5.Jan.2010 at 5 | jspeyton
On end of the year best-of lists, a retrospective look at the highlights of 2009, YA books, new discoveries, dark magic, and a whole lot of good reading:
I’m sure you’ve never heard me say this before, but I love end-of-the-year best-of lists. I love the ones published by newspapers and magazines and especially those published [...]
Tagged: Reading ,anne fadiman, beginner's greek, clueless, dan simmons, daniel mendelsohn, emma, gil adamson, graceling, his dark materials, hornby, jim butcher, learning to drive, mr james, natalie angier, persuasion, philip pullman, pride and prejudice, roberto bolano, ron rash, the disreputable history of frankie landau-banks, the graveyard book, the hakawati, the hunger games, wilkie collins
25.Apr.2009 at 25 | jspeyton
On tepid feelings, a murder mystery, a graveyard, and families:
I admit, I wasn’t all that impressed with Coraline when I read it. It was cute and fun in parts, but not nearly as engaging as I’d found most of Neil Gaiman’s short stories. Besides that, I didn’t find it nearly as dark or as suspensful [...]
Tagged: Reading ,coraline, neil gaiman, the graveyard book, the jungle book
15.Apr.2009 at 15 | jspeyton
On tweeting, updates, free books, giveaways, and proof that you should never judge a book by its cover:
I started a Twitter account a few months ago, which lasted no more than a few days. I was completely lost and I didn’t really get the concept. I wondered why, exactly, anyone should care when I was cleaning [...]
Tagged: Reading ,a striped armchair, beekeeper's apprentice, booklorn, britain's got talent, i dreamed a dream, laurie r. king, les miserables, lisa see, national poetry month, neil gaiman, poem in your pocket, snow flower and the secret fan, susan boyle, the graveyard book, twitter