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2019 Reading Challenge

1 Jan 20191 Jan 2019

Happy New Year! You, our dear readers, are cordially invited to participate in... The Inaugural Giddy Goat Reading Challenge! (Above link opens Google Docs; if you'd prefer a PDF, click…

Anastasia: the stage play (1954)

2 Nov 20182 Nov 2018

I'm back, with the first rendition of Anastasia's story (maybe not the first, but certainly the one that influenced many others after it). Remember, this is a series and you…

Crazy Rich Asians (Book and Movie Thoughts)

30 Oct 201823 Oct 2018

Generally, when there’s a book-to-screen adaptation, a person—who has never read the book before—has to take a step back and debate whether it’s a good idea to enjoy the novel…

Anastasia & Anna Anderson – the real story

5 Oct 20185 Oct 2018

We're standing at the beginning of a very long blog series (long because I only post once a month...) and this is the start! I have a fascination and love…

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The Mysterious Benedict Society (A Book Review)

30 Aug 201830 Aug 2018

If, as a kid, you saw this peculiar ad in a newspaper, what would you do? Would you be one of the many curious children who enroll to take part…

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Horse Thief (A Book Review)

A few months ago we posted a listicle about our most re-readable books. I wish I would have put Horse Thief on the list. Written by Robert Newton Peck in…

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The Littlest Bigfoot

The Littlest Bigfoot is a fantasy novel written by Jennifer Weiner and it is told from three different perspectives. First, you have Alice, an overweight, clumsy twelve-year-old who doesn't fit…

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Giddy Goat’s Favorite Re-reads

Giddy Goat's love to read! For National Reading Awareness month we decided to compile a list of our favorite re-reads. We limited ourselves to no more than five! Sometimes we…

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Ravished (book review)

2 Mar 201818 Mar 2018

March is a very literary month! It's on the tail end of Freedom to Read week, and the whole month is reading awareness month, so why not start the month…

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Literature Lads We Love to Love – Listicle

20 Feb 201820 Feb 2018

When I posed the question which book character would you date and why, there was a collective groan from the Goats and much musing over who they'd pick! We all…