Jellicoe Roadby Melina MarchettaHardcover: 9780061431838, HarperTeen, $17.99Paperback: 9780061431852, HarperTeen, $8.99This post was originally published here in August 2008. A few alterations have been made to the version posted on Afterthoughts...Every time I read this book, I cry. I am not generally a crier. Yes, tears welled at the news of Walter in Rilla of Ingleside … Continue reading Book Review: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
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Fall 2010 Picturebook Highlights: Random House
Remember back in January when I posted about ordering books that would be published this Summer 2010? Well, it's the end of April and guess what I'm doing.If you guessed buying books for Fall/Winter 2010, you'd be correct!Introducing the Fall 2010 Picturebook Highlights, beginning with Random House!Camille Saint-Saens's The Carnival of the Animalsmusic by Camille … Continue reading Fall 2010 Picturebook Highlights: Random House
Book Review: Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman
Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman9780547231846, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16Meggy Swann is crippled at a time when non-able-bodied people were thought to be cursed by the Devil. She must walk with two crutch-sticks to support her weak and twister legs. Her sour disposition doesn't help her make friends, but which came first – the … Continue reading Book Review: Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman
Book Review: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller9781595143082, Penguin, $18.99, Pub. Date: August 2010I admit I don't tend to like lovey-dovey YA, but Haven's voice, and that of her gay best friend Beau, kept me hanging in there. As did the unique premise –love as the cause for reincarnation.Haven Moore lives in Tennessee but can describe New … Continue reading Book Review: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
Book Review: Serena by Ron Rash
This was a post I intended to publish over a year ago. Now in paperback, I'm finally going to post my review of Ron Rash's Serena.Hardcover: 9780061470851, HarperCollins, $24.95Paperback: 9780061470844, HarperCollins, $14.99Serena blew my mind a bit. You wouldn't think upon first picking up a book about a timber empire in North Carolina during the … Continue reading Book Review: Serena by Ron Rash
Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Candlewick
Presenting #8 in the Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights series: Candlewick Press! Practically in the back yard (okay, it's an hour and a half away in Boston), this press is the home of Kate DiCamillo, Judy Moody, and Emily Windsnap. Here are some of my favorite picturebooks for the summer season. I already mentioned Cloud Tea … Continue reading Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Candlewick
Book Review: You by Charles Benoit
Youby Charles Benoit9780061947049, $16.99, Harper, Pub. Date: August 2010You is a powerful, searing work of realistic teen fiction. The title comes from its second-person point-of-view narrator; a voice that makes the work immediately accessible by encouraging the reader to become the main character.The main character is sophomore Kyle Chase. He's smart, but took a wrong … Continue reading Book Review: You by Charles Benoit
The Making of Cover Art for Gail Carriger’s Blamless
On the Odyssey Bookshop blog, two posts (1, 2) introduced my love for the Parasol Protectorate Series, as they're known - three books (so far) starring the sexy, sassy, soulless Alexia Tarabotti, written by Gail Carriger. Even if you haven't begun the steampunk, supernaturally-inclined series set in Victorian London, you can still appreciate the design … Continue reading The Making of Cover Art for Gail Carriger’s Blamless
Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Scholastic
Presenting #6 in the Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights series...Scholastic! Swim! Swim! by Lerch 9780545094191, $16.99, Pub. Date: July 2010Hilarious! Lerch, the fish, the main character of the story (as well as, apparently, the author), is so very proper I can't help reading this in a (horrendous) British accent. Lerch is lonely and wants a friend, … Continue reading Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Scholastic
CHIRP & Book Review: Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet & Elspeth Graham
Candlewick has recently rolled out a new program called CHIRP: Candlewick's Handselling Indie Recognition Program. It is fantastic. Not only is it immensely flattering to have the work of Indies recognized and aided by a major publisher, but the fact that CHIRP really is helpful, is a huge bonus. We received a box of completed … Continue reading CHIRP & Book Review: Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet & Elspeth Graham
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