This year six books were awarded the Caldecott Honor award. One of those books was a graphic novel called This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki. At first I was excited to see that a graphic novel had won an award. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed with the book. The illustrations in the book […]
Archives for March 2015
Review | Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
2015-03-30 · by ·
Because of a foolish bargain made by her father, Nyx has since birth been betrothed to the evil and mysterious ruler of her kingdom. For as long as she can remember, she has been training to kill her soon to be husband and free her people from his terrible rule. Shortly after her marriage to the […]
Review | The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
2015-03-27 · by ·
On Sarah Grimke’s eleventh birthday, she is given ownership of a ten-year-old slave named Hetty as a gift from her mother. Sarah, horrified from an early age with the treatment of slaves by her own mother is troubled by the ‘gift’ and promptly tries to free Hetty. Though unsuccessful in her first attempt to free […]
Easter Picture Books
2015-03-26 · by ·
Easter is upon us and with it we’re pulling some our favorite picture books off the shelves to enjoy during the holiday. First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Seeger is a very creative and innovative illustrator. She uses cutouts that see through to the next page that add an additional dimension to her books. In […]
Review | The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
2015-03-25 · by ·
Even though it’s an “oldy and goldy,” I had to watch a pilot for an Amazon original based on The Man in the High Castle before I got around to reading the book. And, to be honest, I’m a little embarrassed that it took a TV show to get me to read one of the […]
Robots: Still Scary After All These Years
2015-03-24 · by ·
If it wasn’t for writers like Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, robot movies as we know them would not exist. Much is made of Hollywood’s fascination with technology, but today’s audience tends to forget that literary giants like Asimov and Bradbury were pioneers of extrapolating our technological advances and analyzing the effects such advances could […]
Author Guest Post | The Simulations by John Forelli
2015-03-16 · by ·
We’ve all asked ourselves the question before: “is this really happening?” We ask it after something bad happens—a death in the family, a car accident, a ‘D’ on the midterm you studied super hard for. We ask it after something good happens too—graduating high school, your favorite team winning the championship, running into an old […]
Short Story Review | Mitosis: A Reckoners Story by Brandon Sanderson (Reckoners #1.5)
2015-03-13 · by ·
There’s so much to like about Mitosis, and almost all of it comes down to one thing: Brandon Sanderson’s nearly unparalleled ability to build and describe action. Mitosis takes place in the period between the events of Steelheart and Firefight, but really is just a snap shot, a moment in time to give a flavor […]
Review | Dreaming in Color: An Autobiography by Kaffe Fassett
2015-03-11 · by ·
I’ve been a Kaffe Fassett fan for a long time. I’ve been buying and using his fabrics in many of my quilts for years. In 2010, I attended a Kaffe lecture where he opened by complimenting the audience for choosing to wear color. “I’m glad to see the funeral is over,” he said. A look […]
Review | The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
2015-03-10 · by ·
Set in the late 1800s, The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker is about two characters: Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian Desert. Chava and Ahmad end up in New York City and try to fit in with their […]
