A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (who was not from Tennessee, by the way). Another reread. And also again for teaching it in my American Literature class. I finished it awhile ago, but wanted to get through the discussion with my students before I posted. I don’t have a group of adults locally to … Continue reading »
Over at Brinda Berry (another Etopia Press YA author)’s blog. It’s a terrific interview. I loved her questions. Well, I’m back in Illinois. As of last night. What a drive: eleven hours. And I left Margie (my dog if you’re new here) back with my parents for a few months because I have some trips … Continue reading »
Wow, that title is just an example of the excellent use of English that I have. Lol. Anyway, I wanted to take a break from grading. Over on the right side of my page, scroll down a bit, there’s a link called ‘Authorgraph.’ WHICH (sorry, I’m excited about this) is where you can request an … Continue reading »
Less than two weeks away from finals, so I’ll use that excuse for my lack of communication. If anyone is interested, the giveaway for Phase is still going on over at Goodreads. Just finished reading Howl’s Moving Castle which was only a $1.99 on Amazon a few days ago. I’d seen the movie and enjoyed it, but … Continue reading »
Sorry, I thought I’d get to this earlier than this. Blame the holidays and the attempt to get work finished before the break. At the moment, I am quite thankful to have my parents here and a brand new television set and blu ray player. I have finally updated to this decade. My bright and … Continue reading »
I think the title says it all, but allow me to elaborate. With Beautiful Creatures coming out in February and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones showing up in August, I just started pondering all the books I love and really, really wish would be made into movies. If I had oodles (indeterminate amount, possibly absurdly excessive) of money, … Continue reading »
When I was growing up, I loved happy endings in books, movies, any type of story. I didn’t understand why there had to be unhappy endings. I hated John Steinbeck for years because of The Red Pony (read when I was in middle school or so), then let him be redeemed with East of Eden. … Continue reading »
See that, over to your right? That countdown? Yeah, it’s 26 days till Phase comes out. MY BOOK! Let that sink in. I’m still awaiting final confirmation on the cover, but what I’ve seen looks pretty dang awesome. I mean, it’s a cover. I have a book cover!! Yeah, it’ll be like this for awhile, … Continue reading »
I’ve seen it twice now. The movie. Last Friday when it came out and then yesterday. It’s really a movie that needs to be seen twice. On first watching, I was just too nervous and hyped to really give it careful consideration. I read The Hunger Games sometime last year because of all the attention … Continue reading »
