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The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #1) by Maryrose Wood

[Caveat: I'm trying to make good on my New Year's Resolution and get caught up to speed on this blog. That means I'm writing about books I read months ago, my memory might be spotty, and I'm just going to jot down a few sentences.]

This is a delightful somewhat gothic and spooky book, sort of like Lemony Snicket type things. You’re not afraid of anything and it’s almost campy how awful things are. In this case a nanny is sought for children who were, literally, raised by wolves. I enjoyed this, but was definitely eager to get to book 2 as book 1 just seemed to set things up.

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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

graveyardFor anyone who didn’t follow this big book news this year, Gaiman was the 2009 Newbery Award for this lovely gem of a book.  I like Neil Gaiman, though I’m not of his adoring followers.  I thought Coraline was great, was charmed by Stardust, but I never read Sandman or some of his other things. So I think I’m being completely objective when I say… I loved this! What a great book! A very unusual choice (I think) for the Newbery, but I applaud the committee for selecting it because it is a standout. The more I think about it, the more things I liked about the book. Read the rest of this entry »

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