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Courtney King Walker
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On the Fringe
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"It wasn't easy telling my family that I'm gay. I made my carefully worded announcement at Thanksgiving. It was very Norman Rockwell. I said, 'Mom, would you please pass the gravy to a homosexual?' She passed it to my father. A terrible scene followed."
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3.5 I really liked the first three-quarters of Girl in Translation; it felt reminiscent of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. The last quarter of the book really picked up, almost too quickly. Because of how slowly t...more |
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| I really wish I'd re-read Divergent right before reading this because I was so lost at the beginning of Insurgent, trying to remember what happened in the last book, which faction was which, who was whom. That said, once I finally caught on I was bac...more | |
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| I always believe Abraham Lincoln died instantly, not the next morning. And I had no idea the same night the secretary of state was brutally attacked and nearly murdered in his bed by Booth's accomplice. Booth had planned to have the vice president mu...more | |
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When separated by the harsh reality of death, will love get a second chance?
Ever since 15-year-old Claire was four, Daniel has been a constant presence in her life. Not only are they neighbors, but his little sister, Addie, just happens to be her... " Read more of this review » |
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“I had the strange desire for a giant butterfly net to catch whatever was out there, as if it could be captured so easily.”
― Courtney King Walker, On the Fringe
― Courtney King Walker, On the Fringe
“Nothing could be purged without a body—no crying, no exertion, no pills to take away the pain or calm me down. Nothing. Instead, something ballooned inside me until I felt like I might explode. All I could do was sit there and drown in it, wondering why Claire affected me so much, wondering if she always would.”
― Courtney King Walker, On the Fringe
― Courtney King Walker, On the Fringe
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“I had the strange desire for a giant butterfly net to catch whatever was out there, as if it could be captured so easily.”
― Courtney King Walker, On the Fringe
― Courtney King Walker, On the Fringe
“Nothing could be purged without a body—no crying, no exertion, no pills to take away the pain or calm me down. Nothing. Instead, something ballooned inside me until I felt like I might explode. All I could do was sit there and drown in it, wondering why Claire affected me so much, wondering if she always would.”
― Courtney King Walker, On the Fringe
― Courtney King Walker, On the Fringe
“You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two roads go two ways in a wood? So what? Who cares if it made all that big a difference? What difference? And why should I have to guess what the difference is? Isn't that what he's supposed to say?
Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up?”
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Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up?”
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― Gary D. Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars
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Thanks Jillian! Waiting for a debut release is eerily similar to being pregnant for 9months - except this is more like a 12-month baby. I'm hoping to get some ARCs before the end of the summer. Keep the great posts coming - we all benefit from "thinking" a little more deeply and a little more carefully.
Hi, Courtney! I'm so glad you like the posts on the Book Lantern; it always intrigues me when I hear thoughts from authors about the blog because it's rather a different beast than other YA book blogs out there. Thank you for the kind words. Focusing on important issues in YA is one of our main goals, so I'm glad that resonated with you. I hope you continue to like what you read at the Lantern!-Jillian
P.S. Lest I forget, congratulations with your book! I bet you're clamoring for October to come around so that it will be released out into the world. :)
