Posts By: Skila

Quotable Thursday

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I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.

 

“And what could there be against the Silence except battle?”

~Gary Schmidt’s What Came From The Stars

stars… Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

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On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

frost

I just finished Marianna Baer’s Frost and had my socks scared off.

Full disclaimer: I happen to be acquainted with Marianna, but that in no way diminishes how wonderful (and terrifying) and interesting (and holy crap scary) … Read More

Speaking Up

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Apparently a group of fantastic students have noticed that the characters they are reading about in books on their shelves seem, for the most part, a little too homogeneous. And they’re doing something about it. Students at Dothan Brook School in Vermont wrote some letters and are asking publishers to … Read More

Quotable Thursday

Posted by & filed under I quote stuff.

I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.

 

“Childhood memories were like airplane luggage;

no matter how far you were traveling or how long you needed them to last, you were only ever allowed two bags.”… Read More