Mango Shaped Space & other disjointed rambles

Jun 26, 2009 12:29

Mango Shaped Space is the most creative, well written, brilliant, touching, enthralling, and all other shades of awesome YA book I have read in a long time. There seems to have been, as a brilliant friend of mine put it., a "mehpedemic" of late in YA literature. A very few things on the shelves now catch my attention, and even fewer of those turn ( Read more... )

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stormywriting July 15 2009, 20:31:38 UTC
*nod* I have read a lot of the classics. I am reading more now, as a defensive measure, but the problem is that I WANT to be reading what's hot now, because it's the stuff of conversations. Problems arise, however, when it's painful just to get through a few chapters.

*nod* There is a lot of talent that isn't published, in part because trends - ie nonoriginal stuff - sells. Which is exactly why I keep trying small press books, in the hope of finding something original. But a lot of that sucks a rather lot...

and you do have a point that immobility is at least economical.

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ex_kaz_maho July 13 2009, 17:38:34 UTC
I have never even *heard* of Mango Shaped Space... *shakes head at self* Just been looking it up and it looks like something I should take a look at. I've just started reading A Fistful of Sky by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Enjoying it so far.

Also: Yay, writing! :)

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stormywriting July 15 2009, 20:27:11 UTC
Hmm, I shall have to look it up.

I think you'd really enjoy Mango Shaped Space. It's excellent. I wasn't blown away by the ending, but it was still a really, really good read.

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