Posted by Beth Hull on November 15, 2010 · 7 Comments
You gotta love the title of this book. I did, and that’s why I picked it up. Those little flowery-looking things in the background? Those are 20-sided dice. Yes, my nerdy friends, this is the book for YOU. (And you know who you are, although I shan’t name names.) (Yes I just wrote “shan’t.”) Oh … Read more
Filed under Book Review, Writing · Tagged with book review, Dungeons and Dragons, fiction, friendship, humor, Into the Wild Nerd Yonder, Julie Halpern, Reading, sewing, Writing, young adult fiction
Posted by Beth Hull on November 12, 2010 · 4 Comments
Exciting times, amigas, amigos, y rivales! This is the second week in a row I’ve had the privilege of interviewing an author whose book I randomly plucked from the shelf AND WAS SO GLAD I DID. Erica Perl wrote Vintage Veronica, (you can click here to read my review), and now she’s agreed to answer … Read more
Filed under Free-for-All, NiFtY Author Interview · Tagged with book review, contest, Dotty, Erica S. Perl, fiction, Literature, NiFtY Author, Reading, The Garment District, Vintage Veronica, Writing, young adult fiction
Posted by Beth Hull on November 10, 2010 · 8 Comments
The clock is ticking and I’ve got six months left of my twenties. I want to do them right. The thing is, I feel like a kid most of the time. There’re all kinds of things I don’t know how to do or even handle, and so like the bibliophile I am I turned to … Read more
Filed under List, Momming Around · Tagged with Arts, babies, cleaning, family, fantasy, home, immature adult females with lousy senses of self-preservation, List, Momming Around, Reading, rules, turning 30
Posted by Beth Hull on November 8, 2010 · 9 Comments
There are a few excellent books I’ve read recently, but I have to write about this one immediately. It was just that good. Set-Up: Allie, the “Vinyl Princess” as she dubs herself for her blog, works at Bob & Bob Records, a place that her mom says smells “like an octogenarian’s attic” (p. 10), but … Read more
Filed under Book Review · Tagged with book review, great protagonist, Literature, LP record, Music, Reading, records, revolution, romance, story, Vinyl Princess, young adult fiction, Yvonne Prinz
Posted by Beth Hull on November 5, 2010 · 4 Comments
A few months ago I reviewed Katie Pickard Fawcett’s book To Come and Go Like Magic (click here for the review), and I was delighted when she agreed to an interview on my blog. So without further blather on my part…here’s a truly inspiring interview! BH: I could be wrong, but To Come and Go … Read more
Filed under Book Review, Free-for-All, NiFtY Author Interview, Writing · Tagged with Appalachia, fiction, Francine Prose, Katie Pickard Fawcett, Literature, middle-grade fiction, NiFtY Author, publishing, Random House, Reading, Sandra Cisneros, To Come and Go Like Magic, vignettes, William Zinsser, Writers Resources
