It looks like I posted in Bitches instead of here, but it looks like most of what I said was covered. Except Roald Dahl.
Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
sj - Mar 05, 2017 2:18:52 pm PST #24404 of 28260
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Kate P. - Mar 05, 2017 3:33:39 pm PST #24405 of 28260
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Sara Pennypacker does the Clementine books, which are very good. I totally agree that a lot of the older books are going to be great for this age, though you do have to keep an eye out for bits that might be racist/sexist/etc. Would she like the Frank Einstein books by Jon Scieszka, or the Origami Yoda books by Tom Angleberger? Or the Family Fletcher books by Dana Alison Levy (which are kind of like the Ramona books but with four adopted brothers and two dads)?
Consuela - Mar 05, 2017 4:10:46 pm PST #24406 of 28260
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yes, Ursula Vernon--Danny Dragonbreath and Harriet the Hamster Princess.
Also Zita the Space Girl, which is hella fun.
Mogget - Mar 06, 2017 7:33:28 pm PST #24407 of 28260
The Stick Dog books by Tom Watson are entertaining.
The Humphrey series by Betty Birney, about a classroom hamster named Humphrey.
The Noisy Village books by Astrid Lindgren
The Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald
The Ellie McDoodle books by Ruth McNally Barshaw are a less-obnoxious example of the Wimpy Kid/Dork Diaries genre (my kid didn't like Dork Diaries till she was a few years older).
Connie Neil - Mar 09, 2017 6:38:30 am PST #24408 of 28260
brillig
Barb!!!!
Between Here and Gone just showed up in my BookBub feed!
You're the second person I know to have a book show up there. The first was one I actually edited when Drollerie Press was up and running.
Gudanov - Mar 16, 2017 7:25:09 am PDT #24409 of 28260
Coding and Sleeping
I'm reading The Atlantis Gene right now (well, listening on my commute). It's basically the book version of a popcorn movie complete with Nazis.
I'm going to have to find another audiobook soon and I don't think I'll be going to the second book in that series. Probably go with Cloudbound since I listened to Updraft.
Katerina Bee - Mar 18, 2017 9:53:39 am PDT #24410 of 28260
Herding cats for fun
Why has no one mentioned Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle? The Hilary Knight illustrations were a gateway to graphic novels for me.
-t - Mar 18, 2017 1:24:22 pm PDT #24411 of 28260
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I read Mres. Piggle-Wiggle! I am not actually able to remember a thing other than the existence of the name at the moment, all details that are coming to mind I must view with suspicion as I am terribly prone to conflation, especially with anything from my childhood. So unreliable, memory. But Mrs Piggle-Wiggle is a positive one.
Continuing my Louise Penny Immersion Program, mostly by audiobook since that seems to be what my library has available. I love the way Ralph Cosham-as-Gamache says "Perhaps". And Ruth Zardo has become my life goal, without the awards, probably.
-t - Mar 18, 2017 1:24:46 pm PDT #24412 of 28260
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also, Katie-Bee! Hi!
Laura - Mar 18, 2017 1:27:50 pm PDT #24413 of 28260
Our wings are not tired.
Continuing my Louise Penny Immersion Program, mostly by audiobook since that seems to be what my library has available. I love the way Ralph Cosham-as-Gamache says "Perhaps". And Ruth Zardo has become my life goal, without the awards, probably.
I mainlined those books. Want more. They were like Reese's pieces for me.