false 41 646 445 true 5628475 read 2 true 493115 currently-reading 199 true 493114 to-read 124 false 3374490 romans-graphiques 115 false 3374648 yyay 63 false 3374645 fictive 59 false 4314632 jfic 49 false 3374644 nonfic 23 false 3374667 pomes 22 false 1284521 half-read 17 false 2348617 cookery-bookery 13 false 3374643 art 9 false 3374603 en-español 6 false 2948117 for-librarians http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76691114 to: Insomnia Diary (Pitt Poetry Series) by Bob Hicok
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Bob Hicok's poetry caught me in the Believer magazine and the New Yorker. It was really arresting. So I was looking forward to reading a book of it. And this was more staid than I was expecting. But I'm thinking maybe this is earlier work, because there are hints of Things To Come.

Not that this is a terrible collection. Just that these poems sit on the page and wait to be read and my favorites of his rush along and carry you with them. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67889892 The Magicians (Hardcover) by Lev Grossman
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Another case where my expectations went ahead of me... and I think a little ADHD surfaced. I couldn't concentrate on the words--I think my brain wanted adventure and this is more of a placidly-plotted literary reinvention.

Things I really enjoyed:
- The loves in this book start in friendship
- The stepmother has some motivation for being "evil", even though it seems she is, at root, an unpleasant person, she is also motivated by the social rules of the world and by the desperation of not wanting to be poor (those 2 things overlap).
- However, being "poor" or being a servant is not uniformly portrayed as being the worst thing to happen to someone, it's just not the most exciting life.

I think if Kaisa and Ash hadn't spoken so stiltedly to one another, or been so reserved, I would've bought into the tension that the ending was maybe trying for? But maybe it wasn't. Lo hinted that the world she created was one where same-sex coupling wasn't unheard of or totally unaccepted so it was hard to understand why Ash was scared of her feelings for Kaisa. Maybe just because she was afraid of feeling loved again? What I'm saying is I wanted this to be hotter, but I should just be accepting of it as a gradual love story. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79796397 Memories of the Future (Paperback) by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79796304 I Have Waited, and You Have Come (Paperback) by Martine McDonagh
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79452940 to: Destroy All Cars (Hardcover) by Blake Nelson
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James Hoff is an authentically funny, angry, idealistic teen boy. I might like this better than Girl, even. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79751939 Librarians As Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook (Paperback) by Carol Smallwood
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79640781 My Fair Godmother (Hardcover) by Janette Rallison
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79639358 The Line (Hardcover) by Teri Hall
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79636520 Boy Toy (Hardcover) by Barry Lyga
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