Take two dishes and place them on your desk. Fill one with adjectives and adverbs which immediately bring to mind associations things often considered evil or wrong, even though in themselves the thing or idea is benign or ambiguous. Fill the other bowl with wide sweeping generalizations and some indistinct segues between actual quotes and random unattributed ideas. Next pick a topically hot subject that most of society is knowledgeably ignorant about but vaguely aware of. Mix together with the skill of a Gamey Bird newspaper trained journalist (Car crash on the front page. If there was none that week, dig one out of the files.) and you will come up with a close approximation to Nikiforuk’s Tar Sands.
I wasn't quite sure what to expect from Inkheart; I got a Neverending Story/Pagemaster/Here, There Be Dragons kind of vibe from it, but I didn't have huge expectations for it. (I could have, though, and Inkheart would have exceeded them all brilliantly.)
Inkheart is fantastic fun. You should consider it--if not for yourself, then for the kids in your life.
This is a great book for fall reading; unreliable narrators are the best when the leaves are dropping outside, and you're curled up with a blanket inside, a hand curled around a mug of hot chocolate.
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The characters in The Grift run the gamut of familiar (but enjoyable) California archetypes, whose piddly little issues take on characteristics of cartoon snowballs rolling down a hill until they lead to real, dangerous problems. This book was exactly what I needed to read: a little funny, a little sad, well-paced and intense.
Northlander is a compelling tale that reminded me of Cynthia Voigt’s YA fantasies, though not quite as polished. If you know a tween girl who likes fantasy, this would be a logical choice for her.
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Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent by Andrew Nikiforuk
Jena, November 23, 2008
Take two dishes and place them on your desk. Fill one with adjectives and adverbs which immediately bring to mind associations things often considered evil or wrong, even though in themselves the thing or idea is benign or ambiguous. Fill the other bowl with wide sweeping generalizations and some indistinct segues between actual quotes and random unattributed ideas. Next pick a topically hot subject that most of society is knowledgeably ignorant about but vaguely aware of. Mix together with the skill of a Gamey Bird newspaper trained journalist (Car crash on the front page. If there was none that week, dig one out of the files.) and you will come up with a close approximation to Nikiforuk’s Tar Sands.I got to page 87 and could go no further.
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Jena, November 21, 2008
I wasn't quite sure what to expect from Inkheart; I got a Neverending Story/Pagemaster/Here, There Be Dragons kind of vibe from it, but I didn't have huge expectations for it. (I could have, though, and Inkheart would have exceeded them all brilliantly.)Inkheart is fantastic fun. You should consider it--if not for yourself, then for the kids in your life.
The Sister by Poppy Adams
Jena, November 8, 2008
This is a great book for fall reading; unreliable narrators are the best when the leaves are dropping outside, and you're curled up with a blanket inside, a hand curled around a mug of hot chocolate.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
The Grift by Debra Ginsberg
Jena, November 2, 2008
The characters in The Grift run the gamut of familiar (but enjoyable) California archetypes, whose piddly little issues take on characteristics of cartoon snowballs rolling down a hill until they lead to real, dangerous problems. This book was exactly what I needed to read: a little funny, a little sad, well-paced and intense.Northlander: Tales of the Borderlands, Book One by Meg Burden
Jena, October 20, 2008
Northlander is a compelling tale that reminded me of Cynthia Voigt’s YA fantasies, though not quite as polished. If you know a tween girl who likes fantasy, this would be a logical choice for her.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
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