Comic talk! I just finished reading the first Cardcaptor Sakura omnibus #1 which both delighted and totally horrified me. The good: Fancy, cute art with lots of costumes and general sweetness. Every character seems to be pretty darn gay. Sakura... Continue reading →

Castle Waiting

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
In my last post I briefly mentioned Castle Waiting by Linda Medley and I think it deserves more than a quick shout. A few weeks ago, I was visiting my friend Ann and what is now customary we went to... Continue reading →

Only You Can Save Mankind

by Jean // January 20, 2014 // No Comments
From ‘Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett, first in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy I’ve been reading a lot lately and forgetting to, well, mention it. A lot of it’s been comics (I heartily recommend Castle Waiting by Linda... Continue reading →

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