June 2008

by Lili Thal and John Brownjohn (trans.) Wow. Go check out this book. I’ve seen a bunch of YA fiction that tries to introduce teens to more literary writing. Aside from The Book Thief, I don’t remember reading anything recently that manages to pull it off. Most of the time, the beginning looks promising, but […]

Apparently, there was some kind of book-reading challenge going on over the weekend, or at least, that’s what Kate says. So here’s the score for YT: Over Hexed, by Vicki Lewis Thompson Desert Blood 10 pm/9 c, by Ronald Cree Azu Manga Daioh, the Omnibus, by Kiohiko Azuma Hell House, by Richard Matheson …And part

What colors should you include in your house? This personality test lets you know. –Actually, it worked pretty well for me. I got “mosaic and tapestry” first and “water beads” second. Our house pretty much reflects that. Although it does make me wish for purple tapestry curtains for the living room.

Wealthy postal worker and goofy daughters seek sunken treasure in sinking vacation homeStarring Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta-Jones Random Movie Generator. via Randy

Ray made this up by herself, y’all: –Why did the dinosaur cross the road? –To squish the chicken.

A chica at work looked at me and said, “Oh, you just reminded me of this board game a friend of mine has…” Mwahahaha! (That’s the name of the game. I wonder why she thought of me.)

by Alane Ferguson, a YA forensic mystery. That’s right, a YA forensic mystery, with all that implies, like details about dead bodies that you probably think your YAs shouldn’t be exposed to. Neither do a lot of the people in the book, but Cameryn has more problems with her personal life than she does watching