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charlottelzang
May 1, 20191 min read
May Reading List : The World of Thursday Next
May is the gateway from spring into summer. Everything is blooming, the world is coming to life, the smell of blooming flowers scent the...
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charlottelzang
Apr 25, 20192 min read
Review: The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
The Changeover Margaret Mahy ‘A clammy hand pressed Laura down onto her knees beside Jacko’s bed. It was the hand of terror, nothing...
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charlottelzang
Apr 11, 20192 min read
Review: Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth
Weirdo Cathi Unsworth Corinne Woodrow was fifteen when she was convicted of the ritualistic murder of her classmate in a quaint seaside...
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charlottelzang
Apr 4, 20193 min read
Review: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
NOS4A2 Joe Hill Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to...
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charlottelzang
Apr 1, 20192 min read
April Reading List: Witches, Wizards and Other Worlds
The temperatures are heating up, gardens are starting to blossom and pop and it seems like the time for a dash of magic. Time for lemon...
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charlottelzang
Apr 1, 20192 min read
April At The Cottage
The delight of frost crystals still cling to the visage of the dying winter, and mornings bring hanging, dusky blue mists over the dark...
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charlottelzang
Mar 1, 20192 min read
March Reading List: Borrowed, Beta’d and Legendary
With spring arriving, it’s a wonderful time to wrap up and head outside to enjoy a good read. Finally the warmth is creeping in, and the...
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charlottelzang
Mar 1, 20191 min read
March At The Cottage
March March! At last the month of spring is upon us and the weather is warming outside. The animals take to the fields in the early...
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charlottelzang
Feb 1, 20191 min read
February At The Cottage
February February is a month where the hints of spring approaching come in the odd warm days, followed by another blast of cold. Spring...
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charlottelzang
Feb 1, 20192 min read
February Reading List : Love, and Detectives We Love
February! The shortest month and the one filled with hearts, candy and valentines. While winter carries on being cold, and more snow...
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charlottelzang
Jan 31, 20191 min read
January At The Cottage
January January is a time at the cottage when the world settles into a deep quiet. Layers and layers of snow build up and when the sun...
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charlottelzang
Jan 2, 20192 min read
January Reading List : History, Secrets and Piracy
January brings a fresh start. Long dark nights, are silenced by the snow covered ground, and fires are constantly crackling in the...
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charlottelzang
Dec 20, 20182 min read
Review: The Gentleman by Forrest Leo
The Gentleman Forrest Leo When Lionel Savage, a popular poet in Victorian London, learns from his butler that they’re broke, he marries...
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charlottelzang
Dec 18, 20182 min read
Review: The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
The Stupidest Angel Christopher Moore ‘Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas, and all through the tiny community of...
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charlottelzang
Dec 11, 20182 min read
Review: My Best Friends Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
My Best Friends Exorcism Grady Hendrix Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of...
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charlottelzang
Dec 1, 20182 min read
December Reading List : Adventure, Whimsy and Angels
December means snow days and long times caught indoors. The time for snuggling and reading by fire or candlelight is tantamount and cabin...
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charlottelzang
Oct 30, 20182 min read
November Reading List : Magic, Love and Mystery
November brings with it a sense of magic and mystery, the skies darken, the temperature drops, frost clings to morning windows, the smell...
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charlottelzang
Oct 22, 20182 min read
Review: The Supremacy Witch by Marion Mavis
The Supremacy Witch Marion Mavis Being exiled from her coven is the least of Evelyn’s problems. Although only passed her sixteenth...
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charlottelzang
Oct 3, 20183 min read
Review: Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
Scott Thomas At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, lies the Finch House. For years it has...
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charlottelzang
Aug 9, 20183 min read
Review: The Upside Of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Becky Albertalli Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love—she’s lived through it twenty-six times. She...
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