Shoes fit for a Greek Goddess for C.C., who’s query is the subject of today’s post. I know these “as always” reminders get repetitive, but thanks for remembering that the point here is to provide constructive criticism for the author, give your honest opinion about the query, and suggest ways you see of improving [...]
Two more reviews just arrived for Matthew Cody’s Powerless. Will this book be on next year’s shortlist for the Newbery? A girl agent can dream!
From the February issue of the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (which I’m pasting in its entirety since I can’t find it online elsewhere):
When his family moves [...]
So I recently finished reading Sophie Kinsella’s novel Twenties Girl, which I enjoyed (and stayed up late finishing), though I felt it suffered, at first, from some of the same problems I find in Kinsella’s insanely popular Shopaholic series. Namely, that the main characters seems SO CLUELESS at times that you want to reach [...]
So I started a new project on January 1st, to take at least one picture every single day and post it. And it got me thinking about deadlines and goals we set for ourselves. I’m curious — of those of you that participated in NaNoWriMo, how many of you have kept up a [...]
It’s been a morning of exciting news, what with the announcements of the winners of the Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz, plus all the other awards from ALA Midwinter, but I’m excited on a personal level to share the following review from Kirkus for Albatross by Josie Bloss:
Music geeks walk the fine line between love and [...]
