Fifteen books down in this Printz Award winning book reading project -- five of which were award winners from 2002. (OK, if I'm being honest, as I typed this, I've already read 3 of the 2003 books, it's very easy for me to just keep reading, and not take the time to write about what I've ... VIEW POST
“The Ropemaker” by Peter Dickinson
Robin McKinley is one of my favorite authors. Her retold fairy tales are amazing. I knew that her husband was Peter Dickinson, but I never had (or took?) the opportunity to read any of his books. Which, as it turns out, was unfortunate, because The Ropemaker was right up my alley. That's the ... VIEW POST
“A Step from Heaven” by An Na
I had to laugh as I looked through some of the other reviews of this book -- many of them started off the same way I thought I probably would -- something like "This started really slow, but I enjoyed it more as it progressed." There were also quite a few reviews, at least on the first page, that ... VIEW POST
“True Believer” by Virginia Euwer Wolff
When I started reading this, I did not know that (a) it's the second book in a series and (b) that it was written in free verse. Both of these were a little off-putting at first, but I need not have feared -- I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There was enough backstory built in to the text (and not in ... VIEW POST
“Freewill” by Chris Lynch
Written in second person (you walk to the door, you pick up the phone, you can't sleep, you have to concentrate really hard to keep everything straight....), about a young man who is what I would call an unreliable narrator, except you aren't really sure if HE is the narrator, or it's someone else, ... VIEW POST
“Heart to Heart: new poems inspired by twentieth century American art,” edited by Jan Greenberg
A book of poetry is not the easiest thing to review, and honestly, I was a little worried when I saw this on the list for 2002. I have been known to bounce off of poetry in the past...but it's National Poetry Month, and this turned out to be just the right thing for me to try to read when I ... VIEW POST
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