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One of my favorites, the "Cat Who" lady, Lilian Jackson Braun, died today, age97, and she wrote almost right up to the end. RIP.
One of my favorites, the "Cat Who" lady, Lilian Jackson Braun, died today, age97, and she wrote almost right up to the end. RIP.
i'm happily, busily making a reading list for myself from the authors and books you guys are recommending. here's a news flash for ebook readers: amazon has an offering of some 600 book titles from 99c--$2.99 for "summer readers". here's some authors that caught my eye: pat conroy, andre dubus, william styron, alan d. foster, ian fleming, jack higgins, robert b. parker, kurt vonnegut, to name just a few...good stuff, huh?
Clara's War, another Holocaust book
here's a quickie request - i'm about to mail out books to my grandkids and i'm not real up on current youth books. i've got the boys covered, but the girls, what to do, what to do? ages 15 and 11, and i refuse to be part of anything to do with twilight or vampires. i know i liked judy blume - is there anything comparable today? oh, and the 11 year old is more of a doer than a reader. something about animals, a book to spark her interest in reading for pleasure?
Well, I did it. I had a Kindle in my wish list along with a couple crocks (for the French onion soup I intend to make), but I needed a toner cartridge so visited Amazon... and we all know how that goes, lol.
I will be a Kindling fool before long, or would that be kindred spirit...
From your grandgirls' description, I'd highly recommend the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. It's not current, but it is a timeless adventure fantasy about heroic animal communities and individuals, be they a mouse.here's a quickie request - i'm about to mail out books to my grandkids and i'm not real up on current youth books. i've got the boys covered, but the girls, what to do, what to do? ages 15 and 11, and i refuse to be part of anything to do with twilight or vampires. i know i liked judy blume - is there anything comparable today? oh, and the 11 year old is more of a doer than a reader. something about animals, a book to spark her interest in reading for pleasure?
From your grandgirls' description, I'd highly recommend the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. It's not current, but it is a timeless adventure fantasy about heroic animal communities and individuals, be they a mouse.
Clara's War, another Holocaust book
Well, I did it. I had a Kindle in my wish list along with a couple crocks (for the French onion soup I intend to make), but I needed a toner cartridge so visited Amazon... and we all know how that goes, lol.
I will be a Kindling fool before long, or would that be kindred spirit...
here's a quickie request - i'm about to mail out books to my grandkids and i'm not real up on current youth books. i've got the boys covered, but the girls, what to do, what to do? ages 15 and 11, and i refuse to be part of anything to do with twilight or vampires. i know i liked judy blume - is there anything comparable today? oh, and the 11 year old is more of a doer than a reader. something about animals, a book to spark her interest in reading for pleasure?