Forty Rules Winner
Try doing a Google Image Search for the word “winner”. You get a lot of weird shit. Just sayin’.
Have You Heard About This? Mississippi School Cancels Prom Because Lesbian Wants to Bring Her Girlfriend
It’s very rare that I ever blog about anything other than books here at Bibliofreak. But sometimes something happens, and I must use this blog for social justice. I regret that.
FreeVerse: The Green Bus
Jim Carroll is my all-time favorite poet. Hands down. No question.
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
It’s really no wonder that this was shortlisted for the National Book Award (Young People’s category) and won the Printz award. It’s one of those highly literary stories that trancscends the young adult or genre or the graphic novel genre. In fact, I think it may be enhanced by them.
US/Canada & Int’l Give Away!
Thanks to TLC Book Tours and Ballantine books, I get to give away a copy of Johanna Moran’s The Wives of Henry Oades!
The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
I really wanted to love this book. But I just couldn’t. It needs a couple of more drafts before really getting there.
2 Challenges Trish Is Hosting
Trish from Trish’s Reading Nook is hosting a couple of challenges coming up, and since I already knew I’d be joining one, I decided I might as well join the other…I’m writing one post already, right?
The Sandman: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman
Even though I’d just read the first of the Sandman graphic novels a week ago, I appreciated the summary in the beginning of Volume 2. Instead of really refreshing things for me, it served more to better my understanding.
The Forty Rules of Love Give Away!
I just so happen to have an extra copy of The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak.
Crashing Parties & Blaspheming God for Love
Over at that other job I have where I write stuff and don’t get paid either, I’ve had a couple of articles lately.
