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.
Angel: Lorne, you're— Lorne: Reliable as a cheap fortune cookie? Angel: I was gonna say a guy with good contacts…
'Shells'
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 28359
"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 28359
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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 28359
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 28359
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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 28359
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 28359
Because books.
The Orange Prize long list.
flea - Mar 17, 2013 12:16:47 pm PDT #20530 of 28359
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 28359
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 28359
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 28359
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.