Quite possibly my favourite anything of everything.
You can vote at http://time100.time.com/2013/03/28/time-100-poll/slide/neil-gaiman/
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of…
One of my favorites…
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KAREN GILLAN for z’Ombéal: SAY NO TO BRAINS - The Nerdist on BBC America
In today’s society there’s a lot of pressure to not… eat… brains.
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So … I think “Eleanor & Park” is $4.99 this weekend for both Nook and Kindle.
LIQUIDATION SALE.
Worth a million times more!
Quite possibly my favourite anything of everything.
You can vote at http://time100.time.com/2013/03/28/time-100-poll/slide/neil-gaiman/
Last night I finished reading Bridget Zinn’s excellent novel Poison.
Poison is silly and funny and features both a bad-ass heroine and some excellent kissing as well as first-rate pig and dog characters. I suppose Poison is a book for kids and teens, in the Harry Potter sense, but one is never too old to live inside another world for a while, and this book really did transport me.
Poison’s author, Bridget Zinn, died in 2011 of colon cancer. She was 32. It was a huge loss for kid lit—although I didn’t know how huge until I read this excellent first (and sadly last) novel.
These days publishers depend a lot on authors to market their own work. You’ve gotta tweet and tumbl and facebook and pinterest and set up school visits and signings and attend festivals. Sadly, Bridget isn’t here to share her excellent book, but I hope it still finds the many readers it deserves. Check it out.
This is such an honest, heartfelt #Hauntedat17 post by @nina_lacour about not belonging:
Your favorite YA authors are writing about what haunted them at 17 over at Nova Ren Suma’s blog in honor of the publication of Nova’s second book, 17 and Gone! You should really check it out.
I love Nina La Cour and this post breaks my heart in the best kind of way! (Also 17 & Gone is a great and important read.)
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In case you missed it! John’s appearance on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is up on youtube! Skip to 27:45 in to see his interview (and make sure to watch through until the end of the show)! YAY!
