Shelley Workinger's Blog, page 46
September 21, 2012
FOODFIC Look at CELL
Tom wakes up to find a guy in mechanic’s coveralls sitting in his back yard eating a pumpkin – as in using his teeth to consume a straight-out-of-the-garden raw orange gourd – and making soft smooching sounds every time his face dives back in.
Refugees Tom, Clay, and Alice witness the scene through the window with a mixture of curiosity, concern…and a sort of relief, because yesterday the mobs of crazies like this one were using their teeth to rip out people’s throats, and the guts they’d eaten had been of the seedless human variety.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
Refugees Tom, Clay, and Alice witness the scene through the window with a mixture of curiosity, concern…and a sort of relief, because yesterday the mobs of crazies like this one were using their teeth to rip out people’s throats, and the guts they’d eaten had been of the seedless human variety.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
September 19, 2012
Toastworthy Teens! Monica Murphy
New Jersey teen Monica Murphy knew that if she built it, they would eat.
“They” meaning all those served by the Monmouth and Ocean County food banks, and “it” being a replica of her school built entirely out of canned goods.
Completed in the spring, Monica’s cansculpture incorporating 2,500 cans brought public awareness to a cause that’s been dear to Monica since she was in the 5th grade and first discovered that food bank shelves, which are usually well-stocked for the holidays, are often empty during the “off season.”
Monica’s also been mentoring a sixth grader from her school district to ensure her project continues – and those shelves stay full – after she graduates.
Guess you’d say this 17-year-old has a CAN-do attitude. :)
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
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“They” meaning all those served by the Monmouth and Ocean County food banks, and “it” being a replica of her school built entirely out of canned goods.
Completed in the spring, Monica’s cansculpture incorporating 2,500 cans brought public awareness to a cause that’s been dear to Monica since she was in the 5th grade and first discovered that food bank shelves, which are usually well-stocked for the holidays, are often empty during the “off season.”
Monica’s also been mentoring a sixth grader from her school district to ensure her project continues – and those shelves stay full – after she graduates.
Guess you’d say this 17-year-old has a CAN-do attitude. :)
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
September 14, 2012
Please Welcome Christy Dorrity, Author of The Book Blogger's Cookbooks
There’s only one thing I love more than eating delicious food, and that is reading amazing books. I love it when characters enjoy good food in their adventuring. I love it so much that I created a set of cookbooks that combine my loves of reading and eating.
Each year I review the books that I am reading (mostly YA, but a smattering of all genres), including in the review a recipe that complements the book in some way. For example, in The 2012 Book Blogger’s Cookbook, there are delectable recipes like “Caramel Crack” from Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi, "Everliving Soup" from Brodi Ashton's Everneath, and "Jagged Ham" from Elana Johnson's Possession.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
Each year I review the books that I am reading (mostly YA, but a smattering of all genres), including in the review a recipe that complements the book in some way. For example, in The 2012 Book Blogger’s Cookbook, there are delectable recipes like “Caramel Crack” from Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi, "Everliving Soup" from Brodi Ashton's Everneath, and "Jagged Ham" from Elana Johnson's Possession.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
September 13, 2012
Interview & Giveaway @ Readinista!
We chatted about everything from the SOLID Series to But What Are They Eating? to what was on my summer reading list!
Read more and enter to win here:
http://ning.it/Osfx9b
Read more and enter to win here:
http://ning.it/Osfx9b
September 11, 2012
Toastworthy Teens! Nicholas Lowinger
Even as a child (or perhaps because he was a child) Nicholas Lowinger recognized how seemingly small things can have huge importance. When the 5-year-old Nicholas noticed that the children at the homeless shelter where his mother volunteered had poor shoes (or none at all), he began donating his own shoes as he outgrew them.
And Nicholas’s desire to help grew as rapidly as he did, eventually giving birth to Gotta Have Sole – the non-profit organization he founded in 2010 to get new, properly-sized shoes to children in homeless shelters. So far, Nicholas has helped 3,000 kids in 8 states and continues to expand his reach.
What inspires him? In his own words:
New shoes not only provide the perfect fit for a child, but they also aid in increasing a child’s self-esteem. The exuberant expression on the children’s faces while receiving this shoes has been greatly satisfying to me. Parents and shelter advocates continue to comment on how happy the children are when they receive the new footwear. The parents have said that, without my program, they would never have been able to provide their children with such well-made footwear and how this has made such a positive difference in their children’s lives.
To find out more, visit:
http://www.gottahavesole.org
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
And Nicholas’s desire to help grew as rapidly as he did, eventually giving birth to Gotta Have Sole – the non-profit organization he founded in 2010 to get new, properly-sized shoes to children in homeless shelters. So far, Nicholas has helped 3,000 kids in 8 states and continues to expand his reach.
What inspires him? In his own words:
New shoes not only provide the perfect fit for a child, but they also aid in increasing a child’s self-esteem. The exuberant expression on the children’s faces while receiving this shoes has been greatly satisfying to me. Parents and shelter advocates continue to comment on how happy the children are when they receive the new footwear. The parents have said that, without my program, they would never have been able to provide their children with such well-made footwear and how this has made such a positive difference in their children’s lives.
To find out more, visit:
http://www.gottahavesole.org
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
September 7, 2012
Happy Blogiversary to me!
My 'But What Are They Eating?' blog is now 1 (& 1/2 - okay, I'm late) year old.
With the release of "Sound" (Solid #3) right around the corner, I have lots to celebrate; stop by and enter the 2 giveaways going on right now:
Back to the Books Hop - Signed Book
Reach for the Thousands - Ebooks
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
With the release of "Sound" (Solid #3) right around the corner, I have lots to celebrate; stop by and enter the 2 giveaways going on right now:
Back to the Books Hop - Signed Book
Reach for the Thousands - Ebooks
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
Back to the Books GIVEAWAY Hop!
Today is the last day to enter for a chance to win (at my blog) a signed copy of SOLID (Solid #1) or SETTLING (Solid #2), as well as fantastic prizes at over 200 other blogs!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/08/...
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/08/...
September 5, 2012
Guest Post at Her Raven Domain
“Book received from author in exchange for honest review”
How many times have you seen that disclaimer?
And how many times have you dis-believed it?
Admit it, as soon as you see that line in a review, your cynical side jumps to the conclusion that the reviewer must be a friend or relative of the author and whose honest opinion is: I love my friend/relative, know how hard he/she worked on this book, and honestly want to show my support.
Of course, that’s not always the case—I certainly hope that it’s rarely the case—but there’s been more and more talk lately about writers stacking their sites with such reviews.
More:
http://www.herravendomain.com/?p=235
How many times have you seen that disclaimer?
And how many times have you dis-believed it?
Admit it, as soon as you see that line in a review, your cynical side jumps to the conclusion that the reviewer must be a friend or relative of the author and whose honest opinion is: I love my friend/relative, know how hard he/she worked on this book, and honestly want to show my support.
Of course, that’s not always the case—I certainly hope that it’s rarely the case—but there’s been more and more talk lately about writers stacking their sites with such reviews.
More:
http://www.herravendomain.com/?p=235
September 4, 2012
Toastworthy Teens! Janelle Tam
How will you change the world? asked Canada’s Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge.
Janelle Tam provided the winning answer in the form of NCC (nano-crystalline cellulose) – an antioxidant with disease-fighting and anti-aging capabilities that is similar but superior to Vitamins C and E.
The 16-year-old Ontarian, who discovered the potential of the tiny particles found in tree pulp, says she “envision[s] it more as an ingredient that would be added to existing formulations…to tablets or bandaids for wound dressing or [cosmetic cream].”
Sounds to me like vision is the operative word there, and Janelle sure has it! :)
Think you have the next winning discovery?
Visit: http://sanofibiogeneiuschallenge.ca
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
Janelle Tam provided the winning answer in the form of NCC (nano-crystalline cellulose) – an antioxidant with disease-fighting and anti-aging capabilities that is similar but superior to Vitamins C and E.
The 16-year-old Ontarian, who discovered the potential of the tiny particles found in tree pulp, says she “envision[s] it more as an ingredient that would be added to existing formulations…to tablets or bandaids for wound dressing or [cosmetic cream].”
Sounds to me like vision is the operative word there, and Janelle sure has it! :)
Think you have the next winning discovery?
Visit: http://sanofibiogeneiuschallenge.ca
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/09/...
August 29, 2012
SOUND NEWS!
It's official - SOUND (Solid #3) will be released NOVEMBER 1st, and Young Readers has a teaser and giveaway for you today:
http://youngreadersathome.blogspot.co...
http://youngreadersathome.blogspot.co...
