Gakked from amy34 and celestialgoldfish. I struck out what I read, and italicized what I recommend.  I read a lot when I was younger, and my taste unformed. Some of these books feel dated, others didn't hit my personal sweet spot. And some of these are just plain wonderful and multi-layered, and can be read again and again....
And clearly I have some ( Read more... )

Found a review of Dreamsnake(by Vonda McIntyre) by Ursula LeGuin via sartorias (Sherwood Smith). I immediately wanted to reread Dreamsnake and went upstairs to see if I indeed had a copy, as I thought I did.

And I did! Bought in 1980, from my meager student income. I also remember reading the short story this was based on before, though I can't remember ( Read more... )

Originally posted by kylecassidy at The Wall Street Journal Nonsense about YA Literature
It's kind of like robbing a bank that keeps its cash in an unguarded shoebox in a public park to say "I'm going to take on the Wall Street Journal's commentary on YA Literature, "Darkness Too Visible" penned by Meghan Cox Gurdon" whose inbox, no doubt, like the ( Read more... )

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What American accent do you have?
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Ravelry( the center of the knitting universe, in case you were wondering) was talking like mad about the sweater Sara Lund from The Killing wears in her fabulous detective series from Denmark.

I followed an impulse and bought the first season, and I'm blown away. You know why?

Because nearly every male actor I've seen on that series looks like my ( Read more... )

Check out my writer interview http://cathschaffstump.livejournal.com/336292.html cathschaffstump.livejournal.com/336292.html, by Catherine Schaff-Stump, a fellow Viable Paradise alumna!

I'm looking for someone to make me a great writer website. Do you have anyone you can recommend?

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As you know, I write.
Lately I've been concentrating my efforts on my home turf, the Netherlands.

I've written a YA novel in Dutch, Daughter of Jinni. With that novel, I'm participating in a novel contest in the Netherlands. The prize is publication with a small press. (Yes, the p-word!) You can even read the first pages there, although Google Talk ( Read more... )