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Friday Fifteen
Today is a very special Friday Fifteen, because it’s the 100th Friday Fifteen. That’s right, for the last 100 Fridays I’ve been reviewing books in fifteen words or under. The stats: 100 Friday Fifteens...
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Friday Fifteen
The past week has been super hectic, but I’m psyched to be writing today’s Friday Fifteen. Onto the micro-book-reviews! Happy weekend, everyone. 1. The Rain Catchers by Jean Thesman A household of...
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Quote of the Day
“I would say to get the character in your mind. Once he is in your mind, and he is right, and he’s true, then he does the work himself. All you need to do then is to trot along behind him and put down...
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December 16th is Jane Austen Day
Happy Jane Austen Day, everyone! I’m a big Jane Austen fan. I’ve read her novels. In college, I took a class that consisted entirely of Austen and Woolf. I own all the recent Masterpiece adaptations...
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The Soul of Wit
A fun look at how stylometry helps prove that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare’s plays. I’m always a little baffled when people try to make a big conspiracy theory around Shakespeare. (See also Truman...
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Links Galore
Lots of good links I’ve been hoarding: Sometimes teenagers are selfish and obnoxious and make bad choices, and that should present be in YA. Molly shares info about putting together her library’s Harry...
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Links Galore
Sorry for the blog silence over the last couple weeks! Here are lots of good links I’ve been hoarding: The wonderful Jenny Martin on struggling and succeeding. Maps that track the history and use of...
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Links Galore
A few links I’ve been saving. A fascinating look at the 1961 Fiction Jury report, in which To Kill a Mockingbird is named the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Very excited for Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in...
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Summer Solstice Reading List
Photo: Sunset by Martin “Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it!”–F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Happy...
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Happy Birthday, E.B White!
This is one of my all time favorite quotes, and it feels like a pretty appropriate one to share on E.B. White’s birthday. (He would have been 118!) Thanks to a writer who brought us such a thoughtful,...
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