Quotable Cynthia Voigt
“Yet [the story] kind of came out, almost without her thinking of it, almost as if it had been already written inside her head, and she just had to find the door to open to let it out.” – Cynthia Voigt, Dicey’s Song
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Favorites Friday: Newbery Medal Winners
I’m on my second year reading Newbery Medal winners, reviewing as I can, but I’ve never done a best-of reflection on Newbery Medal books. Here’s a round-up of favorites–some I read before this challenge, others read in the last couple years. In no particular order… The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! …
Blog Hop: Fool Me Once…
Today’s Book Blogger Hop question is: If you read a book you ended up hating, would you stay away from future books by that author, or would you give them a second chance? This would probably depend on why I hated a book. If it was something that seemed fundamental to the writer (bad writing, a …
2015 Reading Challenges – End of the Year Update
At the end of the year, it’s time for a final report on how reading challenges went! I wanted to do more rereading, and have definitely done that… In the last quarter of the year, I finished rereading the Betsy-Tacy series, and reread a few beloved favorites like If You Want to Write by Brenda …
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Reading Challenges, Mid-Year Update
We’re a little past the midway point of the year (how did that happen?) so it’s a good time to check in on reading challenges. I’m being laid-back this year, which is a good thing since I started a new job about four months ago and it’s been distracting me! One of my reading goals …