tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64537550314917625822024-03-12T21:06:13.008-07:00In Luck: A Library Literary Review Luck public library book and movie review blog authored by library patrons and staff. colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721646180719249292noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-40976620055136886102020-10-28T12:37:00.000-07:002020-10-28T12:37:01.060-07:00Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYe1oRWXfEIvFNAy25BXg5eyfiFjoMYoaxd-bojZvlqbkPsaa6dc5GYuE49At5fO7LBj9oUdhD4tYohW2mi_oHbBJEr2OqndpAWWdsMM1HBQZQptCvXBNYK-yXAUHHwjB8FeLqw1dtVQ4/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYe1oRWXfEIvFNAy25BXg5eyfiFjoMYoaxd-bojZvlqbkPsaa6dc5GYuE49At5fO7LBj9oUdhD4tYohW2mi_oHbBJEr2OqndpAWWdsMM1HBQZQptCvXBNYK-yXAUHHwjB8FeLqw1dtVQ4/" width="160" /></a></div><br />I loved this story! Kate Racculia tells a wonderful story in <a href="https://more.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S164C2458244" target="_blank">Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts</a> with well developed characters that are both personable and three dimensional, so much so that I was sad to say goodbye to Tuesday Mooney, the main character, when the story came to an end. The main storyline is unique and intriguing and, again, is personable in the sense that the characters were realistic in their responses, their depth and humanity. The multiple narratives kept me hooked and I was surprised by, and enjoyed, the ending. It is a bit of an adventure and a bit of a mystery, a story of friendship and romance, with characters that I cared about. I think this would be a great book group book and may recommend it to ours. I will read more of this author.<p></p>colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721646180719249292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-39838808275012085582020-06-18T12:21:00.002-07:002020-06-18T12:22:03.486-07:002020 Online Summer Reading Program<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-13568571254015016892020-05-07T15:44:00.000-07:002020-05-07T15:45:43.347-07:00Turtles All the Way Down by John Green<a href="https://more.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2373356164" target="_blank"><img alt="Extract | Turtles All the Way Down by John Green - Penguin Books ..." height="320" src="https://cdn2.penguin.com.au/covers/original/9780141346045.jpg" title="" width="209" /></a><br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-f9fca987-7fff-81bd-e4d1-02676249f0c5"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m not a super big fan of John Green in general but his books are always interesting. <a href="https://more.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2373356164" target="_blank">Turtles All The Way Down</a> is about a girl named Aza who has really bad anxiety and she’s always worrying that she is going to get sick. She meets up with her childhood friend, Davis Pickett, and helps him get through a hard time. This book was super interesting to me because she has such deep, strange thoughts and the book follows all her spirals. </span></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-47072406480276824162020-04-29T09:22:00.004-07:002020-04-29T09:23:08.620-07:00The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was very excited about Louise Erdrich's new book, <i><a href="https://more.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2464780164" target="_blank">The Night Watchman</a></i>, and was not disappointed! The nuances of descriptive detail draw me in like few other authors that I know. I never feel as though I know or can assume what is going to happen in her stories. That ability to create intrigue in the daily life of her characters is, for me, what makes the story come to life.<br />
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The Luck Library owns a copy of this book, it may be available for curbside pick-up soon!colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721646180719249292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-17940218352653148842020-04-29T09:00:00.002-07:002020-04-29T09:01:09.099-07:00Requesting LUCK items in the MORE catalog<div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">
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colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721646180719249292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-73905404507435450232020-04-29T08:58:00.000-07:002020-04-29T08:59:16.007-07:00NEW! Curbside Pick-up Hours and Info<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I recently reread this book and liked it just as much the second time as I did the first. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><a href="https://more.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1987398164" target="_blank">The Candymakers </a></u>by Wendy Mass is a book about friendship and adventure. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">It starts out with a boy named Logan. Logan’s father is the candymaker at the Life Is Sweet candy factory. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Logan has lived there since he was born. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the period of time in which this book takes place, Logan Sweet, Miles O’Leary, Daisy Carpenter and Phillip Ransford all join the Confectionary Association's annual new candy contest. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the beginning, they are all against each other. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">All of them are trying to win the contest for a very specific reason. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, in the end of the book they all come together to do the right thing. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a pretty easy reading level but it is a good story. If you read and like(d) the first book, read the second book! <a href="https://more.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2334376164" target="_blank">The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants them to be. But, curiously, they are taught nothing of the outside world and are allowed little contact with it. Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it's only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is.</span>colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721646180719249292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-25559911237607073952020-01-09T14:49:00.002-08:002020-01-09T14:53:55.206-08:00Happy New Year!<br />
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I loved this book. I believe I gave it 5 stars on the Goodreads website, which is a rare occurrence for me. It is just the right blend of fiction and history, with excellent detail on specific areas of life that I know little about-- book conservation (which I found fascinating) and Jewish history (also fascinating, but in a different way). I enjoy deeply developed characters and this book provided several, both in the protaganist and in the Haggadah itself .<br />
Read more reviews about it at Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1379961.People_of_the_Book?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=9oXahGPKAS&rank=1" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1379961.People_of_the_Book?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=9oXahGPKAS&rank=1</a>colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15721646180719249292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-65332592369359966632019-12-26T16:56:00.000-08:002019-12-26T16:59:27.881-08:00 Reviving the blog! I hope to renew the library blog in 2020 and thought I'd start right here, with a nod to my books of 2019, thanks to Goodreads willingness to share. I read some very very good books this year, along with the mediocre and the not-so-good, and look forward to sharing them with you. Enjoy! <br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> recognize who went by the name of H.P. Lovecraft. Most people</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> would know him as the man behind the creation of the mythical</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> being known as Cthulu. His books revolve around eldritch beings</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> and strange horrors and the fates of the poor mortals who are</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> unlucky enough to stumble across them. His word choice and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">sometimes murky way of writing all come together to form</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">psychologically frightening and masterfully written stories about</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">ancient evils and man’s attempts to confront them. His books have</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Innsmouth.” In this book the main character, a young man celebrating</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> partially because of the hero. He’s quick-thinking, rational, and</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10280386299702657036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-1578439076739122252018-05-29T12:35:00.000-07:002018-05-29T12:35:24.279-07:00Out of The Silent Planet<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">a professor named Elwin Ransom in his journeys through space.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The first book, <a href="https://find.more.lib.wi.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1307957__Sout%20of%20the%20silent%20planet__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=cobalt" target="_blank">Out of the Silent Planet</a>, shows Ransom’s rather rough </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">escapes into the beautiful, frightening, alien world, full of strange colorful landscapes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and creatures. As he travels the planet, he learns that not all is as he first thought. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">He meets bizarre aliens, learns about the origins of the universe, and realizes that </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">man is not nearly quite as great as he thinks he is.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The other two books have similar themes, with Ransom facing different and greater </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">evils as he travels space. However, they don’t get repetitive or boring, with Lewis </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">continuing to add more detail and wonder into them. This trilogy truly shows that </span><br />
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This book is another book set in the future. This future includes the fact that, the day you die, you will receive a call from Death-Cast. Death-Cast is a company that calls everyone the day they will die, warning them. It is a very suspenseful story, and ends on a cliffhanger. <a href="https://find.more.lib.wi.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2373355__Sthey%20both%20die%20at%20the%20end__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=cobalt" target="_blank">They Both Die at the End </a> by Adam Silvera is a multiple character story in which all the characters overlap in their stories.<br />
This book starts out with the story of Mateo Torrez. Mateo's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father is in a coma. Mateo lives alone in his family's apartment with the neighbors checking in on him. On the day he gets his call, Mateo downloads an app called the Last Friend App. The Last Friend App is an app where you can communicate with other people who are dying and might want to hang out and do something fun on their End Day. Mateo downloads the app...<br />
The second story is the story of Rufus Emeterio. Rufus's story starts out with him beating his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend up. The boyfriend's name is Peck. All of a sudden, Rufus gets his call from Death-Cast. He calls the fight off, and then he drives to the church where he and Aimee (his ex-girlfriend) went on their first date, and he texts her. She calls him back, and he insists they need to meet up. Aimee, Rufus's friends Tagoe and Malcolm, and his foster parents throw him a funeral. Aimee brings Peck as well. Rufus doesn't like that, and he has a good reason not to. Halfway through Rufus's funeral, the cops come to get Rufus because he beat Peck up. Rufus has to go on the run. Eventually, he comes to rest at a gas station. At the gas station, Rufus sees graffiti advertising the Last Friend App. Rufus downloads the app...<br />
The rest of the story is about how Rufus and Mateo meet their last friends, and have adventures with them. There are also other sections of the story about different characters who somehow overlap with the section before it. I think this book was very interesting. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense and stories about friendship. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-14370979833221716762018-04-27T13:52:00.000-07:002018-04-27T13:52:50.656-07:00The Moffats<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Growing up, I spent a lot of my time reading. I read books my parents</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">my friends, and even some books I bought for myself when my small</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and more, which is a shame. Recently however, I’ve been reading more,</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> whether by myself, with both of my parents, or just with my mom over lunch.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">One of the books that my mom and I just finished is </span><a href="https://find.more.lib.wi.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1498123__SMoffats__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=cobalt" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Moffats</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">, by Eleanor</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">who are trying to make it by without much but each other. The book explores</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the lives of Mama, Sylvie, Joey, Janey, and Rufus Moffat as they go about their</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">daily lives living in the Little Yellow House. My favorite part of the book is how</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">well Estes puts you into the thoughts of whichever Moffat is narrating the story</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">at the time, especially Janey’s perspective. Janey just has this unusual and very</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">amusing way of looking at the world that reminds me of the way I used to think</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">of things as a little kid. </span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-a0c25d6d-df1d-83c7-fbed-d799e14ec285"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of other good-old-fashioned values. This is one of those books that’s great for</span></span><br />
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The cover of this book was actually the thing that caught my eye. I mean, you look at it and you could imagine the story going a bunch of different ways. I never would've guessed the way it actually went.<br />
In <a href="https://find.more.lib.wi.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2047815__Sother%20side%20of%20the%20island__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=cobalt" target="_blank">The Other Side of the Island</a>, by Allegra Goodman, a girl named Honor moves from the North with her mother and father to Island 365. Island 365 is very different than the North. For example, the sky is artificially colored a different color for every hour of the day. Honor can't go out after dark, and in school she learns all about the Earth Mother, who supposedly is protecting everyone on Island 365. The Earth Mother keeps them safe with The Enclosure, an invisible shield that surrounds all the islands.<br />
In school, Honor also becomes friends with a boy her age, named Helix. The class that is most difficult for Honor, is geography. In geography, she studies maps of the many islands in the Tranquil Sea. After a while, Honor realizes that her family is different from the rest of the inhabitants of the island in many ways. "Different" islanders "disappear."<br />
Honor must decide what is more important; being true to herself and saving her family, or fitting in with the others on the island.<br />
I loved this book. It is suspenseful, it is mysterious... it clearly describes a world that very well may become our future. I recommend this book to anyone who loves a mystery, and who likes stories about alternate realities; possibly in the future.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> When it comes to books, I like reading just about anything. From the unknown</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> eldritch horrors of H.P. Lovecraft to the charming humor of Brian Jacques, I’ve</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">read and loved it all. Occasionally, I’ll find books that truly define genre borders,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and cross into the no-mans’ land in between. Recently, I found one of those oddly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">mixed books. <a href="https://find.more.lib.wi.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1293433__Smetamorphosis__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=cobalt" target="_blank"><u>The Metamorphosis</u></a> by Franz Kafka is definitely one of the </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">strangest books I’ve ever read, but I enjoyed it very much. It manages to take a</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">bizarre, slightly morbid story about a man who wakes up and finds that he has</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">become an oversized insect, and add humor to it. The book’s story is rather </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">unsettling and even sad, but the humor laced into the thoughts of the unfortunate</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">insect really adds new dimension to the story. The cast of characters is small, </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Rather, it adds to it, and makes it even more surreal. This was an excellent book</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">despite its oddity, and I would recommend it to anyone who isn’t liable to be </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">For one of my school subjects this year, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I get to read through some classic books,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> I’ve read </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Frankenstein</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Last of the Mohicans</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> book with some elements of a good psychological</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> horror. The story shows an innocent man’s</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> descent into a life of immorality and evil after a</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">picture is painted of him. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Well, it’s more than just</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the painting of the picture that sparks the change in him. He realizes how</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">good looking he is, and falls in love with his own appearance after seeing the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">masterfully painted picture. He spontaneously wishes that all signs</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10280386299702657036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-30532320117210707762018-01-20T10:25:00.000-08:002018-01-20T10:48:28.808-08:00The Ruins of Gorlan: Ranger's Apprentice, Book 1<div class="MsoNormal">
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ago, a few friends of mine recommended a
book series that they absolutely loved, called "Ranger's
Apprentice". At the time, I was probably reading Percy Jackson, or Harry
Potter, or Redwall, so I couldn't read it, and then forgot about
it. Then, just the other day, I was at the library looking for something to
read, and the first book in the series, <a href="http://find.more.lib.wi.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1726595__SThe%20ruins%20of%20Gorlan%20Flanagan%2C%20John__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&suite=cobalt" target="_blank">The Ruins of Gorlan</a> by John Flanagan, caught my eye. I grabbed it off the
shelf and went home. Often times, I can determine how much I enjoy a book by
how quickly I read it. I devoured this one in a matter of hours, and went to go
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from our own distant past, while still maintaining its uniqueness and individuality.
I loved reading about the brave Araluens, the evil Morgorath and his Wargal
soldiers, and the seafaring mercenary Skandians. The books revolve mostly
around a young boy, Will, who becomes apprenticed to one of the King's Rangers,
mysterious hooded figures who help keep the peace around the kingdom. The books
are full of high adventure, bravery, chivalry, and memorable characters. I'm
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10280386299702657036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-205048092967914062017-12-19T11:48:00.000-08:002017-12-19T11:48:51.986-08:00Chronicles of Narnia series, favorites<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Another audio book/series I listened to as a young child was the<a href="http://find.more.lib.wi.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1847001__Schronicles%20of%20narnia__P0%2C6__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=cobalt" target="_blank"> Chronicles of Narnia</a> series.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">If you haven’t heard of the Chronicles of Narnia, it’s a fantasy series written by C.S. Lewis.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10280386299702657036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-5839083362950365922017-11-29T15:52:00.001-08:002017-11-29T15:54:23.530-08:00The Cricket in Times Square<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s a very short book, but it’s definitely one of my top books. The characters are so quaint and quirky, it’s hard not to fall in love with them. Each character is richly put together and George Selden did an excellent job in creating realistic scenarios, even with talking animals.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10280386299702657036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-47941716151185397742017-11-02T10:57:00.002-07:002017-11-02T10:58:29.615-07:00Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10280386299702657036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-76977344118069290102017-10-05T15:11:00.000-07:002017-10-05T15:15:57.011-07:00The Last of the Mohicans<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10280386299702657036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453755031491762582.post-87242486505645930662017-10-05T14:25:00.000-07:002017-10-05T14:28:46.914-07:00The Luck Library Blog is back in action! 📘😄💖<br />
With a little help from some locals, the library blog is being revived! Watch for our first official literary blogpost with our new author and local teen resident, Josh Stirrat! <br />
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