Monthly Archive: December, 2008

Fruitless Fall

As it happens,  Fruitless Fall was not the first book I encountered about the dying of honey bees due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CDC).   I happened upon A Spring Without Bees several weeks… Read More

State By State A Ron Review

I am still busy reading about bees but am pleased to bring you today a Ron Review by my partner, Ron Routzahn. When Alan brought this book home from the library I decided… Read More

Tagliapietra Creole

I have to confess that even though it is quite nearby I’ve never visited Tacoma’s Museum of Glass. So when I happened upon Lino Tagliapietra In Retrospect at the check in desk awhile… Read More

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas. We’ll be back with more books, tomorrow. Here’s wishing you a happy holiday.

The Dangerous Alphabet

Reviews of three Children’s books: The Dangerous Alphabet, My Fire Engine and Finding Nemo.

My Last Supper

What would you have for your final meal?   It’s a question that Melanie Dunea has asked of fifty famous (I reserve judgement on “great”) chefs.   Their pictures and answers comprise My Last Supper, … Read More

We Bought A Zoo

Benjamin Mee is by training a psychologist, who had a fairly successful career as a freelance journalist and writer, before deciding on a whim to purchase, in cooperation with his mother and siblings… Read More

The Gladiator by Harry Turtledove

For both good and bad reasons, I find that I am reading a lot less fiction than I used to. The good reason is that working at the library I am constantly exposed… Read More

Golden Rudolph, Expert Santa

I haven’t posted about nearly as many Christmas books this year as I did last,  though I have three excellent ones for you today.  One year Santa Claus finds that all of his… Read More

Anti War Soldier

I wanted to like this book.   Honestly, I did.   That Jonathan Hutto and other members of the US armed forces are organizing themselves in opposition to the war on Iraq certainly strikes me… Read More

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