Comments | kellyrfineman: Quoteskimming-the "year in reading" edition

kellyrfineman

Quoteskimming-the "year in reading" edition

Dec 30, 2007 11:00

This year, I haven't read nearly as many children's and YA books as usual, on account of the Jane Project.

( A list of Jane-related books here )

green, collins, anderson, hemphill, fry, milosz, eliot, compton, zarr, kooser, rowling, byatt, anthologies, urban, quotes, macneice, poetry

Comments 15

tamarak December 30 2007, 20:53:17 UTC

Good stuff. I can't wait to one day skim-quote something of YOURS!!!

kellyrfineman December 30 2007, 23:29:01 UTC

Hee.

seaheidi December 30 2007, 20:58:05 UTC

thanks for the powerful quotes, kelly--and for including BOTH of john green's books (and what great chill-inducing lines you found!) have a wonderful new year.

kellyrfineman December 30 2007, 23:29:49 UTC

You are most welcome. Happy new year to you and your expanding belly family, too!

seaheidi December 31 2007, 05:14:34 UTC

lurban December 30 2007, 21:54:51 UTC

That is a whole heck of a lot of Jane reading!

The John Green quotes are great and I love the Sara Zarr. What company to be in!

kellyrfineman December 30 2007, 23:30:53 UTC

It really and truly is a lot of Jane reading. It was ridiculous, putting the list together. And I believe I missed some stuff, too.

And you totally belong in their company, apart from you being middle grade and them being YA (so far).

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kellyrfineman December 31 2007, 02:02:12 UTC

I presume you mean the first quote, from Looking for Alaska. It's so totally lovely, isn't it?

fabulousfrock December 31 2007, 03:21:52 UTC

Wow, that is truly a stunning amount of Jane reading! And I love the quotes. I wish I was better at marking good lines from the books I've read; this post was so enjoyable to read.

kellyrfineman December 31 2007, 16:08:01 UTC

I wish I were better at marking the quotes, too, because instead I had to reread vast portions of the books to find them. Duh.