Here's a sample Ramona chapter. None of the parts that I remember as my favorite parts are in any of the sample chapters, but this one seems rather Ramona-ish. [link]
Another one, from a few books earlier: [link]
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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."
Hil R. - May 14, 2009 5:14:36 pm PDT #9125 of 28405
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
javachik - May 14, 2009 5:37:18 pm PDT #9126 of 28405
Our wings are not tired.
One of the highlights of my yut as a little girl living in Hilo, HA was when Beverly Cleary visited my school. She read a loud to us for an hour and gave us all signed books.
Kat - May 14, 2009 5:41:02 pm PDT #9127 of 28405
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
java! I didn't know you grew up in Hilo! Neat!
Amy - May 14, 2009 5:41:52 pm PDT #9128 of 28405
Because books.
Hey, java, that reminds me, did you ever find the Susannah Moore books?
javachik - May 14, 2009 5:57:22 pm PDT #9129 of 28405
Our wings are not tired.
Yup, Kat!
Nope, Amy!
flea - May 15, 2009 4:04:40 am PDT #9130 of 28405
information libertarian
If you're going to talk about rascals in children's lit, I think Fudge from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and sequelae needs to be on the list!
Spoiler: He ATE the turtle!!
Barb - May 16, 2009 8:58:43 am PDT #9131 of 28405
“Not dead yet!”
Romeo and Juliet aficionados/scholars, help?
What do we know of Mercutio other than Romeo's bestie who's a smartass who bites it at Tybalt's hand? Anything else within canon that's been cut from common iterations of the play?
Anne W. - May 16, 2009 9:00:58 am PDT #9132 of 28405
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
He's a relative of the Prince, if I recall correctly.
Kat - May 16, 2009 10:45:25 am PDT #9133 of 28405
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And he's a relative of Paris, I think.
Also, he was in Brooke's Romeus and Juliet, which is thought to be Shakespeare's source material. In that version, he's not merely a jokester friend of Romeo and Benvolio but he's also a suitor in competition with Romeo for Juliet.
Barb - May 16, 2009 11:02:15 am PDT #9134 of 28405
“Not dead yet!”
Also, he was in Brooke's Romeus and Juliet, which is thought to be Shakespeare's source material. In that version, he's not merely a jokester friend of Romeo and Benvolio but he's also a suitor in competition with Romeo for Juliet.
I had just been looking at that.
Heh.
I'ma plotting. My head may explode before it's all over, but I'm plotting.