My cousin, Pam, and I shared a love for certain things. When she came to New York once, we were discussing what to do together. I had something I really wanted to do, but I was afraid to say it aloud, not sure how she'd react. Finally, she admitted, "I saw something in the paper …
Continue reading 365 Books: The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum
As a child, I often struggled to fit in. Even when I first moved to New York - that place where everyone is different, so everyone fits in - my clothes were long and flowy and green instead of short and tight and black. I remember going home with my freshman college roommate for Thanksgiving …
Continue reading 365 Books: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Out of McKillip's later works, this is my favorite. First, it's beautifully packaged, with gorgeous cover art that captures her sensibilities. Second, it's so beautifully told. And it's about a book. Sort of. It starts with a war between a big bully country and a little magic country. The war is so loud it does …
Continue reading 365 Books: The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip
I must have bought this young reader book at a school bookfair many years ago. I don't know what attracted me to it - maybe the cover illustration? I can't imagine that this one was a gift from my book-gifting grandmother: not her cup of tea, at all. In this book, Ozzie - an unrepentant …
Continue reading 365 Books: The Big Joke Game by Scott Corbett
Sometimes, when I am picking out books to write about for this series, I decide I'm going to write about books about women on the frontier west, for example, pull out a whole pile of those, stack them on the coffee table next to my writing chair... and then get writer's block. I think my …
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