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3 on a theme: Eleanors

It’s been a while since my last 3 on a theme, but this was a good one: three books read almost concurrently. And such a simple theme: characters named Eleanor.
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my favorite middle grade books of the year and all-time

As a young adult librarian and a writer of YA books, I don’t often venture into middle grade territory. But I have been reading more, because a lot of the “teens” who come to my library programs are middle schoolers, and they aren’t always ready for YA books. Over on The Page Half Full, the…
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31 days of Halloween, day 31: writing horror

Since it is the last day of Halloween, and Nanowrimo Eve, the list today is horror books and movies about WRITERS!
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31 days of Halloween, day 30: disability rep

I’ve tried to collect horror here with positive (or at least, not damaging) portrayals of disability.
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31 days of Halloween, day 29: based on Ed Gein

I had originally meant to include multiple serial killers in this blog post, but then I found that all the books and movies were based on just one: Ed Gein!
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31 days of Halloween, day 28: prairie horror

Not to be confused with Western horror, this list of horror stories set in the prairie is more about wide open spaces and harsh, isolating winters.
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31 days of Halloween, day 27: high school horror

High school was not the greatest time of my life, which must be why horror stories set in high schools are so common.
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31 days of Halloween, day 25: Christmas horror

The 25th of October means… that Christmas will be here in two short months!
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31 days of Halloween, day 24: Horror on Ice

If there’s one thing I fear, it’s the coming of winter each year. I hate being cold, and I know I’m not alone – which is probably why this list was so easy to make!
