Charlotte Taylor
@charlotteslib.bsky.social
blogging about sci fi/fantasy books for kids and teens since 2007 at https://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com. Archaeologist for the RI State Historic Preservation Office, owner of old house and hundreds of unread books. She/her
library hold now placed!
August 27, 2026 at 3:11 PM
library hold now placed!
thanks! I'll look for it!
August 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM
thanks! I'll look for it!
my eighty year old mother (also not the target audience) devoured it in a single sitting....
August 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
my eighty year old mother (also not the target audience) devoured it in a single sitting....
and then I was made to watch Ford take office. I liked the deep blue velvet curtains of Nixon's backup much better than the mustard ones behind Ford.
July 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
and then I was made to watch Ford take office. I liked the deep blue velvet curtains of Nixon's backup much better than the mustard ones behind Ford.
good point. We touched too lightly on these important events, and I left high school with the impression that there was only one. Sigh.
June 21, 2026 at 12:11 PM
good point. We touched too lightly on these important events, and I left high school with the impression that there was only one. Sigh.
But who could forget the Defenestration of Prague?
June 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM
But who could forget the Defenestration of Prague?
I use every little last ground for my outdoor compost bin, which I realize is a tip that requires such a bin...You could also make little rings of grounds around plants to serves as slug barrier (if you have both slug and plants...).
June 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I use every little last ground for my outdoor compost bin, which I realize is a tip that requires such a bin...You could also make little rings of grounds around plants to serves as slug barrier (if you have both slug and plants...).
Mine too! I have read two sets of Riddlemasters to death, starting back in 9th grade in the 80s when I read a snippet over a friend's shoulder in assembly...
June 8, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Mine too! I have read two sets of Riddlemasters to death, starting back in 9th grade in the 80s when I read a snippet over a friend's shoulder in assembly...
oh, so sorry for your loss. I hope your memories of Darwin bring you comfort.
June 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
oh, so sorry for your loss. I hope your memories of Darwin bring you comfort.
"You should not drink and bake" (Arnold Schwarzenegger after his wife threw a cake at him....)
May 25, 2026 at 1:24 AM
"You should not drink and bake" (Arnold Schwarzenegger after his wife threw a cake at him....)
I found it helpful for them to figure out at bed time the tee shirt they wanted to wear to school and then let them sleep in it.....I have no useful advice otherwise re the hell that is getting a sleeping child up and ready for school.
May 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I found it helpful for them to figure out at bed time the tee shirt they wanted to wear to school and then let them sleep in it.....I have no useful advice otherwise re the hell that is getting a sleeping child up and ready for school.
yeah, it makes it really impossible to reread them.
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
yeah, it makes it really impossible to reread them.
yeah, any girl character in his books could be one of his victims because being a character was what he used as an enticement....
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 AM
yeah, any girl character in his books could be one of his victims because being a character was what he used as an enticement....
I will check it out! thanks!
January 12, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I will check it out! thanks!
I could not unsee scary owls when I visited Wells. Shades of Alan Garner....
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I could not unsee scary owls when I visited Wells. Shades of Alan Garner....
Happy world linguistics day from Smithfield RI!
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Happy world linguistics day from Smithfield RI!
It's a big tent
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It's a big tent