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Nanoday #14 (part one) — notes for the novel I’m writing “Heart of Clouds”
Valentine Bonnaire —
Authority: 124
Okay so, it occurs to me that the way we grew up as teens in the 70’s was very different than today. For one thing, people had less electronic stuff to distract them. People really did a lot of things by hand and so that pep talk from Lynda Barry really resonated with me. Kids surfed and rode skateboards and ...1 day ago -
Antsy Does Time by Neal Shüsterman
Worthwhile Books —
Authority: 114
This isn’t the kind of book I normally read, and especially not the kind of book I review here. Written in 2008, it has not achieved “classic” status. Nor does its teen-age “voice” meet my criteria for gorgeous prose. Nevertheless, it is well-written and very funny. The chapter titles (One of ...2 days ago -
Wanting Mor (MG, YA)
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 474
Khan, Rukhsana. 2009. Wanting Mor. Groundwood Books. 190 pages. I thought she was sleeping. Jameela is a young Afghan girl with a world of sorrow. After losing her mother (the Mor in the title), her father decides to sell what he can, pack what he can, and head back to Kabul. He is her only family, and so while ...3 days ago -
Al Capone Shines My Shoes (MG, YA)
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 474
Choldenko, Gennifer. 2009. Al Capone Shines My Shoes. Penguin. 275 pages. Nothing is the way its supposed to be when you live on an island with a billion birds, a ton of bird crap, a few dozen rifles, machine guns, and automatics, and 278 of Americas worst criminals--"the cream of the criminal crop" as one of our ...5 days ago -
An Ethereal Romance
A Life In Books —
Authority: 114
I first read about Laura Whitcomb’s novel A Certain Slant of Light , not to be confused with A Certain Slant of Light by Cynthia Thayer, in a book where the writer did indeed get them mixed up, but ended up reading both. I thought I read about the mix-up in Sara Nelson’s So Many Books, So Little Time , or Nick ...1 week ago -
Positively (MG)
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 474
Sheinmel, Courtney. 2009. Positively. Simon & Schuster. 216 pages. When my mother died I imagined God was thinking, "One down, and one to go." Our heroine, Emerson Price has known she was HIV positive since she was four. (Shes now 13.) But when her mother dies, Emmys world begins to collapse. (Her mother had ...1 week ago -
Review: Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
One Literature Nut... —
Authority: 122
Thanks for humoring me in my last post. I couldnt help but find it funny. Were over our midweek hump, and Im eager and excited for the next two days to come and go. At school were reading Oedipus the King in my junior classes, and were finishing up "The Knights Tale" and Beowulf in my AP classes. Theyve both ...1 week ago -
The Indigo King
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 474
Owen, James A. The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica: The Indigo King. Simon & Schuster. 375 pages. Hurrying along one of the tree-lined paths at Magdalen College in Oxford, John glanced up at the cloud-clotted sky and decided that he rather liked the English weather. Constant clouds made for soft light; ...1 week ago -
Review: Physik (Septimus Heap #3) by Angie Sage
Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog —
Authority: 130
Physik (Septimus Heap #3) by Angie Sage Publication: Katherine Tegen Books (March 11, 2008), Paperback, 576pp / ISBN 0060577398 Genre: Fantasy, Childrens’/YA Rating: Find @ Amazon or IndieBound Read: October 2009 Challenges: Countdown 2010 (2007 #3) Source: Bought It’s been a while since I read the ...1 week ago -
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Book Addiction —
Authority: 120
Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Candlewick Press Published: September 2008 Pages: 479 Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian Fiction Source: Library The Knife of Never Letting Go follows Todd Hewitt, who is twelve years old and the youngest person ...1 week ago -
The Devils Paintbox
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 474
McKernan, Victoria. 2009. The Devils Paintbox. Random House. 360 pages. Aiden Lynch slid down the steep creek bank, dirt crumbling beneath his bare feet and dust rising in a cloud behind him. This is a difficult read. Emotionally that is. Especially if you are allergic to westerns. Aiden and his younger sister, ...1 week ago -
Review: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
One Literature Nut... —
Authority: 122
It has seemed of late that youll very rarely hear me say that I loved the audio portion of the audio book I listened to, but Wintergirls was a delightful departure from that tradition. I love listening to books as I drive to and from work each day, and it calms my road rage (yes, I have to grip the wheel at times). ...2 weeks ago -
It’s only words …
Christine Bongers —
Authority: 106
When I took my first baby steps as a writer of fiction, it was the good folk at the Qld Writers Centre who held my hand and picked me up when I stumbled and fell. They encouraged me to walk unassisted, and then to run. They clapped when I did cartwheels over my first book contract, and my second. So what do you say ...2 weeks ago -
Sacred Scars
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 474
Duey, Kathleen. 2009. Sacred Scars. Simon & Schuster. 554 pages. Sadima sat cross-legged on the cold stone, just outside the cage. She was holding her slate so the boys could see the symbol she had drawn. Most of them were trying to copy it. Two stolen lanterns hung from the iron bars above their heads, held in ...2 weeks ago -
NaNoWriMo Writing Contest
Mother Daughter Book Club Blog —
Authority: 126
It’s hard to believe that it will soon be November. Trick or treaters will herald the last hours of October and then we’ll fall back into daylight standard time. But besides rainy, dark days, November also brings National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo as it’s more affectionately called. There’s lots of ...2 weeks ago -
Interview with Author Thomas Sniegoski
Flames Rising Horror Webzine —
Authority: 517
FlamesRising.com is pleased to present an interview with author Thomas Sniegoski . Tom is a veteran author who has written for dozens of comics titles (BONE, THE SISTERHOOD), media tie-in novels (HELLBOY, ANGEL) and his original fiction (The Remy Chandler Series). Fans of Christopher Golden might recognize Tom’s ...2 weeks ago -
Crossing Stones
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 474
Frost, Helen. 2009. Crossing Stones. FSG. 184 pages. Youd better straighten out your mind, Young Lady. Loved, loved, loved this verse novel by Helen Frost. Its historical fiction. A drama following the lives of two families. The Jorgensens and The Normans. The year is 1917 (and 1918). Weve got many narrators (both ...2 weeks ago -
Review: The Arthur Trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog —
Authority: 130
I very quickly read through this trilogy, which I suppose shows how much I enjoyed reading it! I’m a big Arthurian myth geek, ever since I took an awesome class on the subject two springs ago. Kevin Crossley-Holland’s Arthur trilogy incorporates nearly all the old stories I read in that class and adds in a new ...2 weeks ago -
The Unfinished Angel (MG)
Becky's Book Reviews —
Authority: 474
Creech, Sharon. 2009. The Unfinished Angel. 164 pages. HarperCollins. Peoples are strange! The things they are doing and saying--sometimes they make no sense. Did their brains fall out of their heads? And why so much saying, so much talking all the time day and night, all those words spilling out of those mouths? ...2 weeks ago -
Last Night I Sang to the Monster • YA fiction
The Picnic Basket —
Authority: 406
Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz September 2009 • Cinco Puntos Press • Ages 14 and up "I cried with Zach all the way through this book: tears of rage and sorrow—sometimes laughing—and finally, tears of hope and joy. Thanks to Ben Saenz’ pitch-perfect ...2 weeks ago
