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Welcome to 'Fine Lines', the Friday feature in which we give a sentimental, sometimes-critical, far more wizened look at the children's and YA books we loved in our youth. This week, ( Read more... )

The White Mountains

The books

I want the coffeepot.


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I have some paperback books that got damp in storage. Their covers have stuck together. How can they be unstuck without destroying them? Steam? Freezing?

A nostalgic exercise in list-making by Michael Kube-McDowell


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Anyone ever read 'Blind Lake'? It seems to be about an alternate-dimension observation project that goes terribly wrong. So far the first few chapters are awful soap operea nonsense and I'm wondering if it's worth plowing through.

Stand alone novels: Contest, Temple, Hover Car Racer, Seven Ancient Wonders
Scarecrow Series: Ice Station, Area7, Scarecrow, Hell Island
Author: Matthew Reilly
Genre: warfare, scifi
Publisher: Pan MacMillan I think.
Rating: er.. mature. but for bloodshed/violence etc.
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German illustrator, Sabine Wilharm.

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Title: The Last Rune (series name)
Author: Mark Anthony
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Bantam Spectra and Earthlight
Rating: PG-13 (or older really)
Links: Author's official Site.
Your Rating: ☆☆☆/5
URL or LJ-cut: ( Haven't reviewed a book since High School, forgive me if it's crap. Actually it's more like a 'Why I Like This Book, by Nae' than a review. )

I've tweaked the info/rules for dogeared_books, please tell me if you have suggestions or complaints.

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