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There's a rumbling of animatronic tom-toms afoot on the interweb that is related to steampunk books - which includes Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore, of course, because of Jackie's automaton - and it MUST be true because her book is listed in the SLJ article on Steampunk that came out on December 1st (even though I didn't ( Read more... )

The quote in today's icon comes from Twelfth Night.

Here's a quote from Sandy Asher as part of her introductory remarks at yesterday's Critiquefest in Lancaster, PA:

"Some of the nastiest people in the world write like angels."

And I highly commend Lisa Mantchev's post, "Stop Shaking Your Twinkie in my Face", which was a response to a somewhat ( Read more... )

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I have to say that I've always taken issue with how Ophelia is portrayed. And so has my friend, Lisa Mantchev, author of the books Eyes Like Stars and Perchance to Dream. In fact, Ophelia and Hamlet are characters in Eyes Like Stars, with Hamlet being a selfish prince (I almost replaced those last three letters with a "ck") and Ophelia being . . . ( Read more... )

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Yesterday's post, a selection from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by George Gordon, Lord Byron, included references to wrecks at sea, immediately calling to mind "Full Fathom Five", one of Ariel's songs from The Tempest by William Shakespeare. I dwell in particular on the line "those are pearls that were his eyes", which often sticks in my brain - not ( Read more... )

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Today, the second song performed by Ariel in Act I, sc. 2 of The Tempest. I say the "second song", even though some people believe it's a second verse to "Come Unto These Yellow Sands" because the rhyme scheme and verse structure are a bit different. Also, a musical setting of "Full Fathom Five" as a separate song has survived from Shakespeare's ( Read more... )

Allow me to recommend the following books, all of which make outstanding gifts:


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