Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

by | Jan 5, 2009 | Need to Read

I was lucky enough to get an ARC of this book and so I got to read it in October 08. Wowie zowie! What a fantastic book. Smith’s writing is elegant and evocative and you feel the heat, dust, and tension of 1943 Texas like you’re standing right there. Back...

GRANNY by Anthony Horowitz

by | Jan 5, 2009 | Need to Read

This is a very funny Middle Grade…8-12, Grades 3-7 (it falls on the younger side, if you ask me). This is wacky and silly and exciting and boys and girls will both like it. I’m going to give it to my niece and she’ll probably have a laugh. I am not a...

Favourites

by | Jan 4, 2009 | Daily Writings

I think that, like a favourite movie, it’s hard to chose a favourite writer without considering mood, genre, style, etc., but there are two writers who really are mine. They are both British. They are both men. One is alive, one has passed on. Both have written...