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The last book I read over the holiday break was an e-galley of Gary Schmidt's OKAY FOR NOW, a fantastic and (is it possible?) even stronger follow-up to THE WEDNESDAY WARS. It's a companion book, rather than a sequel, since this one is told throug...
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I'm pretty sure I just finished the 2012 Newbery winner. Yeah, it's that good. If this is becomes another Gary Schmidt should-have-won, I may have to commit career suicide by picketing the ALA.
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Doug moves to a new town and forms unlikely alliances with Lil and other members of the town as his family finds healing.
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This may well be the best book I’ve listened to this year. (Althoughhonestlythe title and the cover still baffle me.) Set against a back drop of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, this coming of age story will have you rooting for Doug Swieteck from the...more |
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“A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.”
― William Blake, Auguries of innocence
Beats all the lies you can invent.”
― William Blake, Auguries of innocence
“Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another.”
― Immanuel Kant, An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
― Immanuel Kant, An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
“It was the truth, vivid and monstrous, that all the while he had waited the wait was itself his portion.”
― Henry James, The Beast in the Jungle
― Henry James, The Beast in the Jungle
“When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
“And perhaps we have reason to be very grateful that, both as children and long afterwards, we are never allowed to guess how the absorbing pursuit of the moment will appear, not only to others, but to ourselves, a very short time hence.”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Golden Age
― Kenneth Grahame, The Golden Age
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