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Ten mysteries starring real people
I know I have posted lists of mysteries many times before, but there is just something about the genre that tickles me. Now, I don't like to read mysteries, but I do enjoy wacky premises and titular...
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Ten Christmas Craft Books
There is something about Christmas that brings out craftiness. I even got bitten by the bug and did a guest post for my friend Joy's craft blog Story Crafting about making Hot Cocoa Gift Jars. Check...
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Ten books set in boarding schools
As a product of the public school system, boarding schools always seemed so exotic and interesting to me. No parents! Dress codes! Tom foolery! Perhaps I am not alone because the boarding school is...
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Holy @#&*-- Ten books about censorship
Looks like many big internet site are going black today to protest SOPA and censorship of the internet. I don't know a lot about this issue, but I do know a little about censorship. Every fall the...
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Ten new dystopias for teens
Now, I actually like Valentine's Day and had plans to post a lovey-dovey post about Valentine mysteries. However, I was tapped to help a patron with recommendations for dystopias for teens just today...
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Ten books about eating in America
Confession: I am not a foodie. I can appreciate a nice heirloom tomato, but don't ask me what a canape is. Even though food trends are not on my radar I can't help but notice the attention that...
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Ten great book blogs
It's a book blog post about book blogs! How very meta! These are a few of my favorites because there are either fun, interesting or both.10. No Flying No Tights: This blog reviews graphic novels in...
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Ten funny lady memoirs
I have mentioned before in this blog that my favorite thing on Earth is to read a book and then watch the movie adaptation. My second favorite thing on Earth is to read biographies and memoirs. That...
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Ten TV Shows Based on Books
Game of Thrones. That show is currently ruling our lives a bit and like a total dummy I sent back the netflix disk BEFORE we finished the last episode. What is wrong with me!?! Not watching TV has...
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Ten Books on Race in America
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the Rodney King verdict that sparked the LA riots in 1992. It is hard to believe that the riots happened 20 years ago when it still feels so fresh in our...
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Ten children's books about punctuation
There is a difference between "let's eat, Grandpa!" and "let's eat Grandpa!" Oh, vanishing comma, you make grammar mistakes so funny! However, to get the joke, you have to be conversant in punctuation...
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Ten books for children about war heroes
Memorial Day is coming up on Monday and this list is intended to help younger readers learn something our our our military past so they can appreciate all that soldiers do for us today. As adults, we...
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Ten cookbooks based on book series
I read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe when I was 11 or 12 and had two reactions. The first being, how could Edmund sell out his whole family for Turkish Delight? And secondly, what on Earth is...
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Ten Bedtime Books for Very Young Children
With a 11 month old in the house, my husband and I have been reading a lot of bedtime books lately. Our son either toddles over to have you read stories to him (which warms my librarian heart) or...
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Ten Sci-Fi movies I think are awesome
Confession: since having my kid, I don't get to read as much as I did in my salad days. Shocking, I know! I have been watching a lot more TV and movies. So, breaking from the literary-ness of this...
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Ten YA books that freature impossibly together high school boys
So, here is the basic story. An awkward high school girl is new in town or has some special quality that sets her apart from the crowd. How lonely! Enter some impossibly insightful, sweet, and...
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Ten children's chapter books that feature talking animals
In the early 90's, George H.W. Bush was in office, the number one song was Everything I Do, I Do it For You by Bryan Adams and I was in the fifth grade. (I know that reveals my age, whatever!) A fifth...
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Ten Audiobooks with a full cast recording
Have I mentioned that I LOVE AUDIOBOOKS? Well, I do and you can read more about my love here, here, and here. When I started getting into audiobooks I noticed that some titles would have a full cast...
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Ten Poltical Thrillers to liven up this election season
Election time is getting close. This is evident by the great number of political ads on TV and boy, are they fun to endure! I would really pay attention if one of them started off by saying, "I'm...
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Ten Sesame Street Books for Adults
I have a toddler at home which means I watch A LOT of Sesame Street. If I wanted to learn more about the program, there are plenty of books out there that spill the secrets of the street to adults....
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