Book Review: Humble Honest Men

by Alex on March 30, 2010
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of our readers of Irish descent, and everybody else in the world who celebrates this fine feasting day.  At least, that’s what I would have said if I actually wrote this review when I …

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March Rec-Fest Book 3: Gecko and Mosquito

by Alex on March 13, 2010
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We are two hours into the First Book-Oahu Book Fair here at Barnes & Noble Kahala and it has been a busy day so far.  We’ve already had Midweek’s “Click Chick” Alison Stewart read for storytime, followed by a wild …

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Hawai‘i Publisher Releases Titles for E-Book Digital Reader Platforms

by Alex on February 14, 2010
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Hey, some exciting news from Watermark Publishing.  Following on the heels of BeachHouse Publishing developing iPhone apps, hopefully now we will start seeing more and more eBooks coming out from local publishers.  Here’s the official press release:

Watermark Publishing of …

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Book Review- Wayfinding Through the Storm

by Misty on February 4, 2010
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One of the books recommended to us by Manoa Library Branch Manager Christel Collins, as part of our Library Tour Challenge, is the latest historic composition of Gavan Daws. Wayfinding Through the Storm (Watermark, 2009) is one of …

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Riding Mountains–A review of some surf related books

by Misty on January 14, 2010
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Coming out of the recent 25th Eddie Aikau Memorial Surf Competition and the Billabong Pipeline Masters 2009, this surf season’s swells are still making headlines. Most recently it’s the 30ft monsters making their way to the North Shore that are …

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Library Tour: Manoa Public Library

by Misty on November 14, 2009
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Coming into this Library Tour Challenge we knew it wouldn’t be easy to accomplish, that there would be some bumps along the way, and that with Hawai’i’s libraries struggling we’d have to be flexible. We knew not all locations would …

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The Las Vegas Book Scene (pt. 1)

by Misty on October 8, 2009
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Our trip to Vegas wasn’t exactly filled with fear and loathing. My goodluck rituals didn’t pay off since Alex was much luckier than I was and he only did half of the rituals. At least lady …

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Book Review: The Maui Book of Lavender

by Misty on September 14, 2009
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During our visit to Kapolei Library, Branch Manager Stacie Kanno recommended The Maui Book of Lavender (Watermark, 2008) for us to read and review. I had previously heard about the Maui lavender farm on one of my trips …

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Book End – Weekend of Sep. 12

by Alex on September 11, 2009
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Thanks again to everybody for reading Hawaii Book Blog.  We are now all in with our Hawaii Public Library Challenge, touring all of Oahu’s public libraries and getting Hawaii book recommendations from each one.  In the meantime, we have …

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Rec-fest Book 8/8: The Little Lima Bean

by Alex on August 8, 2009
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This is it!   As we are actually ahead of schedule I will be posting our final entry a little early, since we are slowly wrapping things up here.  Phew!  We accomplished our goal of doing 8 keiki book reviews, all …

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Rec-fest Book 4/8: Wordsworth Dances the Waltz

by Alex on August 8, 2009
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We are halfway through our book recommendation marathon and we are trying our best to keep up!  Things have settled down a little as Clifford the Big Red Dog and the keiki song and reading is finished.  For the past …

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