Cantwell’s writing in American Girl is just as good as Manhattan, When I Was Young, though it’s a little more impressionistic. Perhaps that’s I found it less satisfying than its sequel. I still recommend it. Should I bother with the third of the Trilogy, Speaking with Strangers?
Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action
As we know from Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, well-behaved women seldom make history. Neither do their lives and contributions, nor do those of even their ill-behaved counterparts get collected, preserved, and made available without the deliberate efforts of those who select and describe archival and special collections materials.
Riches to rags story of a 14-year-old on the cusp of graduating from middle school. If you have a hard time sympathizing with poor little rich girls, this might not be the book for you. It’s not the worst read, though, and the ending is a little surprising.
NEW: CFP EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 1
2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
Call for Proposals
The 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, JCLC 2012: Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories and Embracing Communities will take place from September 19-23, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. The mission of JCLC is to advance the issues affecting librarians of color within the profession and to also explore how best to serve the incredibly diverse and changing communities that use our libraries.
Some Blue Bloods characters have a small part in this story, but if you’re expecting the witches to be half as compelling as their vampire cousins, you’ll be disappointed. Witches of East End is bad, but readable. I managed to stick with it even though it was pretty clear early on that De la Cruz isn’t giving us her best.
I’m sorry, but I don’t especially know what to make of this one. Librarian semi-accidentally kidnaps 10-year-old whose parents and pastor are trying to de-gay him. I probably would be more charitable towards the book if it depicted librarians and library work more accurately.
What a nice looking small press book, so well-produced! I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but SSPT is just lovely. Oh yeah, the language and characterizations, too. Crawford takes her time exploring her characters and their worlds.
This book is kind of light and chick-litish, but it’s about women’s roller derby, so it’s at least a little bit awesome. What separates it from typical chick-lit is that while there’s definitely a dude involved, it’s really about not getting the guy.
