Today’s YA Highway Roadtrip: What books were you obsessed with as a kid? Where to start? Dude, the mind boggles at the sheer volume. I was an avid reader, and an even more avid re-reader. To this day, the Sister and I have a category of books called Cheerios Books: books that we can pick […]
As if The Graveyard Book and Coraline weren’t reason enough, YA author Veronica Schwab posted this video on her blog. He had me at “magic and dreams and good madness.” *swoons*
There are too many things I am thankful for in this world for me to begin to count. They range from the important and obvious (my family), to the minor but critical (Swedish Fish). But books are a huge part of it. There are authors that have made me laugh out loud on airplanes, scaring […]
Those of us who had to study Robert Frost (or who grew up reading the fabulous S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders…”Do it for Johnny!”) know the famous poem that begins, “Nature’s first green is gold.” But lately, in this glorious blaze of fall colors, I’ve been feeling that nature’s last green is truly gold, as well. […]
So I, along with bazillions of others in the blogosphere, am reviewing a banned book today at the invitation of the fabulous Tahereh and the Rejectionist – two amazing book bloggers. Without further ado… *Tension builds. Weak women faint. Strong men fall down* TA-DAH! The amazing Robie Harris’s deeply dangerous and controversial books, It’s Not […]
…morning. (With apologies and gratitude to Judith Viorst) “I went to sleep with wet hair in a ponytail and now my hair looks insane and when I woke up I realized I hadn’t set the alarm properly again and my husband dropped in and interrupted me right at a critical writing scene and making breakfast […]
OMG OMG I, like, totally couldn’t, like, wait to read this! I pink puffy heart LOOOOOVE Suzanne Collins! Go Team Peeta! Oh, wait, I’m a 37-year-old grown-up. Sorry about that. Actually, I want to write about Mockingjay and violence, and why I am totally o.k. with it. When I described this book to my […]
My grandfather died last week, at 92. He was a glorious man; funny, intelligent, curious, and deeply, deeply kind. He was passionately interested in nature, the universe and the unknown and emerging world of science. He would sometimes burst forth at random moments with facts about the Emperor Penguin or Mars, a habit that we […]
It’s kind of one of those days. There are fruit flies in the kitchen, a Wild Child home sick from camp (with malaise, not actual sickness), and a number of unpleasant deadlines tickling at me. I realize that no one will be calling the Amnesty International hotline to report on these inhumane conditions anytime soon; […]
