… The year is 1914, and Alek is on the run after learning that his parents have just been murdered. This isn’t any normal boy, though, and these weren’t any normal parents: the murder victims are Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, making Alek prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Alek, his fencing instructor Count [...]
All posts for the month October, 2011
Leviathan
Posted by Kathleen on October 29, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/leviathan/
Bring Your Own Boos: A Halloween Playlist
Image courtesy cmar via Flickr.…. The best holidays, I would argue, are the ones that can last longer than a single day, those celebrations for which anticipation builds weeks, even months, in advance. They are associated with a specific, undeniable mood, which elevates them, in essence, to a state of mind. Christmas, ideally, is a [...]
Posted by Kathleen on October 16, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/bring-your-own-boos-a-halloween-playlist/
Ship Breaker
… Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker, winner of the 2011 Printz Award, is a dystopian adventure story set in a barely-recognizable America. This version of the future is bleak. New Orleans, which is near where our hero, Nailer, lives, is underwater. The United States appears to have become a third world country, at least where the [...]
Posted by Kathleen on October 12, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/ship-breaker/
Skim
… Kimberly Keiko Cameron, or Skim, is a mixed-race high school student with a recently-broken arm and a passion for all things Wicca. She is having a tough time coping with her parents’ divorce, fitting in at school, and figuring out her sexuality. She is also growing apart from her best friend, Lisa, in her [...]
Posted by Kathleen on October 11, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/skim/
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
… Will Grayson, Will Grayson is an improbable book. Or, I suppose I should clarify, it is a book based around several bizarre (and often hilarious) improbabilities, which, in turn, cause the book’s very existence to seem strange and unprecedented. In truth, I don’t know if there are other novels out there that are just like—or [...]
Posted by Kathleen on October 7, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/will-grayson-will-grayson/
