The Disreputable History of Franki Landau-Banks

I had high hopes for this book- it had such an exciting premise. I ended up enjoying the book, but it didn’t make a lasting impression.
Frankie Landau-Banks is the witty, shy daughter of Frances Banks, or as she and her sister Zada call him, “Senior”. She attends the prep school Alabaster, where she is a [...]

Read Full Post »

Happy Birthday, Scout!

Yesterday was Harper Lee’s birthday. I’m pretty sure you all know who she is… but if not, she wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.
In other cool news, I learned about the long pen. While I prefer to have authors sign my book in person, who wouldn’t want to use this?
Non-newsy stuff- Sarah Miller just bought an [...]

Read Full Post »

I Am Scout

This review will be hard for me to write, and therefore, possibly short. I read this while at a baseball game last night (I’m not a big fan of sports…) and I can’t tell you how much it touched me. I looked up into the endlessly dark sky, and I thought. I thought and thought [...]

Read Full Post »

The Writing on the Wall

Unfortunately, I cannot find the cover of this book. I wish I could, but I’ll have to update this post later in the year.
The first half of Tess’s eighth grade year didn’t go so well in Secrets, Lies, and Algebra. Richard, a popular boy in her grade, stole a test and blamed it on her [...]

Read Full Post »

Poetry Friday “The Leaf and the Tree”

When will you learn, myself, to be
a dying leaf on a living tree?
Budding, swelling, growing strong,
Wearing green, but not for long,
Drawing sustenance from air,
That other leaves, and you not there,
May bud, and at the autumn’s call
Wearing russet, ready to fall?
Has not this trunk a deed to do
Unguessed by small and tremulous you?

Read Full Post »

Another Book Meme

Tagged by Katie Davis.
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences, so if my math is correct that’d be sentences six, seven and eight.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to the blogger who tagged you.
Okay, so I’ve been reading John Adams by [...]

Read Full Post »