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Monthly Archives: January 2012
A Question about Fairy Tales
It turns out that I am a stop and go blogger. I know I haven’t really posted in a month and here I’m about to post twice in one day, and yet the times when I’ve decided to save the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Organizations, Thoughts
Tagged darkness in YA literature, death, Fairy Tales, Julie Larios, revised, Speak, suicide, the cannon, VCFA
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A Reliable Wife, Reprise
So, I had a chance to read A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick over the holidays. It was funny: I knew I had put it on my list of books to read for a compelling reason. I just for the life of … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged A Reliable Wife, Anne Westrick, emotional abuse, physical abuse, Robert Goolrick, Tender Morsels, the L Word, YA
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,200 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged annual report, blog, excerpt, helper monkeys, san francisco cable car
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