1. It turns out Neil Gaiman didn't win the Newberry this year. http://jameskennedy.com/2009/07/13/i-win-the-newbery/ I couldn't watch the videos on my computer but the transcript of James Kennedy's speech was great.
2. I finally read The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams, (You'll remember that I told you it was coming out a couple of months ago.)
No wonder it has gotten the blurbs it did. It is fantastic. By far, Carol's best. Even Melissa who is adverse to reading or watching anything on plural marriage, and who read the jacket and said, "I think I'll skip this one," then read the first page and said, "hm, yeah, not my cup of tea," then preceded to read it in one night and wanted to talk and talk and talk about it.
The protagonist and her boyfriend will break your heart. I won't say anything more.
Saturday, 25 July 2009
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