GKHS Mock Printz team met this afternoon and after a very raucous discussion, which delighted me due to the enthusiasm these teens have fo...

The Edgar Award finalists (Best Mysteries) Young Adult titles: Three Truths and a Lie   by Brent Hartinger (Simon & Schuster — ...

The GKHS Mock Printz event is tomorrow after school. What books will the teens choose as their favorite YA books of 2016? Tomorrow I...

Top Ten Tuesday: YA Books you might have missed (but shouldn't have) last year. 1. Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter....a ve...

Mt. Rainier, photo by D. Bennett, Jan. 15, 2017 Weather: Clear and cold, below freezing. Glass art in the Tacoma Art Museum, Jan. 8...

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore is a luminous tale that reads a little like a favorite fairy tale yet explores a very moder...

Top Ten Tuesday: Books published in 2016 I still intend to read: Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley Perfect Horse: the Daring...

Hosted at Always Me. What music am I listening to lately which I really shouldn't like, but do? don't laugh at my days choice. ...

  Top Ten Tuesday: Books I hope to read first in 2017.

View from our front yard this morning HAPPY NEW YEAR! Weather: Snowing. It snowed about an inch or two this morning after midnight...