November 2011
12 posts
Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
Fun, enjoyable caper story featuring Kat Bishop, a born grifter who decides to be on the side of good. She steals a legendary emerald to restore it to the elderly daughter daughter of the archaeologists who had uncovered it decades ago only to discover she had been conned. Together with a likable coterie of young relatives and friends she sets out to right the wrong. Very cinematic in feel, this...
R.I.P. Anne McCaffrey
A beloved author is gone but will live far beyond her time through her books. Locus news and Galleycat both have obits and John Scalzi has opened up a thread for thoughts and reminiscences of Anne and her work.
Because I was such a huge fan of her Pern books, I went to my first (and last for the next dozen years*) SF convention in ‘84 or ‘85 just to see her in person. She was so...
Books of the Week - The Space Between
The Space Between
by Brenna Yovanoff
Daphne, the daughter of Lilith and Lucifer loves her half brother Obie, the son of Adam. She lives in a palace in Pandemonium the capitol of Hell. When Obie saves Truman from eternal torment in hell and returns with him to earth Daphne misses him and worries about him. Their mother asks her to find Obie, who is in deadly peril even though he is half...
Teens Discuss Book Jackets
Two of the Bistro Book Club teens were discussing book jackets on FaceBook this morning.
Jasmine, 18 — I am questioning book covers in our day in age, there is too many naked people without clothes on in covers now days either the publishers are making them that way on purpose or they are not paying attention what gets published or not.
Hope, 16 — I think they think that is what...
No Two People Ever Read the Same Book
No two people ever read the same book is the mantra for the Bistro Book Club. Every book is collaborative art created by the writer and the reader. No matter how precise the words and phrasing used by an author depict the story being told, the reader is seeing it all through her own lens and filters.
No two people ever read the same book is why what is the best book one person ever read in his...
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Swamped
Been totally swamped of late. Have in excess of 20 teen reviews to add to Genrefluent’s Bistro Book Club Teens Talk About Books. Also would like to post list of books I booktalked at R-5 High School yesterday with links to my reviews for the kids who had scheduling conflicts or can’t remember which book went with which story.
I’m also behind on Books of the Week. Brandon...
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Books of the Week - Under the Mesquite by...
Lupita moves with her family from Mexico to the U.S. in this lyrical verse novel. Vivid imagery makes their lives seem real as the eight kids and their parents experience the good life and the family thrives like the roses tended by Mami, Lupita’s mother. They set aside money for college and have big plans until cancer hits Mami and changes everything.
I’m not big on verse novels but...
“This state of affairs would make the person-to-person reader’s advisory...”
– Nancy Pearl, in PW
“Likewise, I’ve come to find that what I enjoy is a good story. Genre can...”
– Brandon Sanderson Tor.com
I like the info in the Rebel e Publishers ezine →
