Thu, February 16th, 2012
Classic Tie-Ins
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: I’m reading a classic. Don’t faint. You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. No, that quote is not about me reading a classic, although it could be. It’s the opening of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Last fall we read [...]
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Wed, November 9th, 2011
The Wait is Over…
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: Our middle school students demanded a reserve list for Christopher Paolini’s new book Inheritance (Random/Knopf 11-8-2011) last school year the minute the publication date was announced. It was 7:30 a.m. yesterday when the first student asked if we had the book yet! Um, no…the bookstore isn’t open and our UPS delivery of the preorders [...]
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Fri, May 20th, 2011
New Out of the Box: We Were Wonder Struck!
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy and Lynn: We always love when publisher boxes show up on our doorstep and have wished we could share some of that joy with the rest of you. Last week the book fairies from Scholastic sent a particularly intriguging package so we thought it might be fun to share the fun with our Bookends readers. [...]
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