Origami for Skylark!

As part of the Freedom for Skylark contest (open through the 27th!), I’m posting the excellent entries for the grand prize of a hardcover copy of the book plus some authentic, Skylark-esque themed… Read More →

I smell a new YA dystopia…

So I’ve been reading a lot of YA dystopia lately.  I think it’s my new favorite genre.  (A few examples from my kindle: Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien, Unwind by Neal Shusterman, The… Read More →

Dear Mom, Take 2

You asked me to update you if any of the books I’m reading “for the foreign service” struck me as particularly interesting.  And I’m telling you to go buy this book or make… Read More →

Dear Mom

Go read Catching Fire, the sequel to the Hunger Games, right now.  You asked me to give you my recommendation.  There it is.  It’s that good. And everyone else who wants a friggin’… Read More →

Holy guacamole.

If you’ve been wondering why I haven’t blogged very much lately, it’s because not too much has happened.  Since Oita, I’ve been wiling away the hours on the internet, at the beach, alternatively… Read More →

Giving it a Go

  Well, so I’m reading Twilight. I have friends in both camps about this book–friends whose opinions I trust.  On the one hand, there’s the “It reads like a badly written, Mary Sue,… Read More →