http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ I knew you were good. en-us Sara 2006-02-08T20:45:09-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/037709.html Author:: H. M. Hoover Pages: 217 Setting: Xilan. (It's a planet.) Means of Aquiration: Borrowed from Home. Level of Sci-Fi Technogeekoscity: Pretty much nonexistant. Another Heaven, Another Earth is one of those books that I've always seen around...but I never... 37709@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ Science Fiction 2006-02-08T20:45:09-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/037706.html The Facts: Author:: Karen Romano Young Pages: 388 Bears slight but startling resemblances to: Anansi Boys. Namely, they both deal with spiders. Means of Aquiration: Bought it, 20% off (yay coupons!) at Borders. General Impression: Excellent. I didn't feel like... 37706@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ Fiction Fantasy 2006-02-07T21:47:20-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/037541.html Author:: Joe Camp (based on the screenplay by Rod Browning and Joe Camp) Pages: 139 (plus eight pages of full color photos!) Setting: London Means of Aquiration: Picked it up for free at a "bookmobile" (read: library cart full of... 37541@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ Camp, Joe 2006-02-07T13:08:36-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/035853.html Author:: Garth Nix Pages: 518 Setting: Ancelstierre, the Old Kingdom, and Death. Means of Aquiration: No longer sure. Should it be read on its own? Absolutely not. While reading Sabriel is optional, you need to read Lirael in order to... 35853@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ Nix, Garth 2006-01-20T20:40:09-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/035854.html Author:: Cornelia Funke Pages: Don't remember Setting: Venice! Read during: in the car during the ride from Racine to Minneapolis, just after winter break Shall I spoil the ending? No. When I opened the book, I wasn't sure who this... 35854@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ Adventure 2006-01-16T20:38:13-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/035284.html Author:: Christopher Paolini Pages: 497 Setting: Alagaësia. There is, of course, a map in the front of the book. Means of Aquiration: Been seeing Eragon around for a while. Mom finally bought it when she saw that there was a... 35284@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ Paolini, Christopher 2006-01-12T17:56:41-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/035201.html Author:: Cornelia Funke. (If my name were Cornelia Funke, I would write books, too.) Pages: 534 (548 if you count the excerpt of the sequel, Inkspell.) Setting: Europe. Modern day Europe. You wouldn't know it, though, except they have some... 35201@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ Funke, Cornelia 2006-01-11T12:11:01-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/035110.html This is the U.K. cover (or so I imagine). I like more than the version I have, which for some unknown reason involves lightning. 35110@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ Gaiman, Neil 2006-01-09T22:07:06-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/034875.html Author:: Bill Bryson, an Iowan cum Brit cum New Englander who likes to travel. Or actually it often seems that he hates to travel, but perhaps that's part of the charm. Actually, I think everyone hates to travel when you... 34875@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mart1374/books/ Bryson, Bill 2006-01-05T14:03:04-06:00