The Really Great Woman of Samarkand

[maribou]

The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy Volume One, by Jonathan Stroud
Dark and funny and engagingly complicated while still being a proper kid's book. Possibly my favorite book so far this year. Highly recommended.
(98/200)

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, by Julie Edwards
This was one of my most favorite books as a child, and I have fond memories of reading my school library's copy over and over. Unfortunately, it has not quite stood the test of time, and while I treasured rereading it for the memories that came with, I only found it acceptable in and of itself. I can see why I loved it so, but I want different things from it now than what I found back then.
(99/200)

Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969-1980, by Lucille Clifton
I love Lucille Clifton so much, and I was delighted to find this at my bookstore so that now I have some of her work for my very own. A very small sample of her writing:

the making of poems

the reason why i do it
though i fail and fail
in the giving of true names
is i am adam and his mother
and these failures are my job.
(100/200)

Comments

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

In middle school, my English teacher was a friend of Lucille Clifton's, so she came in at one point to do a reading for all that teacher's classes at once. I actually got a chance to talk to her one on one, and she was very nice.

[maribou]

That is very keen.

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

It's funny how I end up randomly commenting anecdotes at you. :/

[maribou]

And appreciated:).