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MotherReader 48 Hr Book Challenge Finish Line
Hours Read/Listened/Blogged: 30.75 Books Finished: 15 MG and YA More Than This by Patrick Ness (YA, SF, LGBT, death, existentialism) ★★★★★ Greenglass House by Kate Milfold (MG, ghosts, pirates, roamers, folk tales hidden treasure, maps, mystery, ) ★★★★★ Half a King by Joe … Continue reading
48HBC: Day 2
Got up and started reading at 5:20 am. *** First Update: 5.5 hours *** Saga v. 1-4 by Vaughn/Staples (Rated R, SF, Hugo nominee) ★★★★☆ Thoroughly enjoyable SF-lite comic series. The humor and some of the characters (Lying Cat) make … Continue reading
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48HBC: Day 1
*** First Update: (~6 hours) *** Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (YA, graphic novel, slice of life, ghosts, homeschooling) ★★★★☆ Maggie has a lot of changes in her life: her dad gets a haircut because he’s the chief … Continue reading
48 Hr Book Challenge Starting Line
The books stations are set up. The snacks are laid out. Which book to read first… ’Twas the morn’ of the reading challenge and all through the house, The books were laid out by me and my spouse We placed … Continue reading
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Tagged #48hbc, MotherReader 48 Book Challenge 2015
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Hugo Award: Related Work
Letters from Gardner by Lou Antonelli Letters from Antonelli’s editor interspersed with writing advice, anecdotes from Antonelli’s life, and short stories. Self-absorbed and self-congratulatory. “All the feedback was positive; people said they enjoyed the story, and that I wrote dialogue especially well. … Continue reading
Hugo Awards: Fanzine
I thought a fanzine was a self-published magazine written by fans with narrow subject focus but, like a magazine, containing a wide variety of articles. The Hugo definition is “[…] anything that is neither professional nor semi-professional and that does not … Continue reading
Vogon Poetry and Rabid Puppies
Struggling through some of the nominations on the Rabid Puppy slate, I’ve come to the only logical conclusion I can — Rabid Puppies are Vogons. You remember Vogons, right? They are the aliens from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that … Continue reading
I am voting for the HUGO awards this year (and you should, too)
I enjoy cultural voyeurism. I find a corner of the internet and, for months, read the seminal blogs and websites of that culture. Looking at the world through a new lens fascinates me — it is probably why I love … Continue reading
Soft rains
Gearbox needs to read a non-fiction book this summer. Being a huge Sheinkin fan, he picked Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon. It arrived in the mail today and I immediately stole it and read it … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, reading, reviews
Tagged Ray Bradbury, Sarah Teasdale, Steve Sheinkin, WW2
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Shhhh
Shhh… Don’t tell anyone! Jennifer Nielsen’s The Runaway King (ebook) is on sale at Amazon for $5! These sales don’t last long, so get it while it’s on sale.
