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Hey look! I just figured out how to post images! Ain’t it something! My inaugural image? Check out the weirdo cover of the British edition of Titan’s Curse. *shudder*
Remember how they all said that the e-book would replace its paper equivalents. How we all laughed at the thought! "Ha ha," said we. "Ha ha!" Well, it looks as if the battle is hardly over. It has, one might say, only barely begun. To determine whether or not e-books can ever be profitable, two […]
I’ve discussed book jackets and titles. I’ve discussed the flap copy that appears on books and the importance of the appearance of a jacket’s spine. So what does that leave us(besides, y’know, the text or some such nonsense)? You guessed it. Dedications! Wonderful, magnificent, nerve-wracking, gut-churning dedications. Well, The Guardian (yes, I did steal all […]
Does anyone else get Entertainment Weekly delivered to their home? Anybody? Anybody? No? Well, that’s probably because it’s tripe and trash and oh-so-very-fun to read. And there’s a tongue-in-cheek portion of the mag that says what’s In, 5-Minutes Ago, and Out. If I were to make one of those lists regarding the upcoming Potter release, […]
Sheesh. I decide a book’s one of my favorites of the year and then suddenly I don’t pay attention to the fact that it has won a major Australian literary award. I am referring of course to Shaun Tan’s magnificent and soon-to-hit-American-shelves-in-October wordless masterpiece The Arrival. And I only learned about the award when I […]
Oh, admit it. You’d have a lot of fun coming out to see a band this Friday, wouldn’t you? Wouldn’t you? Well the bands of New York are definitely feeling good about finding their inspiration in children’s literature these days. Check out the notice I received just yesterday: Friday, June 15, the BEATRIX POTTERS, featuring […]
I’ve noticed a veritable plethora of books this year dealing with, of all ungodly subjects, math. It seemed innocent enough in The Puzzling World of Winston Breen. And I was willing to shut my eyes to it in The Lemonade War. But about the time I ran across a fictional work with a plot hinging […]
And the winner is . . . . (drumroll please) Midwestern Lodestar, Finding Wonderland, and Readers’ Rants. As the creator of this challenge so eloquently put it herself: The winner of the most books read (and highest page count) is Midwestern Lodestar, with a stunning 20 books, 5,433 pages, and 29 ½ hours. The winner […]
Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer. Bloomsbury. $14.95. Try this sometime. Read a book, put it down, and then wait a couple months. Let the distinct memories of the title ebb away. Your first impressions are tamed. Your fervor (of either the positive or negative variety) softens a bit. This method of reviewing is […]
Dear Diary, Day One: In the jungles of School Library Journal’s website our first day passed without incident. Granted, there were some truly frightening incidents but my faithful IT guides got us through the worst of it in one piece. I’ve already lost some dear friends along the way, I’m afraid. Colonel Blogroll was the […]