I had a revelation recently about why I like romance stories. I was watching Penelope, one of my all-time favorites.…
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Brad and Harry: A Study in Fantasy
I have recently begun my fourth readthru of the Harry Potter books. This readthru began as a “rest” strategy –…
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Dear New Book
Dear New Book, Welcome to the world! Those last few days involved some epic struggles, didn’t they? I am sorry…
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The Thunderclap Series #6: Steinbeck
Since this Thunderclap series is in no particular order, the jump from Hiccup & Toothless to John Steinbeck shouldn’t be…
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The Thunderclap Series #5: Hiccup
“There were dragons when I was a boy . . .” Thus begins the fifth in my no-particular-order Thunderclap list,…
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The Thunderclap Series #4: Madeleine L’Engle
I can’t point to any one book by Madeleine L’Engle as THE “Thunderclap” book for me. Like C. S. Lewis,…
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The Thunderclap Series #3: Wimsey
Regarding Oxford: “There’s something about this place,” said Peter presently, “that alters all one’s values.” That is the quote which…
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The Thunderclap Series #2: Redwall
I believe it was for my sixth birthday that I received this gift: I had already read it – and…
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The Thunderclap Series #1: Narnia
“But it is a real book: i.e. it’s not a book at all, but like a thunderclap.” I recently came…
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We Need Stories; or, More About Rabbits
My household is a reading household. The hubs and I devote many evenings – and, occasionally, entire days – to…
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