Posted in Reading on Feb 12th, 2010
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, winner of the 1986 Newbery.
I read this book, which has no illustrations, to my 3-year-old daughter in one sitting. She kept asking for another chapter…and, no, it wasn’t bedtime or naptime. It was mid-morning, and she fell in love with this book.
Me, too.
I once heard Susan [...]
Posted in Reading on Feb 2nd, 2010
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal.
I am not sure Madeleine L’Engle’s book would have been published in today’s market. It starts very slow, taking three chapters to introduce all the main characters and raise a question: where is Meg’s father and why hasn’t he contacted them in over [...]
Posted in Reading on Jan 29th, 2010
I know there are women out there who love being pregnant. They find it a generative, fecund, creative, feminine, beautiful experience.
I am not one of those women.
In my humble opinion, pregnancy bites. Even an easy pregnancy like mine bites. The nausea, the heartburn, the nasty taste in your mouth, the chronic impaction, the [...]