Little Willow ([info]slayground) wrote,
@ 2007-07-01 17:42:00
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Best Books of June 2007
June 2007: 53 books read (70 including short stories)

For all ages
Someday by Alison McGhee
The Secret Life of Walter Kitty by Barbara Jean Hicks, illustrated by Dan Santat
Where To, Little Wombat? by Charles Fuge
The Care and Feeding of Sprites by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
In the Realm of the Never Fairies: The Secret World of Pixie Hollow with text by Monique Peterson and illustrations by The Disney Storybook Artists, designed by Elizabeth Ryazantseva and Megan Krempels

For ages 8 and up
Me and the Pumpkin Queen by Marlane Kennedy
Cassie Was Here by Caroline Hickey
The Thing about Georgie by Lisa Graff

For ages 12 and up
Picture Perfect by D. Anne Love
Loose Threads by Lorie Ann Grover - verse novel
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham - verse novel

For ages 14 and up
Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Coming out in October)
Lessons From a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles (Coming out in October)

Short Stories - For teens and adults
Sha-la-la by Sarah Dessen
Rebecca by Nancy Werlin
- Both featured in Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Art by Scott Hunt

Backlist Pick
The Problem of the Missing Miss by Roberta Rogow  


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[info]saraclaradara
2007-07-02 01:11 am UTC (link)
I'm dying to read Jay's book. Also want to read Lessons from a Dead Girl.

Where do you find the time to read all this AND Blog, AND read everyone else's blog? Oh and presumably eat and sleep for some short period of time.

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Oh Princess SCD, have you seen the new issue of readergirlz? :) :)

13RY is brilliant. Lessons is amazing. Read them both.

You left out WORK! That plus going there and back is at least 50 hours a week.

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[info]saraclaradara
2007-07-02 04:14 pm UTC (link)
Haven't seen Readergirlz yet - I'm Mary Poppins-less, kids are on vacation and I'm working on a freelance business article (or at least trying to between interruptions).

Oh yes...WORK!

Ok, but you *still* haven't revealed the secret of how you do it all...do you have a Time Turner or something? : )

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 06:34 pm UTC (link)
I was going to send you something more formal about this, but since I have your attention right now:

Wear that tiara with PRIDE, because your book was selected by the postergirlz advisory council as a recommended read in the July issue of readergirlz!

http://readergirlz.com/issue.html

I'll be starting up threads at the readergirlz group forum for the recommended reads, so pop by if you have a chance . . .

http://groups.myspace.com/readergirlz

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[info]saraclaradara
2007-07-02 09:06 pm UTC (link)
OMG! That's so cool!!

I really enjoyed Goy Crazy, and Melissa is great fun. I feel like I'm in great company :>)

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 10:03 pm UTC (link)
http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=38330424&groupID=104754972&adTopicID=19&Mytoken=2578E54A-D835-4503-A95A04CAB1699EFD48372782

*grin*

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 06:35 pm UTC (link)
I'd pick Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle or Pippi Longstocking over Mary Poppins any day.

Good luck with your article!

Hermione and I would get along rather well. I've been multitasking since before she was born!

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[info]jbknowles
2007-07-02 01:16 am UTC (link)
Wow! Thanks so much for taking the time to read my ARC. You are the best. Also, I am amazed at how much you read. You are incredible.

:-)

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 04:05 pm UTC (link)
Thanks, and you are welcome. I was planning on emailing you next week, because this weekend has been busy and I've been offline. Oh, my goodness, Jo - LESSONS is so, so good.

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[info]jbknowles
2007-07-02 05:18 pm UTC (link)
Oh, thanks for telling me that!!! :-)

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 06:35 pm UTC (link)
You are welcome. It's true.

Care for an interview, madam?

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[info]jbknowles
2007-07-02 06:51 pm UTC (link)
Absolutely!! :-)

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 10:07 pm UTC (link)
Excellent. I'll email you this weekend.

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[info]seaheidi
2007-07-02 01:22 am UTC (link)
you read 53 books in june??? WOW!! i'm impressed. i didn't realize 'get well soon' was out--will you interview her? also loved to find out what you thought of 13 reasons why--didn't realize sarah dessen wrote short stories--where was it published? ok. nuff questions. =9

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 04:03 pm UTC (link)
Thank you.

Yes, I'd like to, if she's willing. Stay tuned.

13 Reasons Why is outstanding.

Both short stories I mentioned are in the anthology Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Art by Scott Hunt.

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[info]seaheidi
2007-07-02 04:35 pm UTC (link)
thanks a lot--i will stay tuned. =9

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 04:04 pm UTC (link)
Also:

Sarah has written other short stories. Check out the anthology One Hot Second, for example. Sixteen. etc.

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[info]seaheidi
2007-07-02 04:36 pm UTC (link)
Thanks--she's great. Been a fan for years. =9

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 06:36 pm UTC (link)
Ditto.

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[info]burstoflight
2007-07-02 07:13 am UTC (link)
The fact that you can read more books in one month than I can in 3 years is really, really disheartening, Tink. LOL! I've read 7 books this year though, so that counts right? ;)

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 04:02 pm UTC (link)
Yes, that counts!

Are you off for the summer? How's life?

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(Anonymous)
2007-07-02 02:19 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for including my book CASSIE WAS HERE! I'm pumped. And now I have a summer reading list to get started on...

Caroline Hickey
http://carolinehickey.com

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[info]slayground
2007-07-02 04:11 pm UTC (link)
You are welcome! I liked it.

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[info]37piecesflair
2007-07-03 07:13 am UTC (link)
I got Lessons from a Dead Girl, but I'm still working on it ( was that YOUR doing? If so, thank you! I owe you so much, dear )

I'm excited to read them both.

I've gotta write reviews for Skulduggery Pleasant, Into the Wild, Lessons.. and Fearless soon. Yay!



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[info]slayground
2007-07-03 03:18 pm UTC (link)
I don't know. Glad that you received it!

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[info]sarahsbooks
2007-07-05 05:22 am UTC (link)
Oh my God! I think I'm hot stuff when I read over 20 books a month, and you go and double me!

Anyhow...

Hip hip hooray for Me and the Pumpkin Queen and Thirteen Reasons Why!

And I really am going to have to read The Problem of the Missing Miss...

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[info]slayground
2007-07-05 07:56 pm UTC (link)
I'm a fast reader.

If you were here, I think we'd switch books back and forth constantly.

...and The Menagerie series, AND Still She Haunts Me, AND...

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[info]mimagirl
2007-07-05 03:45 pm UTC (link)
So, so, so glad LOOSE THREADS made your list. It's definitely making mine.

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[info]slayground
2007-07-05 04:20 pm UTC (link)
:)

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