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By: Maryann Yin,
on 9/23/2015
Blog: Galley Cat (Mediabistro) (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 8/13/2015
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By: [email protected],
on 6/14/2015
Blog: Perpetually Adolescent (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 5/21/2015
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By: bookkm,
on 2/29/2012
Blog: Books 'n' stories (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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And when I finally decided that I had to close the book, I lay there trying to figure out how I would tell people about this book. Here's the set up. Greg Gaines has managed to reach senior year of high school without committing to any group, doing any extra-curricular activities, or making any friends - except for Earl, his film-making buddy. He is a "normal" teenager who has decided that invisibility is the key to survival. His attempts to remain under the radar have succeeded so far but they create a great deal of anxiety for him.
Then, his mother emotionally strong-arms him into visiting Rachel, a girl he "dated" in sixth grade. (Do sixth-graders even go on dates? What? They're 11!). Rachel has been diagnosed with leukemia and is pretty darn sick. The book is about Greg's attempts to "cheer up" poor Rachel. Then he gets Earl involved and the films he and Earl hoped would never see the light of the screen are shared in an attempt to keep Rachel's spirits up.
To Greg and to the reader, Rachel is a shadow character, there to reflect (Do shadows reflect? See, now Greg has me doing this questioning-the-writing-as-it-goes thing.) Greg's lack of self-esteem and to convince him that he is a loser supreme. OK, SHE doesn't convince him; his own self-loathing convinces him that he is a loser. She actually likes him and his films.
I am two thirds through the book. I hope that Greg manages to keep his act together and graduate. Right now, he is concentrating on Rachel so much he's blowing off his school work. I hope one of his films is shown to be a work of genius - comic perhaps. Or, that he manages to accept that he can't be a total loss if he worries so much about keeping someone else happy. I hope that IF Rachel dies - and I'm not sure she will though that's because I am an eternal optimist - that her death is not sobbing-pathetic.
There's a lot of Teen Guy specific bad language and obsessions in this books - just a head's up.
Oh, I just went to the publisher's page for this book and I have to go finish it - RIGHT NOW!!
By: bookkm,
on 2/15/2012
Blog: Books 'n' stories (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Writing about dying people is not new in books written for younger people - or in any books for that matter. But it just feels weird that so many books on the subject of cancer have crossed in front of my eyes this Fall/Winter. Because of the Dad with cancer thing. That's why it feels weird. Except, God willing, Dad is not dying of cancer - just of living a long life - and not yet.
I am nostalgic for the days when no one from my immediate family had cancer. It seems like a very long time ago.
Back to the books. The Monster Calls set me off on a crying jag! Conor's anger, guilt and pain as he deals - or avoids dealing with - his mother's cancer and imminent death are absolutely wrenching. The book served as biblio-therapy for me. But there is nothing clinical about this book. Ness creates a monster that forces Conor to face what is going on in his life with some very dramatic results. The narrative is spellbinding. This book is a worthy opponent in the Battle of the Books. Read it, but as with The Fault in Our Stars, keep a box of tissues handy.
The book is based on an outline developed by author Siobhan Dowd who died of breast cancer herself. I think she would like what Ness did with her story.
As for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl? I haven't finished it yet but the premise of the book is one I bet a lot of teens can identify with. Rachel - Greg dated her in sixth grade - has been diagnosed with leukemia and Greg's mom has decided that Greg should spend more time with poor, poor Rachel. Awkward! Greg is a good kid. And he's got a manic motormouth that is very funny. So his renewed friendship with Rachel seems to actually help her. There's something about film making here, too. I'll give you my final verdict when I get through the whole book.
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 9/23/2015
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 8/13/2015
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By: [email protected],
on 6/14/2015
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I’m the kind of bookworm that subscribes to “READ THE BOOK FIRST” when it comes to movie adaptions. Do I love movie adaptions? Oh definitely yes. But the original is first priority. So I had to read Me And Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews before the movie hit cinemas (which, actually, was just yesterday). The thing […]
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 5/21/2015
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A new international trailer has been unveiled for Me And Earl And The Dying Girl.
Jesse Andrews adapted his 2012 young adult novel for the screenplay. The video embedded above offers glimpses of Thomas Mann as Greg, RJ Cyler as Earl, and Olivia Cooke as Rachel.
A screening was held at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The theatrical release date has been scheduled for June 12th. Follow this link to watch the first trailer. (via MTV.com)
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By: bookkm,
on 2/29/2012
Blog: Books 'n' stories (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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1. Parent Magazine's Camp Mom has a whole bunch of book lists by age on their site. When you visit, expect ads. It's a magazine. That's how they roll.
2. I just returned from a StoryFUSION committee meeting at Northampton Community College. This festival is HUGE with events Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday, March 29th through April 1st. I will tell you much, much more tomorrow on Storytelling Thursday.
3. So, book reviews. I am finally reading Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Here's a warning. This is not a good, relaxing bedtime read. Once you get used to the narrator's annoyingly self-absorbed self-deprecating remarks, this book is hilarious. It's sad, too, but mostly, it's laugh out loud funny.
I haven't reached the end, though, so maybe it gets depressing. But I laughed so hard - several times - last night that I jazzed myself awake. My poor long-suffering husband retreated to the sofa. Yeah, it's that funny.
And when I finally decided that I had to close the book, I lay there trying to figure out how I would tell people about this book. Here's the set up. Greg Gaines has managed to reach senior year of high school without committing to any group, doing any extra-curricular activities, or making any friends - except for Earl, his film-making buddy. He is a "normal" teenager who has decided that invisibility is the key to survival. His attempts to remain under the radar have succeeded so far but they create a great deal of anxiety for him.
Then, his mother emotionally strong-arms him into visiting Rachel, a girl he "dated" in sixth grade. (Do sixth-graders even go on dates? What? They're 11!). Rachel has been diagnosed with leukemia and is pretty darn sick. The book is about Greg's attempts to "cheer up" poor Rachel. Then he gets Earl involved and the films he and Earl hoped would never see the light of the screen are shared in an attempt to keep Rachel's spirits up.
To Greg and to the reader, Rachel is a shadow character, there to reflect (Do shadows reflect? See, now Greg has me doing this questioning-the-writing-as-it-goes thing.) Greg's lack of self-esteem and to convince him that he is a loser supreme. OK, SHE doesn't convince him; his own self-loathing convinces him that he is a loser. She actually likes him and his films.
I am two thirds through the book. I hope that Greg manages to keep his act together and graduate. Right now, he is concentrating on Rachel so much he's blowing off his school work. I hope one of his films is shown to be a work of genius - comic perhaps. Or, that he manages to accept that he can't be a total loss if he worries so much about keeping someone else happy. I hope that IF Rachel dies - and I'm not sure she will though that's because I am an eternal optimist - that her death is not sobbing-pathetic.
There's a lot of Teen Guy specific bad language and obsessions in this books - just a head's up.
Oh, I just went to the publisher's page for this book and I have to go finish it - RIGHT NOW!!
By: bookkm,
on 2/15/2012
Blog: Books 'n' stories (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: book reviews, cancer, Siobhan Dowd, Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Jesse Andrews, Add a tag
On my nightstand is an ARC of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews. I am having a very hard time getting into it because ...it's about a dying girl. DUH! I mean, I already read John Green's The Fault in My Stars. That's sort of about a dying girl. And last night, I had the ambiguous pleasure? - honor? - um experience? of reading A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. The person dying in that book is a grown-up girl.
I am nostalgic for the days when no one from my immediate family had cancer. It seems like a very long time ago.
Back to the books. The Monster Calls set me off on a crying jag! Conor's anger, guilt and pain as he deals - or avoids dealing with - his mother's cancer and imminent death are absolutely wrenching. The book served as biblio-therapy for me. But there is nothing clinical about this book. Ness creates a monster that forces Conor to face what is going on in his life with some very dramatic results. The narrative is spellbinding. This book is a worthy opponent in the Battle of the Books. Read it, but as with The Fault in Our Stars, keep a box of tissues handy.
The book is based on an outline developed by author Siobhan Dowd who died of breast cancer herself. I think she would like what Ness did with her story.
As for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl? I haven't finished it yet but the premise of the book is one I bet a lot of teens can identify with. Rachel - Greg dated her in sixth grade - has been diagnosed with leukemia and Greg's mom has decided that Greg should spend more time with poor, poor Rachel. Awkward! Greg is a good kid. And he's got a manic motormouth that is very funny. So his renewed friendship with Rachel seems to actually help her. There's something about film making here, too. I'll give you my final verdict when I get through the whole book.
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