Unbound Suffragette; True Born Libriomancer; Midnight Spud Books; Wish Rules

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Libriomancer(reread), Codex Born, and Unbound by Jim C. Hines
This was a really fun series - the central premise is that libriomancers can pull magical (or sfnal or prosaicly useful) objects out of books, and then it complicates itself from there. I really enjoyed each book, and all the characters, though none of them *quite* floated my boat like Hines' kickass princesses do.
(312, 314, 349)

Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, by Mary M. Talbot et al
Fictional but historically detailed story about a maid who becomes a suffragette. Lots of class stuff in here (unsurprising given authors). I liked it.
(313)

Author: A True Story, by Helen Lester
So cool! Nonfiction autobiography for kids by a well-known children's author, which really talked about what her life is like without glossing over her own faults and struggles. Would have LOVED this when I was a kid. Warm and fuzzy feelings for it now.
(315)

The Midnight Library, by Kazuno Kohara
Lovely illustrations with a very airy feeling, and a story to match. <3.
(316)

The Girl Who Hated Books, by Manjusha Pawagi, illustrated by Leanne Franson
This book was quite concretely illustrated, so that you get a real sense of how oppressive the books are in this young child's life - teetering piles of them everywhere, distracting her parents, etc. SPOILER: books turn out to be okay ;). And the journey to get there is credible. Not bad at all.
(317)

Eoin Colfer's Legend of Spud Murphy, by Eoin Colfer
Hilarious middle grade novel about a pair of brothers and their encounters with a dread librarian (aka Spud Murphy). I literally got the giggles, I literally laughed out loud, I literally slapped my thigh. Can't wait to see what the 10 year old I know thinks of it.
(318)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 10, vol. 1: New Rules and vol. 2: I Wish, by Joss Whedon et al
Season 10 is SOOOOOOOOOOO much better than Season 9 was. Thank you writers for pulling yourselves back together!! Now if I could just figure out which Angel & Faith volumes I *have* and which ones I need to buy, and then catch up on those, I would be all set.
(319, 321)

Comments

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What's the context of the Glenn Miller Band's Nutcracker? When did you first hear it? Who were you with when you first heard it? Earworms are annoying, but from my research they're messages from your subconscious about things your conscious mind isn't aware of, or has been ignoring. I'll be posting an article on this next week (I think).

Or I can just email you my draft with the citations. Already did that for one person.

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I look forward to reading it.

I think I may be the exception that proves the rule though; basically I *always* have music in my head (fondly referred to as KMRB) and when I say something is stuck it's more just that the internal DJ keeps serving it up for choice, instead of switching to something else. In this particular case (and most frequently) it's the CD I've been listening to the most in the past week, and I'd been listening to it right before I started writing these reviews. Just a matter of my internal DJ saying "No, more of that please!!!" I think.