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Review: Boxers
Boxers by Gene Luen Yang. First Second. 2013. Review copy from publisher. Boxers & Saints, Volume 1. The Plot: In 1894, Little Bao is the youngest brother of three in Northern Shan-tung Province, China. He likes watching the traveling operas that visit the village in springtime; his older brothers tease him; he admires his father. [...]
When Yes Is Not Consent
In a recent news story: “A Montana judge is under fire for sentencing a 54-year-old former teacher to just 30 days in jail for raping a 14-year-old girl who later committed suicide.” The judge made statements about how this wasn’t rape-rape (or, as he puts it, “forcible beat-up rape“) and how the teenager was old [...]
Action Park
Oh, growin’ up …. (Yes, hopefully, you’re hearing that the way Springsteen sings it.) One of the things I’m fascinated with is how people change; or don’t. Not as individuals — but how different an experience it is to be a teen in 2013, 2003, 1993, 1983, 1973 — well, you get the picture. Some [...]
Review: Pain, Parties, Work
Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder. HarperCollins. 2013. Personal Copy. Vacation reads — when I review not-teen books that people may be interested in reading! It’s About: In June, 1953, Sylvia Plath was a guest editor for the fashion magazine, Mademoiselle. The guest editor program was prestigious. The [...]
Flashback August 2006
Time to take a look at what I reviewed in August 2006! Cheating At Solitaire by Ally Carter. From my review: “Julia James is a famous self-help writer. Her area of expertise? Being single — and being happy and fulfilled being single. She’s written such books with titles like Table for One, Spaghetti and Meatball: Meals for the Single [...]
Review: The Infinite Moment of Us
The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle. Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams. 2013. Review from ARC from publisher. The Plot: It’s the summer after high school graduation. Wren is a good girl, who has always done the right thing, especially when it comes to her parent’s expectations. Come fall, she’s supposed to be [...]
Organizing The To Be Read Books
Confession: sometimes I’m a bit overwhelmed by the to-be-read pile. What is your current organization scheme? I have bookshelves in the basement with copies (ARCs and final copies). Those are arranged in alphabetical order. I know some people do by release date, but that makes it harder for me to find books. The books that [...]
Flashback August 2008
And now, a look back at what I reviewed in August 2008: Ten Gallon Bart and the Wild West Show by Susan Stevens Crummel, illustrated by Dorothy Donohue. From my review: “Ten Gallon Bart is bored, and finds excitement in the Wild West Show. Ten Gallon Bart’s dilemma: to be in the Wild West Show, he not only [...]
Lizzie Skurnick at Read Adv
It’s hard to believe, but the Reader’s Advisory Twitter Chat that Sophie Brookover, Kelly Jensen and myself have been doing is over one year old! As a brief recap, twice a month we host a Twitter Chat about Reader’s Advisory. Typically, it’s on the first and third Thursday of the month at 8 p.m. EST. [...]
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