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So I'd planned on updating this baby over break sometime but it hasn't happened yet because my prof assigned my Contemporary Realistic Fiction class to read 27 Touchstones of Young Adult Literature before class starts next Monday. I didn't get tons of reading done when I was back in CO visiting my folks, so I've been reading a book a day more or ( Read more... )

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So I should be editing my "prize-winning positionality" paper comparing critical positions in Avi's Crispin to his positioning in his Newbery medal acceptance speech (yeah...even I don't understand what this means...) but instead I'm watching the 2010 national spelling bee and painting my toenails a lovely shade called "marine blue." I'm excited to ( Read more... )

I look like a beached whale in a bright purple t-shirt today.

I got an A+ on my picturebook paper!!!!!!!!!!!

amazing amazing amazing

I just finished reading Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan.

AMAZING.

GO READ THIS BOOK.

It is the bee's knees. The cat's pajamas. Good stuff.