Month: November 2014

mystical creatures attack

When Mystical Creatures Attack! by Kathleen Founds

November 21, 2014

Schoolteacher Laura Freeman has a nervous breakdown and ends up in a psychiatric hospital. When Mystical Creatures Attack! is the story of her recovery, told…
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Evergreen by Rebecca Rasmussen

November 19, 2014

Evergreen is an “emotionally charged novel that spans generations, telling the story of two siblings, raised apart, attempting to share a life.” It starts…
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kid presidents

Kid Presidents by David Stabler

November 13, 2014

When Kid Presidents arrived in the mail, I didn’t expect to share it with C. It’s geared for ages 9-12, and she’s only a…
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republic of imagination

The Republic of Imagination by Azar Nafisi

November 10, 2014

In The Republic of Imagination, Nafisi is bold about asking and tackling some tough questions. Are the humanities important to us? If so, is that…
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every valley

Every Valley: Advent with the Scriptures of Handel’s Messiah

November 7, 2014

If you read one of the forty (brief) chapters of Every Valley each day beginning in Advent, it will take you through the twelfth day…
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capturing music

Capturing Music by Thomas Forrest Kelly

November 3, 2014

Capturing Music is an “entertaining history of how musicians learned to record music for all time, filled with art that sings.” This is the…
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