Fiction

One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia

February 9, 2012

This highly honored book, including a Newbery Medal honor, by Rita Williams-Garcia kind of blew me away. Delphine, eleven, is and has almost always been in charge of looking after her two younger sisters, Vonetta, nine, and Fern, seven. While they live a nice life with Papa and Big Ma in Brooklyn, this summer they [...]

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Why We Broke Up, by Daniel Handler

February 6, 2012

Daniel Handler, of Lemony Snicket fame, wrote this book. And wrote it well. So well that it just won a 2012 Printz Award honor. Min and Ed broke up. Now Min is delivering to him a box full of the paraphernalia of their relationship. Mementos, ticket stubs, etc. All of the things that we keep [...]

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TOON Books

February 2, 2012

TOON Books is a delightful line of comics for children. I’m an admitted fan, and I’ve read and reviewed several TOON Books here on The Bluestocking Society, including Jack and the Box, Stinky, Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever, Luke on the Loose, Benny and Penny in The Big No-No, Benny and Penny in The [...]

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Mini Reviews

February 1, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. Though they all deserve their own posts, this will have to do. This, in particular, is an excellent crop of books. Enjoy. Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson Rating: I really enjoyed this book, but as [...]

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Emotional Geology, by Linda Gillard

January 28, 2012

I read this tale by Linda Gillard thanks to some impressive bibliovangelizing by Angie at Angieville. I downloaded it onto my Kindle ($.99!) and started reading away. Rose had a passionate love affair with Gavin that ended badly five years ago. Very badly. And it caused a serious rift with her now-grown daughter, Megan, too. [...]

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The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green

January 26, 2012

I have been simmering my thoughts about this book for a couple of weeks now. And I still don’t know where to start. Maybe with the fact that I have loved every book I have read by John Green: Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and even Let It Snow. So, I [...]

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War Horse, by Michael Morpurgo

January 24, 2012

Title: War Horse Author: Michael Morpurgo Pages: 176 Originally Published: 1982 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Scholastic Rating: ____________________________ Joey the Horse tells the story of his life – starting with his rather traumatic separation from his mother at auction through his heroic time in military service during World War I. I loved this book. [...]

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Scarlet, by A.C. Gaughen

January 17, 2012

Title: Scarlet Author: A.C. Gaughen Pages: 304 Originally Published: 2012 Format I Read: Kindle (NetGalley) Publisher: Walker & Company (Bloomsbury) Rating: ____________________________ This is a retelling of the Robin Hood story – with a bit of a twist. Okay, lots of twists. But the major one is that one of the merry men is a [...]

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