Bookpile: February 2010

The Late Lamented Molly Marx – Molly Marx is dead. She seems to not even remember how it happened. But there she is. And now here she is – watching as the world goes on without her – her daughter, her husband, her best friend, the detective trying to figure…

Bookpile: January 2010

The Italian Renaissance – This is a sweeping overview of the time period written for older kids that Kevin picked up before we left for Italy. I was too busy in 1695 Japan to get to it before we left, so skimmed through it after returning. It wasn’t an exciting…

Is an audio book “reading”?

Question raised by a professional contact who is trying to do nothing (except XBOX 360) that requires physical media. So no buying music CDs, no buying movie DVDs, no buying printed books. Now, no comment from me on his quest. More power to him. But … is it reading if…

Bookpile: December 2009

The Assassin’s Touch – Yes, I should have been reading something set in ancient Rome since we were heading to Italy, but instead, I was back in 1695 Japan with Sano Ichiro. After the country almost came to civil war in the last book, Sano finds himself promoted to the…

Bookpile: December 2010

Eleventh Grade Burns – The action, the politics, the angst, the dilemmas – everything is getting ramped up in this one. The vampire slayer is back and a stressful thorn for Vlad. Then there’s his secret rendezvous with Snow at The Crypt leaving him with major guilt. Uncle Otis is…

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