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The Hazards of Working at a Bookstore Vol. 2.7

As I was working yesterday, I was so busy at the beginning of the day, working on getting returns ready from the nonfiction part of the childrens section, that I didn’t think I’d find any books to share or post about. But then, when it got busier and I had to spend more time helping […]

Posted June 10, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

The Hazards of Working at a Bookstore Vol. 1.4

This entry will actually be a combination of both last Saturday and last night. I just was too busy to get Saturday night’s done. But both nights I found several books, and some of these I’m listing are ones that I had seen before, but forgot about, so my plan of keeping track this way […]

Posted March 3, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

Gateway 22: Gray Baby by Scott Loring Sanders

Yet another male protagonist. But this was a good one. I thought from the premise that it was more historical fiction, but not really, and that is kind of sad. The main character is Clifton. His mom is white and his dad is black. When he was 6, in the 80’s I believe, he watched […]

Posted November 22, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Book Review 47: Stolen Children by Peg Kehret

Peg Kehret’s books seem to always be on the Mark Twain list like every year, kind of like Mary Downing Hahn’s books do. While they’ve not been my favorites in the past, and I alwasy feel they tend to have some similar trends in them, I decided this was a really good book. The main […]

Posted October 31, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments