High Dive is a fantastic "coming-of-age" novel. It'd be hard to decide whether the characters or the prose are better. high dive by tammar stein Arden is dealing with the recent death of her father and her mom's deployment to Iraq as an Army nurse, while traveling through Europe to Italy to close up the family's vacation home there and get it ready to sell. Highly recommended. Arden doesn't have a lot of roots. Her mom is an army nurse and has been stationed all over the world, meaning that ... Read More about High Dive by Tammar Stein
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Because Someday I’ll Have Kids
In the past, I haven't written anything about picture books, mainly because I don't actually read picture books. I'm not entirely sure I've picked up a picture book since the days when my little brothers loved "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"But this year is a little different because of the Notable Book project I'm working on with my professor. Since June, when I started on the project, I've handled several hundred picture books that have been sent in by the publishers for ... Read More about Because Someday I’ll Have Kids
Return of the Shoes (now with Purses!)
I considered writing today about the horrible horrible day I had at work (seriously - worst day ever, I think), but no, I know better than to write about work.Then, I thought "I could take a picture of my hair today and compare it with my hair two months ago" but really? That would just depress me because my hair looked lovely two months ago and now it looks horrible. It's too long and it looks greasy on the days I don't wash it and dry and static-y on the days I do. There is no winning with my ... Read More about Return of the Shoes (now with Purses!)
Happy Birthday Mom
Today is my Mom's birthday (thirtieth, probably, although I haven't done the math). She is pretty fabulous. I mentioned several months ago how she always sends me little gifts and cards; what I didn't mention is that usually they're addressed from "TGM" which stands for "The Good Mom." It's one of my favorite little jokes of hers. Perhaps my other favorite little thing she does: whenever she buys one of us some article of clothing or accessory that we like, she says "I've still got ... Read More about Happy Birthday Mom