![]() ![]() I couldn't imagine growing up the way that Heidi did, with a mother who could barely communicate, and definitely not care for herself, and her only other caregiver being an agoraphobic woman. Just about every review of this book contains a book-report-like summary, so I'm going to skip that and just talk about my thoughts. Everything else, though, I had some issues with. ![]() This isn't sophisticated high-brow literature, but it is touching and honest, and it got me right in the feels, at least as far as the main storyline goes. She lives in New York City with her two teenage sons. Sarah is a tireless promoter, visiting schools throughout the country, serving as author-in-residence and speaking to teachers and librarians at national conferences including IRA, ALA and NCTE. ![]() Sarah's titles have sold well over a million copies, including several foreign editions. She has written for television, stage and screen and a number of her picturebooks include songs which she both writes and sings for the accompanying CD’s. In addition to being an author, Sarah is an accomplished singer/songwriter. It, which appeared on the LA Times bestseller list was chosen as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and received the 2004 Parent’s Choice Gold Award. ![]() She is a graduate of Hampshire College and NYU and recently became an adjunct faculty member in the prestigious Writing Program at the New School University, in New York City. Sarah Weeks has been writing children’s books and songs for the past twenty years. ![]()
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Certainly a commendable opener.Ĭlaire Danvers is not having the best of time at college, even though she is bright enough to have graduated into it a year earlier than all her peers. ![]() Summary: A compelling start to a lengthy teen urban horror series, with interesting developments from the off and a strong sense of style and adventure. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Shadow Speaker, by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (336 pages). She and her hot co-star, Troy, somehow find themselves in Shakespeare’s Verona, and Mimi befriends the Juliet Capulet, whose suicide in on the proverbial horizon uh oh! Mimi has landed the role of Juliet in her family’s production of Romeo and Juliet – not that she’s terribly keen on the whole acting thing. Saving Juliet, by Suzanne Selfors (242 pages). Scarlet is, of course, Will Scarlet, Robin Hood’s delinquent sidekick. This is the second book in the King Raven series, which is concerned with Robin Hood. Did you know that the first three books of the Darren Shan Saga are being turned i nto a film? This is book seven of Shan’s Demonata series, and is ‘seriously scary’. ![]() Will Mibs Beaumont’s imminent savvy be able to save her father?ĭeath’s Shadow, by Darren Shan (237 pages). The Beaumont family develop a power – a ‘savvy’ – at the age of 13. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was once a fan of Colleen McCullough.but that was when I was in my teens! In retrospect I believe I was a romantic simple girl. ![]() Would you try another book from Colleen McCullough and/or Deidre Rubenstein? For Kitty, it is a way to escape the suffocating love of her mother, who can see nothing beyond Kitty's astonishing beauty.Īs career dreams clash with romance, and the Depression casts its shadow across Australia, each of the sisters will be forced to confront her own secret desires and dreams, and discover the true nature of love. For Grace, the hospital is a terrifying place of sickness and mess, while Tufts discovers her hidden talents. ![]() For Edda, it is the closest she can come to her dream of being a doctor. Edda, Grace, Kitty, and Tufts are the daughters of Reverend Thomas Latimer, and are about to become the first batch of nurses to be professionally trained in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Set in the 1920's and 30's in Australia, Bittersweet follows the lives of four sisters - two pairs of twins. Colleen McCullough always vowed that she would never write another sweeping family saga in the vein of The Thorn Birds, but luckily for her millions of fans she has now written Bittersweet, an epic novel of love, betrayal, ambition and redemption. ![]() ![]() ![]() As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can't remember it. ![]() ZJ can understand that - but it doesn't make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. ![]() ![]() ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. 7 Kirkus named it one of the best books of the year. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. Before the Ever After received starred reviews from Kirkus, 1 Booklist, 2 School Library Journal, 3 Horn Book, 4 Publishers Weekly, 5 and Shelf Awareness, 6 as well as a positive review from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies.įor as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1998, Kishimoto premiered as a Weekly Shōnen Jump artist with a serialized version of Karakuri in Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it proved unpopular and was canceled soon after. This was followed in 1997 by a pilot version of Naruto (NARUTO-ナルト-), published in Akamaru Jump Summer. This earned him the Weekly Shōnen Jump's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising new manga artists. Kishimoto's first work as a manga artist was Karakuri (カラクリ?), which he submitted to Shueisha in 1995. Two of his former assistants, Osamu Kajisa (Tattoo Hearts) and Yuuichi Itakura (Hand's), have also gone on to moderate success following their work on Naruto. His younger twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto, is also a manga artist and creator of the manga series O-Parts Hunter (666 Satan) and Blazer Drive. ![]() Masashi Kishimoto (岸本 斉史 Kishimoto Masashi) is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto. ![]() ![]() ![]() My mother wanted to name me "Tamara" but the nurse who filled out my birth certificate misspelled it as "Tamora". Obviously, I've read a lot of books in 54 years! It's a very evil way to use up time when I should be doing other things. When I get bored, I go through the different lists and rediscover books I've read in the past. I'm not snooty-I'm just up to my eyeballs in work and appearances!Īlso, don't be alarmed by the number of books I've read. I just don't have the time to take part, so please don't be offended if I don't join your group or accept an invitation. Though I would love to join groups, I'm going to turn them all down. I return to my regularly scheduled profile: So before you go getting all hacked off at me for trashing your favorites, know that I've written GoodReads to find out what's going on. How do I know I haven't? Because I haven't read those books at all. Hey, folks! I just discovered that apparently I have given some very popular books single-star ratings-except I haven't. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rupi now releases a few of her pieces on her Instagram or reads them aloud at various open mic nights. Determined to put this dream into action, she recently wrote and self-published a book of poems titled, Milk and Honey. In a poem she wrote in 2013 about the Sikh genocide that took place in India in 1984, she referred to those that lost their husbands and families to the violence as “milk and honey” and dreamed that one day this phrase would be the name of a future book. She lets that flow through her pieces in an uplifting, but honest manner. At the core of her work is human dignity. ![]() Kaur is an inspiration leader as she creates pieces centered around topics like women-hood, abuse, inequality, violence, growth, and most importantly: peace. Next came its artistic siblings the sun and her flowers and ‘home body’, both debuting at 1 on bestseller lists across the world. She is a strong feminist and social justice advocate who has a unique perspective on how to make the world a better, kinder place. A breakout literary phenomenon and 1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, milk and honey in 2014. The author, Rupi Kaur, is a Canadian-born artist who brings creativity to life through her poetry, photography, and Instagram. This simple poem explains what it means to walk a journey towards social justice it is not a journey for individual success, rather a journey for the success of others. They can both be an outlet to express different perspectives on the world. Poetry and art explore possibilities and passion. “Of course I want to be successful but I don’t crave success for me, I need to be successful to gain enough milk and honey to help those around me succeed.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Told in an unforgettable, kaleidoscopic voice, “Mosquitoland” is a modern American odyssey, as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane. ![]() So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland. It sounds strange because it is, and it is, because I am strange.”Īfter the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the “wastelands” of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. ![]() “I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist, and the world is my audience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He’s excited, but a little nervous, and he goes back and forth between these emotions in passages with his parents and meddlesome sister– the repetitive language will especially appeal to young readers. Ira has been invited to a sleepover at his friend Reggie’s house. Must confess up front though that I am disproportionately amused that this book contains the line, “That night, Reggie showed me his junk.” But that’s only because you’re the one with the sick mind. Plus, Waber is an author/illustrator, and the best of these people can elevate the picture book to a whole other level. I love these ’60s/70s’ children’s books (Waber reminds me of Louise Fitzhugh and Judith Viorst), their sharpness, and their irreverance. Though they’re a bit long, and I’m not sure every toddler would have the patience, so I was delighted when we took out a new book by Waber, Ira Sleeps Over, and discovered that here was a less text-laden book that I could heartily recommend. We’re having a bit of an affair with Bernard Waber’s Lyle the Crocodile books, which are so good, and Harriet loves them. OctoOur Best Book from the library haul: Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber ![]() |