A lot of you are probably not familiar with the Strega Nona books. They are picture books for kids written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola which have very strong Italian tones. That’s probably why most of you haven’t heard of them; my family, or at least my dad’s side of the family, is very very proud and sorta obsessed with their Italian roots. Continue reading “[Day 331] Books that changed my life week 7: Strega Nona”
Month: July 2010
[Day 330] Books that changed my life week 6: The Thief Lord
This is another one of those books that I can read over and over and never get tired of, even though it’s aimed at twelve year olds. See, I’m not an age-ist, so I’m not ashamed to admit that Cornelia Funke’s “The Thief Lord” is one of my favorite books of all time. I’m also not ashamed to admit that it is one of the treasured seven books to change my life. Continue reading “[Day 330] Books that changed my life week 6: The Thief Lord”
[Day 329] Books that changed my life: The Stranger
My book snob readers will rejoice: my first mention of classic literature. Foreign classic literature, to boot. Albert Camus is a much more “respectable” and “well known” writer than, say, Tamora Pierce.* So I hope that this post, in part, makes up for my defense of Twilight last Wednesday. Continue reading “[Day 329] Books that changed my life: The Stranger”
[Day 328] Books that changed my life week 4: Nancy Drew
I know I made a jab at the Hardy Boys last week, and I can’t reasonably say that the Nancy Drew series was much better written. But this isn’t “books with the bestest ever writing that every critic can accept and fall in love with” week. It’s “books that changed my life” week, which, while it isn’t mutually exclusive, doesn’t have to fall into that category. Continue reading “[Day 328] Books that changed my life week 4: Nancy Drew”
[Day 327] Books that changed my life week 3: A Great and Terrible Beauty
The title of this post is so long the “[Da” is missing. Oops. It’s a wonder I tweet so much- character limits are not really my thing. None of this is relevant to the post, but I need something for the front page blurb, and I’m running out of creative ways to make them interesting and compelling enough. Continue reading “[Day 327] Books that changed my life week 3: A Great and Terrible Beauty”
[Day 326] Books that changed my life week 2: Alanna the Lioness
I don’t know how many of you are familiar with Tamora Pierce, so here’s a rundown: she’s a young adult fantasy novelist who specializes in stories about young women overcoming an oppressively masculine time period as knights. It’s like nerdy feminism. I remember buying the first book in the Alanna the Lioness series in Denver. I wasn’t sure if I’d like it, but it looked interesting, so I spent the entire day finishing it. Once I finished it, I shut the book, looked at it on my bed, picked it up again, and read it all over again. Continue reading “[Day 326] Books that changed my life week 2: Alanna the Lioness”
[Day 325] Books that changed my life week 1: Harry Potter
I’m sorry. It’s been kind of a Harry Potter leaning couple of weeks. I dunno what it is; maybe I’m super psyched for the new movie, or maybe I’d just forgotten how much I love the books. But either way, it wouldn’t seem right to have a whole week about books that changed my life and not include J.K Rowlings’ masterpieces. Continue reading “[Day 325] Books that changed my life week 1: Harry Potter”
[Day 324] Eugenia part 17
[QUICK!] Questions?!?
So I’m browsing around the internet, trying to decide what my next theme week will be, and I got an idea. Would you all be interested in a week of story beginnings? Like, I’d give you the first scene or chapter of a story that I’ll probably never finish but think are cool anyways. It’d definitely be a writing stretch for me. Would that interest you at ALL?
What about a “How To” week? It could be cool/funny/insightful. I actually like that one. I’m doing it NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY.
And just because I’m kind of killing time, here are my top books series that you should check out.
1. Harry Potter. Duh.
2. A Great and Terrible Beauty. If you like magical victorian age stories and sarcasm. Also, if you are a girl.
3. The Princess Diaries. Don’t judge me. These books are hillarious and surprisingly honest.
4. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Same as above, although less hillarious.
5. Song of the Lioness quartet. Alanna the Lioness was the first in this series. If you’re a girl and like medieval fantasy, this is for you.
kaljfakfha I have to meet my mom at the burrito place now. Ciao!
[Day 323] Surviving High School Tip #7: Club/ appearance guide
First off, happy 18th birthday, Thomas Craig! Since this is my last tip day, I had to scrunch together both of these topics even though they kind of have nothing to do with each other. But I think they’re both important when in the search for a way to survive the awful experience that is high school. Continue reading “[Day 323] Surviving High School Tip #7: Club/ appearance guide”