Grace Lin's Blog, page 80
March 26, 2012
on my desk monday
It's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon in Hebrew:
Anyone read Hebrew? I am thinking I might do a giveaway later of some of my foreign language editions...
Anyone read Hebrew? I am thinking I might do a giveaway later of some of my foreign language editions...
March 25, 2012
Sunday Chinese School
Welcome to Sunday Chinese School, where we learn a Chinese word (or phrase) a week with my mom!Today's word is:
worms
qiūyǐn
蚯蚓
March 24, 2012
on the way to the grocery store
it's spring!
March 23, 2012
fortune cookie friday
"A man must despise himself before others will."
-Chinese Proverb
March 22, 2012
on the way to the grocery store
some fun public art!
I think those are feet inside there!
I think those are feet inside there!
March 21, 2012
a tweet away
I have a twitter account (@pacylin) but I have to admit I am a pretty poor tweeter (twitterer?). I usually forget that I even have the account (my blog posts auto feed into the account so it does look like I do tweet regularly), but every once and a while I check in. Luckily, I recently checked in, because @maggiedoyne (a tweeter previously unknown to me) sent me this photo:
Isn't it lovely? Apparently Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is being read in Nepal! I'm so amazed, honored and thrilled that the book is being read all over the world. So humbling.
Isn't it lovely? Apparently Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is being read in Nepal! I'm so amazed, honored and thrilled that the book is being read all over the world. So humbling.
March 20, 2012
booktalk tuesday
The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinleyIndieBound Description:
Robin McKinley's mesmerizing history of Damar is the stuff that legends are made of. The Hero and the Crown is a dazzling "prequel" to The Blue Sword.
Aerin is the only child of the king of Damar, and should be his rightful heir. But she is also the daughter of a witchwoman of the North, who died when she was born, and the Damarians cannot trust her.
But Aerin's destiny is greater than her father's people know, for it leads her to battle with Maur, the Black Dragon, and into the wilder Damarian Hills, where she meets the wizard Luthe. It is he who at last tells her the truth about her mother, and he also gives over to her hand the Blue Sword, Gonturan. But such gifts as these bear a great price, a price Aerin only begins to realize when she faces the evil mage, Agsded, who has seized the Hero's Crown, greatest treasure and secret strength of Damar.
My Thoughts:
This was one of the first real fantasy books I ever read and I adored it. But I also wished I knew how to pronounce Aerin. Was it like Erin? Or Air-ee-rin?
March 19, 2012
on my desk monday
At my recent school visit in Portland, Oregon, the librarians surprised me with this adorable baby gift:
It's an Ugly Vegetable baby hat! I'm pretty sure this is a fu gua (bitter melon). Awww! Isn't it the cutest thing? I can't wait for the Rain Dragon to wear it.
It's an Ugly Vegetable baby hat! I'm pretty sure this is a fu gua (bitter melon). Awww! Isn't it the cutest thing? I can't wait for the Rain Dragon to wear it.
March 18, 2012
Sunday Chinese School
Welcome to Sunday Chinese School, where we learn a Chinese word (or phrase) a week with my mom!Today's word is:
test
cèyàn
测验
March 16, 2012
fortune cookie friday
Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth."
-Japanese Proverb
