Slow Learner

I’m a slow learner. I don’t mean that I’m stupid-slow, I mean that I have to process things for a while before they sink in. Also, I need to learn things in layers, building upon what I know, kind of like when you update a computer program. It...

Last post…zzzzz

Good job all of you who plan to stay up for the last 4.5 hours of the readathon, but I’m outta here. Just finished FOR KEEPS and loved, loved, loved it! Nighty-night!

A Great Line

Had to share this great line from the ARC I’m reading – FOR KEEPS by Natasha Friend Because no matter what those sex-ed teachers say about how great condoms are, there’s not a condom in the world that can protect you from heartbreak. I was hooked on...

One book & 2 hours later…

I finished the Paula Danzigger book. She’s quite a writer. She uses rhythm in neat ways. Like this: Is this a plot of her mother’s? How’s Jim going to take this? What will Mindy say? I look around at everyone at the table. No one’s saying...

Readathon Update

I know everyone else is about 13 hours into this, and I’ve just started, but I’m going to stay up late! The fire’s roaring, the popcorn’s gone, and I’ve just read for an hour. After discussing Woodstock and Paula Danzigger with the...