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National Novel Reading Month!

Nov 07, 2010 07:59

My posts have been scarce lately, as I've been in a bit of limbo with my writing and, more recently, traveling without steady access to a computer. The up side to this is that I am reading a TON ( Read more... )

books, nanoreamo

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from Jemi anonymous November 7 2010, 13:43:16 UTC

Those all sound like great books. I'm definitely going to add the Penderwicks to my classroom wishlist :)

Re: from Jemi meaganspooner November 7 2010, 21:06:47 UTC

You won't be disappointed! I really enjoyed it, and I think kids would absolutely love it.

Thanks for stopping by!

lnbw November 7 2010, 15:40:09 UTC

I haven't read The Bride's Farewell, but I absolutely loved Meg Rosoff's How I Live Now, a probably equally beautifully-written dystopian novel. It was one of the best books I read in the year in which I read it.

meaganspooner November 7 2010, 21:10:10 UTC

I soooo want to read that after reading Bride's Farewell. I think if I loved this book so much, and it's not "my genre" at all, then one that she writes within a genre I love will be that much better. Will have to hunt for it when I get back.

ext_290024 November 7 2010, 19:31:28 UTC

I am just like you. Fairytale re-tellings are my all time favorite thing. I'll have to add "East" to my list. I just finished a different re-telling of it titled "Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow." She's a fun fairytale author in general.

meaganspooner November 7 2010, 21:12:03 UTC

Yay fairytale geeks! It used to be that every single story/novel I wrote was a retelling. My current WIP is not a retelling, but the one I'm going to start very soon is.

I'll have to look up that retelling... I really love the East of the Sun, West of the Moon/Cupid and Psyche story.

alexabarry November 8 2010, 02:43:33 UTC

They all sounds so good. I'm planning to make December my NaNoReaMo, after the insanity that is NaNorWriMo - so thanks for the suggestions. WG, WG sounds particularly my kind of thing :)

alexabarry November 8 2010, 06:47:54 UTC

Ooh, what a fabulous idea. Treat yourself to some good books after all that hard work during NaNo--I love it!

WG, WG was AWESOME. I can highly recommend it on every level. I hope you find a copy and love it as much as I do!

meaganspooner November 8 2010, 06:49:09 UTC

Er, that was me. Clearly. This is what vacation does to me... too many different computers and logins that don't remember me!

ctrichmond November 8 2010, 13:11:01 UTC

Wow, I love all of these foreign covers! Will Grayson, Will Grayson looks SO cool compared to the American version.

Thank you for these short reviews! You've mentioned some fantastic books that are going onto my to-do list right now. Can't wait to tackle East and The Bride's Farewell!

meaganspooner November 8 2010, 19:49:37 UTC

Yeah, I had to hunt to make sure I was getting the foreign covers that are on the ones I have. I thought about using the American covers, but when I saw the Will Grayson cover I was just like "Ew, no!" The foreign cover's just awesome.

I hope you like them! I really enjoyed both books immensely. I'm in the middle of reading Leviathan now... hopefully will be able to post that later today, or tomorrow!