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Geez -- way to stack the
Newbery deck, first-timer.
Amazingly good.
Wonder by R. J. Palacio. Knopf, 2012, 320 pages.
The closest thing to
Shakespeare I could find: smart stuff,
drawn for the masses.
P.S. Happy 448th, dude.
Best voice in a first
novel in a looooong time.
Freakin' hilarious.
Horvath and Blackall,
perfectly absurd together.
(The Marmot rocks.)
If your debut is
this good, you're allowed to go
Harper Lee. (Please don't.)
Anytime I feel
like I'm a bad mother, I'll
just re-read this book.
Take one Joan Osbourne
song; add the awesomesauce of
Meg Rosoff; stir. Squeeeeee.
Worth it for the chapters
on George and Woods alone.
I heart me some Steve.
Totally made me
wish I'd been an engineer.
Rock on, smartypants.
Brilliant, clear-eyed look
at the state of media
and how we got here.
Reluctant space
traveler Zita kicks butt, takes names,
saves her friend. Rad.
(Anybody surprised that First Second cleaned up in this category? Yeah, me neither.)
(Also, just noticed that our winners are Anya and Zita, which is pretty awesome.)
Hazel, I will buy
you a "F**k Cancer" kit from
Subversive Cross Stitch.
So we beat on, boats
against the current, borne back
ceaselessly into . . .
Makes the unsympathetic
sympathetic, for both
main characters.
I think the New York Times
just ji$$ed in its collective pants.
Epic win.
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler, illustrated by Maira Kalman. Little Brown, 2011, 368 pages.
And another one:
Yes, it really is that good.
My Newbery pick.
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu. Walden Pond Press, 2011, 320 pages.
Clementine returns!
(I vote for One-Ball Reilly
as a name.)
Reluctant kidnapper/
librarian gets in
over her head. FAB.
YES, I'm the last person
to read it, and YES, it
really is that good.
Bossypants by Tina Fey. Reagan Arthur Books, 2011, 320 pages.
P.S. Happy birthday to my big sister! I can't imagine why this title made me think of you.
All the cliches that
shouldn't work, do, in this smart
fairy-tale nightmare.
And again I say,
why am I not a Penderwick?
Maine-ly awesome.
MJ gets it right:
love, death, longing, heartbreak --
plus the best car EVAH.
Their wedding procession
song was from Phantom of
the Opera?!? *dies*
The near-sighted monkey offers you her thoughts on creativity.
Picture This by Lynda Barry. Drawn & Quarterly, 2010, 204 pages.
Made me find CDs and relive my junior-high
Sondheim obsession.
Agree! I loved this book. :)
I loved it also.
Hard to believe this was a
debut novelist.