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Review of The Fault in our Stars by John Green
The Fault in our Stars is a book I would recommend above all others-- the "if you only read one piece of fiction this year" type of novel. It could easily go head to head with The Book Thief, The History of Love or any of my favorites. And it made me cry harder than I've ever cried over a fictional character-- ever. I mean I KNEW this was a cancer ( Read more... ) -
My first professional review is in from Booklist!!
So excited! It just so happens to be mystery month at Booklist and Secret Letters was spotlighted by editor Ann Kelley as a young Sherlockians pic. You can read her review here
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Book Review: Dead to You by Lisa McMann
I read this book a couple of months ago and had such a strong reaction to it that I immediately passed it on to my teenage daughters and then on to a family friend ( Read more... ) -
Review of Ultraviolet by RJ Anderson
I've been meaning to review Ultraviolet by rj_anderson for a few months now. I was impressed by the author's novels (Knife and Rebel) for middle grade readers and really interested to see how her first YA novel would turn out. I was one of a lucky few that got to beta read the first few chapters of Ultraviolet (originally titled Touching Indigo) and I was ( Read more... ) -
I'll know I made it as a writer when....
This hysterical blog from writer Justine Larbalestier says it all. Not anywhere close to the bottom half of that list but....
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I'm baaaaack. :-)
It's been close to a year and a half since I last posted in my blog. I could offer a bunch of excuses: I was busy being a mom, writing a second novel, revising the first, working, making cookies---- I could put together a list, but the truth is, I didn't update my blog because I didn't really feel like it. And then it got to the point that ( Read more... ) -
My 7 year old's life itinerary
Here is the life plan which my 7 year old daughter wrote out and posted on the refrigerator:
I'm in israel
America 8 days
get mareed
israel and give birth
stay ther until my chiyld is 6
africa 9 days
china 15 days
france 2 days
north pole 110 days
bild a big igloo
well, at least I know one daughter is set. :-)
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Movie review and other matters
I've taken a bit of a break from blogging recently, mostly because I haven't come across any book or movie that I've really loved or hated, and also because my life update would have read something like : "Still not many patients in the clinic, still waiting for book revision notes, still breathing."
I've been splattering my obsession with GLEE all ( Read more... ) -
Year and a Half Mark
I just realized that last week was the year and a half anniversary of our aliyah and, looking back, I noticed no recent notes about Israel and our "klita." (except the occasional gripe about bureaucracy and temporary unemployment) I am sitting now in an empty clinic (again) and so I thought-- why not update my journal?
I am happy to report that ( Read more... )
