MR CHICKEE’S FUNNY MONEY

by | May 31, 2006 | Need to Read

Well, I was up late again finishing off a YA. Or maybe a MG. The book MR CHICKEE’S FUNNY MONEY by Christopher Paul Curtis (THE WATSON’S GO TO BIRMINGHAM – 1963, BUD, NOT BUDDY) was shelved as a YA in our library, but seemed more MG to me. A side...

YA research

by | May 30, 2006 | Need to Read

This is kind of fun, even if only a few people are reading this. Life’s pretty busy right now, so instead of starting a new YA (reading, that is), I’ve been having a look at THE CULINARY BOOTCAMP, a book that I bought for research purposes for the new...

What kids are reading…

by | May 29, 2006 | Need to Read

We had a garage sale the other day. Well, a porch sale, really since we don’t actually have a garage. Anyway, we live at a resort, so a lot of the people who dropped in were from out of town. One family was from Athens, GA and there were two teenage kids. I...

FULL SERVICE and a tiny rant

by | May 28, 2006 | Need to Read

Well, I finished FULL SERVICE late last night, even though I’d had a long day. I got too close to the end to put it down, so I willed myself to stay awake and I finished it. I highly recommend it. The author has three other books out, which are a trilogy,...

FULL SERVICE and SHUG

by | May 27, 2006 | Need to Read

Good morning masses of readers of my live journal!Well, I had originally intended to only write about books I’d actually finished reading, but Will Weaver’s FULL SERVICE got me thinking. Set in a small town in MN in 1965, is all I’m really going to...