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Tag: Wonder

November 15, 2017 by Betsy Bird

Wonder No More: A Look at a Book to Screen Adaptation

And I wonder. I wah wah wah wah wonder! Why. Why why why why why . . . Just me? Alrighty then. Yep, so though I live far far away from my beloved New York City, this Chicagoland I’ve landed in is pretty darn hopping. They have jazz. They have some kind of ungodly pizza […]

May 22, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Top 100 Children’s Novels #65: Wonder by R.J. Palacio

#65 Wonder by R.J. Palacio (2012) 31 points I was going to go with a classic, but couldn’t pick from so many possibilities (and I know others will surely choose them) so I decided to go the other route and pick a brand new title from this year. Palacio does the unbelievable in creating a […]

March 24, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: If Henry James says it’s wrong I don’t wanna be right

I swear that every time my computer goes on the fritz I feel like I’m walking underwater for days on end while it’s in the shop.  I can’t do email effectively, I can’t update Goodreads, I can’t do anything without feeling like it’s all fake until that little laptop is returned to my knees where […]

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