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My readalike list for Rebecca Stead’s Newbery winning When You Reach Me was published in Booklist’s online newsletter Read Alert this morning!  If you like books and reading, I highly recommend subscribing to this free newsletter.  Any comments about the books on my list or When You Reach Me, comment below.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
11:30 a.m.–Read-a-thon is over.  I managed to squeeze in some reading in the last few hours before I had to hurriedly dress and dash off to church.  I finished Where Serpents Sleep by C. S. Harris.  I think it was the best Sebastian St. Cyr mystery so far.  I really enjoy the [...]

The Idea: Ron Douglas was working as a finance manager for J.P. Morgan Chase when his wife challenged him to make Kentucky Fried Chicken at home.  He turned to the Internet, but found only incomplete or not very accurate recipes.  He did discover a whole group of people, who like him, were trying to clone [...]

The marathon weekend of reading is over.  And I am so glad that I participated.  First of all, I was reminded of summers when I was younger where it seemed like all I did was sit around and read.  I remember my mom asking me to empty the dishwasher or set the table and me [...]

Sunday Evening, 9:03 p.m. Finished School for Dangerous Girls after reading it while cooking dinner and walking around the neighborhood.  (I’m not sure what my fellow residents think of me.  I was thinking next time I should wear my Ask a Librarian T-Shirt.)   This book definitely picks up steam, and it it is almost scary [...]