so, i just have to start by confessing that i really haven't been feeling bookish lately. every once in a while, even the most devoted reader gets tired of things and needs to take a wee break. which doesn't mean that i've not been reading at all. more that i've sunk into comforting easy books that i know i'll enjoy, even if they aren't ( Read more... )

eh, i really don't have that much to say about ngaio marsh's hand in glove. i am more reveling in the fact that it is, in fact, possible for me to post about a book in a timely manner after completion. truthfully, it's been a slow week. i've grazed a bit, read a lot online and in magazines, but no book is particularly calling to me. i pretty much ( Read more... )

sorry, everyone! i am still in lazy reviewer mode. at least this time around i didn't wait until the books-i-have-read-lately list was an entire page long. capsule commentary for now. maybe soon i will get back in the swing of things. the coming of fall (which i looove) and early nightfall just might help.

in the meantime ...

a field guide to ( Read more... )

a ramona quimby movie? how have the kidlit bloggers not posted about this and protested? i hope it stumbles in pre-production. first harriet, then nancy ... i just hope they never option the westing game. oh wait, they already have. but it was for tv and hopefully no one ever saw it. i actually have no problem with subpar tv adaptations - i think ( Read more... )

sorry for the neglect. i have tons of books to write about, and maybe i will get to them tomorrow (if we are slow at work) or this weekend (when i am off and have no plans). in the meantime, brdgt, a friend on my regular lj posted this meme. how can a girl resist ( Read more... )

okay - it seems as though five books in is the point at which i get tired of typing up book reviews. i should keep that in mind for next time ... thus, in order to bring you up to date, i'm rushing through these last ones with just a few comments. as always, feel free to ask for details if you really want to know more. although probably you're ( Read more... )

before i even get into the literary merits of the rotters' club, can i just rhapsodize a bit about the book cover? so, so perfect. and great even if you don't read the book. but, if you do - just spot on. good book cover design makes me really happy, in the geekiest of ways, and this is the best bit of synchronisity that i've come across in a while ( Read more... )

by this point, if you care about harry potter and the deathly hallows then you've read the book already and have your own opinion. and, if you don't care about harry potter, you're pretty much sick and tired of hearing about it already. so i'll try to keep this brief. maybe if i had written as soon as i'd finished the book i'd be all into going on ( Read more... )

so, it's always a little tricky when you read a book written by someone you know and/or are friends with. as excited as you might be for it, there's a little anxiety too, because what if you don't like it? what if you think it's bad or hackneyed and cliched or riddled with inaccuracies and false language. it's not as though it's a manuscript that ( Read more... )

i remember reading the dive from clausen's pier pretty soon after it came out. it was when we were living in chicago and i picked it up on a whim from the bookstore where justin was reluctantly employed. and i remember that it knocked me out; i sort of adored it and it was such a welcome surprise to read something that you had no expectations of ( Read more... )