"Stacked"--Librarians. Reviews. Mayhem.
posted this review tonight:
http://stackedbooks.blogspot.com/2011/02/chasing-alliecat-by-rebecca-fjelland.html
Showing posts with label YA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YA. Show all posts
Monday, February 7, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
An awesome YA review
Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf gave Chasing AllieCat an A+ review and a 5-star Amazon review.
I am honored and humble and grateful. Makes all the hours of work feel worthwhile.
Thanks, Lauren--a Pennsylvania reader and blogger.
http://laurenscrammedbookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/01/chasing-alliecat-by-rebecca-fjelland.html
I am honored and humble and grateful. Makes all the hours of work feel worthwhile.
Thanks, Lauren--a Pennsylvania reader and blogger.
http://laurenscrammedbookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/01/chasing-alliecat-by-rebecca-fjelland.html
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
YALSA top 99 picks for 2010
Along with announcing the 2010 Newbery, Printz, Caldecott, etc., awards this week,
ALA--YALSA selected their top 99 Best Books for Young Adults from 2010.
What an impressive list! So proud of Swati Avasthi for making the list,
along with Laurie Halse Anderson, Cornelia Funke, Gary Paulson.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestficya/bfya2011.cfm
Anybody have time to read them all? I would love to...
(And dare I wish to be on this list sometime???)
ALA--YALSA selected their top 99 Best Books for Young Adults from 2010.
What an impressive list! So proud of Swati Avasthi for making the list,
along with Laurie Halse Anderson, Cornelia Funke, Gary Paulson.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestficya/bfya2011.cfm
Anybody have time to read them all? I would love to...
(And dare I wish to be on this list sometime???)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Swati Avasthi's SPLIT
I worked on Slider's Son for over an hour this morning. Feels good.
I'm buried in homework--so much to grade (as any reader in any of my classes will attest) that I shouldn't be doing anything but that. However, my soul needs a little reading, and for Children's Lit., I have to keep reading along with the class. Is that my rationalization? Or is that real? That means tomorrow sometime, I'll reread The Bridge to Terabithia, which I look forward to 'cause it's a beautiful, sad, and wonderful book.
But for now, I'm stealing any free moment to immerse myself in SPLIT by Swati Avasthi. It's beautifully written. Wonderful prose, great language; the character has a terrific, believable voice, and the story has sucked me in entirely. I never want to put it down when I have to, and it's one of those books I won't want to end. Jace, the main character, has fled his abusive home in the middle of the night, lands with his older brother who had also run away. Crazy, wonderful YA story about dysfunction and love among people who are smart enough to view the world with care.
I'm not done yet, but I recommend it without reservation for EVERYBODY.
I'm buried in homework--so much to grade (as any reader in any of my classes will attest) that I shouldn't be doing anything but that. However, my soul needs a little reading, and for Children's Lit., I have to keep reading along with the class. Is that my rationalization? Or is that real? That means tomorrow sometime, I'll reread The Bridge to Terabithia, which I look forward to 'cause it's a beautiful, sad, and wonderful book.
But for now, I'm stealing any free moment to immerse myself in SPLIT by Swati Avasthi. It's beautifully written. Wonderful prose, great language; the character has a terrific, believable voice, and the story has sucked me in entirely. I never want to put it down when I have to, and it's one of those books I won't want to end. Jace, the main character, has fled his abusive home in the middle of the night, lands with his older brother who had also run away. Crazy, wonderful YA story about dysfunction and love among people who are smart enough to view the world with care.
I'm not done yet, but I recommend it without reservation for EVERYBODY.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Some reviews/Blurbs
Chasing AllieCat "reviews" on the FLUX Now website:http://www.fluxnow.com/book_reviews.php?ean=9780738721309
Humbling, I guess. But I'm excited for the book to be out in the world. Had a strange and interesting contact from Kirstin Cronn-Mills. She's at the YALSA Conference in Sante Fe (YA LIT division of ALA). She texted me something about Gay content in Jake Riley? She's on a panel for Gay/Bi/Lesbian/Trans content in YA lit, and Jake Riley was on a table of books that have gay content. Interesting--but cool that it's recognized. The content is certainly not a central focus of Jake Riley, but it sure is there.
Humbling, I guess. But I'm excited for the book to be out in the world. Had a strange and interesting contact from Kirstin Cronn-Mills. She's at the YALSA Conference in Sante Fe (YA LIT division of ALA). She texted me something about Gay content in Jake Riley? She's on a panel for Gay/Bi/Lesbian/Trans content in YA lit, and Jake Riley was on a table of books that have gay content. Interesting--but cool that it's recognized. The content is certainly not a central focus of Jake Riley, but it sure is there.
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