Oh, unreliable narrators, how I love you. LIAR’s protagonist, Micah, is the ultimate unreliable narrator, and I have been blown away by her.
I can’t tell you much about this book, because just about anything I say will be a spoiler. I’m not going to tell you much more than the jacket does. Micah tells us [...]
Filed under: Author: Melissa, Bloomsbury, October 2009, teen | Comments (4)
It is easy, as a white person, to forget about racism – especially in this Obama-centric time. We elected a black President, didn’t we? Look at how far we’ve come!
It is easy, as a white bookseller in a predominantly white community, to look at the shop shelves and not see much of a problem when [...]
Filed under: Author: Melissa, Bloomsbury, Color Me Brown Book Challenge, LIAR cover fail, things that make Melissa mad, things that make Melissa sad, things we need | Comments (11)
The Amaranth Enchantment is a terrific reworking of the Cinderella fairy story, which is not something that they try to hide in any way; the heroine’s name is Lucinda, for heaven’s sake. Author Julie Berry is not married to the source work, but uses it as a base to start from, shooting the story out [...]
Filed under: Author: Kymm, Bloomsbury, March 2009, middle-grade | Comment (0)
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Jessica Day George’s website says that the upcoming DRAGON SPEAR is the last of the books she will write about Creel and her dragon friends, and now I am VERY VERY MAD at Jessica Day George. Stop writing if the books seem in danger of starting to suck, yes, but THAT IS [...]
Filed under: Author: Melissa, Bloomsbury, May 2009, Melissa's favorites, fantasy, middle-grade | Comments (5)