It’s been a busy week. Here are a few of the things I’ve been doing:
Read What I Saw And How I Lied by Judy Blundell, and you should too. This YA book won the National Book Award. Even though,historical fiction is not my favorite genre, I decided to give this one a try, and am glad I did. It’s set in post-World War II America, and does an excellent job of capturing the mood of that time in a coming of age tale. Judy Blundell has been writing some different series books under other names for years, but this is the first book she published under her own name using her own original idea. Something tells me that this will be the first of many Judy Blundell books.
Laughed out loud while reading The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk. I had the opportunity to meet Josh when he was in town signing books. His debut YA novel is set in a region of Pennsylvania I am well familia
r with and tells the story of Will Halpin a deaf teenager suddenly trying to adjust to life in a mainstream high school while also helping to solve the murder of one of his classmates in a former coal mine, but don’t let all that heavy stuff bring you down. This is a fun book! Reading The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin, I was reminded of another author I had the chance to meet many years ago when he visited my school, Gordon Korman. Just like Don’t Care High and A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag, The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin was laugh out loud funny, while still telling a serious story. It’s a delicious dark comedy, that you should definitely read.
Saw Elvis Costello and The Imposters in Atlantic City. This was in honor of my mom’s upcoming birthday. It was a great show. Here’s a fan video (not mine) from the concert:
What have you been up to this week?
My Books
I’m lucky to read a book a month! Guess I’m just too busy writing and editing
I’m still working on reading HEX HALL but I’m really enjoying it! A copy of UNDER MY SKIN by Judith Graves is on it’s way from B&N and I can hardly wait so I’d better speed up my reading! Love the fan video by the way.
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Heather: Reading is how I relax, and also how I procrastinate. There’s a lot of stuff that doesn’t get done because I have to read “just one more chapter.”
what I saw and how I lied sounds real good. Will put it on my list. Thanks for the recommendation!
I own What I Saw and How I Lied, but I haven’t read it yet. The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin is on my wish list.
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I just started If I Stay by Gayle Foreman. So far, so good. Aside from that I’ve been watching The Tudors. Fascinating stuff.
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Lisa and Laura: I keep hearing about The Tudors. I may have to find out what all the fuss is about.
Medeia: We have similar tastes!
Angie: It’s a very good book!