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Welcome to Holocaust Remembrance Week

May 1, 2011 13 Comments

<a href=”https://www.introvertedreader.com/2011/05/welcome-to-holocaust-remembrance-week.html”><img border=”0″ src=”https://www.introvertedreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HolocaustRemembrance3-6.jpg” width=”200″></a> I am not Jewish. I’m not saying that’s good or bad. That’s just how it is. The Holocaust will never be as personal for me as it is for others whose families suffered and survived. Yet here I am, hosting Holocaust Remembrance Week on my blog, because I feel that Continue Reading…

Instructions by Neil Gaiman: Book Review

This is Neil Gaiman’s poem, “Instructions” bound as a picture book and illustrated by Charles Vess. I love this. I have to admit that when I first came across Gaiman’s poem in Fragile Things, I read it, thought it was pretty cool, and moved on, both in the book and in my head. It wasn’t Continue Reading…

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones: Book Review

“In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.” So begins Howl’s Continue Reading…

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Character Connection: Rebecca de Winter

April 28, 2011 3 Comments

Don’t you just love larger-than-life characters? The ones who jump off the page and grab you? Whether you love them or hate them, you can’t be indifferent to them. I would love to know about the characters who just won’t leave you! Most of you will probably post about how much you love (or loathe) Continue Reading…

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale: Book Review

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale Book Cover

I loved this. I finished it with a huge smile on my face and that contentment that comes from a story well told. It’s like enjoying a feast for the reader’s soul. I had heard so many good things about this book, I went into it with very high expectations. I have to admit that I wasn’t too sure what to think at first. The…

Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey: Book Review

3 Stars. This was a decent book, but I have a couple of complaints. I was excited to read a non-Western fairy tale re-telling. While I did enjoy the story, and I really liked Mulan herself, this book stayed a little too faithful to what I know of the legend from the Disney movie. I enjoy re-tellings that add an unusual twist to […]

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

April 25, 2011 15 Comments

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Over the past two weeks, I’ve Read: Jack of Kinrowan by Charles de Lint–A very entertaining retelling of a Jack tale that held up well to another re-read The House on Tradd Street by Karen White–Not perfect, but a lot of fun Continue Reading…

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Sunday Salon: Happy Easter!

April 25, 2011 3 Comments

glitter-graphics.com Happy Easter to all who celebrate! In case you’re wondering after last week’s post, we finally made it home Monday afternoon. I still haven’t caught up! Our hotel did have HBO, so I got to watch the premiere of Game of Thrones and I mostly loved it! As far as I remember, it stayed Continue Reading…

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen: Book Review

Twenty-three-year-old Jacob Jankowski has just lost his parents in a car crash. They had already lost everything in the Great Depression. In a devastating bout of grief, Jacob, a vet school student, walks out of his final exams at Cornell University. He ends up working for a circus as the vet. His boss, August, is Continue Reading…

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Character Connection

April 21, 2011 2 Comments

Jack of Kinrowan by Charles de Lint: Book Review

In Jack the Giant Killer, the first of two novels in this collection, Jacky Rowan has just realized that her life is not going where she wants it to go. She drifts along, refusing to take care of her life and just staying at home doing nothing. She decides to change her life after a Continue Reading…

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