I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.
“There’s nothing more aggravating in the world than the midnight sniffling of the person you’ve decided to hate.”
~Shannon Hale’s Book of a Thousand Days
On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.
The third book in the Grisha trilogy recently released. Which prompted me to reread the first two this week. (I have terrible long-term memory for books. Terrible, I tell you.) I just finished up the second … Read More
Christian Science Monitor recently released a list of their picks for best middle grade books out so far this year. And it includes Caminar. Wow! Such nice things they had to say about it.
I just want to give a plug for three of the novels on the list … Read More
In Caminar, Carlos talks about Xuba–which is not a real volcano. But did you know Guatemala has plenty of actual volcanoes? Not all of them are active, but Pacaya is. It’s often smoking, and sometimes spewing out lava. Outside of Antigua and Guatemala City, this mountain is very visible … Read More
Earlier this month, on our road trip, we stopped at the USS Alabama. I was blown away by its size.… Read More
I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.
“Endings are happy because they could have been sad.”
~Martine Leavitt’s My Book of Life by Angel
Markus Zusak wrote the amazing The Book Thief which has been, of course, a huge success. But here he is talking about failing –
If you’re short on time, skip ahead to the seven minute mark, where he starts to talk specifically about his writing.
My favorite quote from … Read More
In Caminar, Carlos spends a day earning money in the coffee fields. Did you know coffee beans start out as coffee cherries? Here’s a video I found of someone picking these red, ripe fruit, just like Carlos did that day.
Beautiful building. Beautiful sky.… Read More
I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.
“My answer to you would be that the truth is a fog, in which one man sees the heavenly host and the other one sees a flying elephant.”… Read More
