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kauyyek has commented on (7) products.

Manga Moods by Saori Takarai

kauyyek, November 24, 2012

I got this for my daughter for Christmas when she was 10 and was just entering the manga/anime phase. She loved it and 2 years later, it is still a favorite book. She actually uses it to learn Japanese phrases as well as for as inspiration for her drawings. This book is a great gift for any young fan of Japanese manga or anything "kawaii".

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The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

kauyyek, August 11, 2012

Out of all the many post-apocalyptic books that I've read, this one is the most surprising, in a very good way. It has the expected desolation, violence, loneliness, etc. but the language and the manner in which it is written can only be described as poetic. I highly recommend this for any one who likes reading books in this genre and more importantly, for those who think that they don't.

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Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics) by Frank Gilbreth

kauyyek, August 6, 2012

My tween daughter and I have a nightly reading ritual. Usually, we pick fantasy series, but recently I thought it would be good to broaden her horizons with a classic. We had Cheaper By the Dozen on our shelves, so I showed it to her. She wasn't enthusiastic about it, but I asked her to just try listening to a couple of chapters and if she didn't like it, she could choose another book. Needless to say, she loved it! I'm glad that we used it for reading aloud because while her reading level is very high, there are some very old-fashioned words and concepts that she didn't "get" and we were able to talk about them, e.g. mumbly peg.

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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan

kauyyek, January 2, 2012

A page-turner non-fiction book. It also taught me a lot about my adopted corner (the Pacific Northwest) of the United States. I think that every high school should have this title on its reading list.

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The Wee Free Men (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett

kauyyek, July 15, 2011

This audio book made a long car trip with one teenaged boy, 2 tween girls and 2 adults go by very quickly. Terry Pratchett is a genius with words and Stephen Briggs is "better than Jim Dale" (quoting my son). The exploits of the Nac MacFeegle will have you laughing out loud and saying "Ach, Crivens" and "Wailey, wailey, wailey" when it's over.

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