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I don't review books I don't like!

*****= An all-time favorite
****  = Outstanding
***    = Above average
**      = Enjoyable
*        = Good, with reservations

 

New Books at Sembach Library!

April 5, 2004

As part of Project Wizard, last summer we were able to place a huge order for new books.
Many of the new books are books that I already recommended.
I'll keep the list updated below of what books I've already reviewed that we now have at Sembach Library.
These are the ones already processed, but many more are on their way!

Nonfiction

****The Hills Is Lonely, by Lillian Beckwith
***Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages, selected by Harold Bloom
****For the Love of Ireland, edited by Susan Cahill
****In Code, by Sarah Flannery with David Flannery
*****Life Among the Savages, by Shirley Jackson
*****Walking on Water:  Reflections on Faith and Art, by Madeleine L’Engle
****Feynman's Rainbow, by Leonard Mlodinow
***Learning Web Design, by Jennifer Niederst
****Castles and Ancient Monuments of Scotland, by Damien Noonan
*****Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig
****Biblioholism:  The Literary Addiction, by Tom Raabe

Fiction

****Render Unto Caesar, by Gillian Bradshaw
****The Far Side of Evil, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
****The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope
****Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith
*****Morality for Beautiful Girls, by Alexander McCall Smith
****The Chosen, by Chaim Potok

Young Adult Fiction

*****The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
***Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer
*****Enchantress From the Stars, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
*****Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry
****Dark Lord of Derkholm, by Diana Wynne Jones
****Owl in Love, by Patrice Kindl
***A Well-Timed Enchantment, by Vivian Vande Velde
*****Sorcery and Cecilia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

Children's Fiction

****The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
***The Mad Scientists' Club, by Bertrand R. Brinley
*****Run from the Nun! by Erin MacLellan
*****Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne
*****Little Britches, by Ralph Moody
****The Rumpelstiltskin Problem, by Vivian Vande Velde

Picture Books

****Simply Delicious, by Margaret Mahy, drawings by Jonathan Allen
*****In English, of Course, by Josephine Nobisso.  Illustrated by Dasha Ziborova


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