I’ve been on vacation so I didn’t do a lot of websurfing this week, but here are the posts I found interesting and though were worth sharing or remembering. The first time I went into a real comic book shop was when Joss Whedon and Dark Horse Comics started putting out Buffy Season 8. I… Continue reading Souvenirs from My Internet Travels May 26-June 2
Author: Molly Wetta
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Souvenirs from My Internet Travels: May 20-26
I love discovering new books, and Nancy Pearl always has great recommendations. She gave a list of Summer Reads for NPR and I added A Partial History of Lost Causes by Jennifer Dubois to my to-read list. I thought this story at The Good Men Project was inspiring. I love book stores (so much I… Continue reading Souvenirs from My Internet Travels: May 20-26
Falling into Fantasy: Graceling by Kristin Cashore and Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
I’ve been getting into YA fantasy lately: these are two of my new favorites! Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to… Continue reading Falling into Fantasy: Graceling by Kristin Cashore and Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Feel of Fact
“The imagination is in love with the feel of fact.” – John Bayley * In high school, I had an eccentric English teacher who often spoke in contradictory terms and used circular logic. She had this analogy for explaining paradox that goes like this. Pretend two ideas are socks. When you role them up, the… Continue reading Feel of Fact
Beautifully Broken: Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
I volunteer as an advocate for survivors of domestic violence. Our agency’s new initiative this year was to raise awareness on teen dating violence, so I am well versed in the dynamics of these kind of relationships. Jennifer Shaw Wolf has done a fantastic job portraying an abusive teen relationship in a very realistic manner… Continue reading Beautifully Broken: Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
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