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psalm_onethirtyoneBook related items!
1. I kind of badly want to start a children's book reviews/recommendations blog a la Smart Bitches Trashy Books but with children's books instead of romance novels. Please tell me I should not do this, especially since I am a) neither witty nor consistently funny enough to pull it off, and b) would be doing it partly so that I can rant about what a terrible book Ann Rinaldi's The Staircase is (note to Ms. Rinaldi: it is hard to turn someone into a sympathetic character for no apparent reason when you have spent the first half of the book trying to prove how horrible she is by having her stab a kitten's eyes out with an embroidery needle.)
2. I need recommendations for children's books, as happens. Specifically, for children's books with strong male characters. I realise this sounds counter-intuitive, but, trust me, I have a good reason. By no means books where the female characters are wimps or despicable! But I need ones where the guys are brave and smart and otherwise admirable. I have already given her the Arthurian/Aksumite series, but she's a pretty voracious reader and I need more.
3. I am reading a very awful YA book right now. XD It has every single cliche imaginable, and I am enjoying it immensely.
4. This actually has nothing to do with books, but my headaches will not go away and ibuprofen tastes icky, so I wanted to complain. Also we are probably going to have to amputate Maria's foot if it doesn't get better.
1. I kind of badly want to start a children's book reviews/recommendations blog a la Smart Bitches Trashy Books but with children's books instead of romance novels. Please tell me I should not do this, especially since I am a) neither witty nor consistently funny enough to pull it off, and b) would be doing it partly so that I can rant about what a terrible book Ann Rinaldi's The Staircase is (note to Ms. Rinaldi: it is hard to turn someone into a sympathetic character for no apparent reason when you have spent the first half of the book trying to prove how horrible she is by having her stab a kitten's eyes out with an embroidery needle.)
2. I need recommendations for children's books, as happens. Specifically, for children's books with strong male characters. I realise this sounds counter-intuitive, but, trust me, I have a good reason. By no means books where the female characters are wimps or despicable! But I need ones where the guys are brave and smart and otherwise admirable. I have already given her the Arthurian/Aksumite series, but she's a pretty voracious reader and I need more.
3. I am reading a very awful YA book right now. XD It has every single cliche imaginable, and I am enjoying it immensely.
4. This actually has nothing to do with books, but my headaches will not go away and ibuprofen tastes icky, so I wanted to complain. Also we are probably going to have to amputate Maria's foot if it doesn't get better.
