I just finished Seraphina which I found surprisingly moving. And I hate books with dragons (to the point that it was a limiting factor in Game of Thrones for me), FWIW.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kat - Mar 07, 2013 10:10:09 pm PST #20524 of 28743
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2013 1:55:39 pm PST #20525 of 28743
That which does not kill you should RUN
I was poking around to see if there was a release date for the next Skulduggery Pleasant book, and apparently it is August 29 (I assume that's UK, not America), and it has a title -- Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men.
So, I'm all excited about this, and THEN I see the author has a novella about Tanith Low being released at the end of this month: [link] (Again, pretty sure that's just UK.)
Holy crap, a book about Tanith. (And, one assumes, Billy-Ray Sanguine.) I am SO THRILLED.
-t - Mar 08, 2013 2:01:11 pm PST #20526 of 28743
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oooh, thanks for posting that, Steph! I have a feeling I would have missed out entirely until someone mentioned having read them otherwise...
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2013 6:45:54 pm PST #20527 of 28743
That which does not kill you should RUN
It was sheer luck. I just got curious and started reading the author's blog, and lo and behold. A Tanith book! Yay!
sumi - Mar 10, 2013 6:50:30 am PDT #20528 of 28743
Art Crawl!!!
All of the Chronicles of Narnia are on kindle for $1.99 today.
Amy - Mar 12, 2013 3:23:49 pm PDT #20529 of 28743
Because books.
The Orange Prize long list.
flea - Mar 17, 2013 12:16:47 pm PDT #20530 of 28743
information libertarian
Our school got into a grant-funded program to promote early literacy, and I've been asked to coordinate it, and so I have to make a list of 640 unique books for K-3 readers that I'd like them to buy us. And it's actually really really hard to choose THAT many books all at once! I am up to 240 after a couple of afternoons of hard work. It's made a bit harder by the budget - I have to be *really* selective about picture books, since they run about $8 over the "average" price per book I have to spend, and I have to only buy books available through a certain vendor so I can't price-hunt.
Amy - Mar 17, 2013 12:35:46 pm PDT #20531 of 28743
Because books.
Still, books!
Post what you've chosen so far, maybe, and we can chime in with suggestions?
flea - Mar 17, 2013 12:43:00 pm PDT #20532 of 28743
information libertarian
Here's my spreadsheet: [link]
I am also hampered by my limited background in early childhood education (i.e. none). I want to take a preliminary list to the teachers, with whom I'm meeting Weds., to get some feedback about grade choices. Note the 3rd graders are gifted and test at 95%ile or above, so I've cheated up a bit with some of their choices.
flea - Mar 17, 2013 12:46:23 pm PDT #20533 of 28743
information libertarian
So far I've been working off of books I know, and the lists for Common Core exemplary texts and ALA notable books.