{"id":2854,"date":"2006-09-06T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2854"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:25:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:25:43","slug":"england-autumn-and-girls-raised-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2854","title":{"rendered":"England, Autumn, and Girls Raised by Wolves,"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Jen Robinson’s Book Page<\/a>, the webpage Storybook England<\/a> is an amazing site that gives you all the settings for tales which take place in England. A quiet little site, it’s well-organized and nicely put together, and includes a little write-up on each book — not a review, note, but map information about where things in the book took place, and great places to see there, should you happen to be going. Apparently, one day I should really go to Oxford, as so many of my favorite stories are centered there. This is such a nice site because it’s decommercialized… I imagine if Harry Potter were written in England, there’d be a theme park or something already in the works near the town where he was ostensibly born. (Dollywood, anyone?)<\/p>\n

I just love autumn. I’m going to pretend the dog-days of summer are nonexistent. I am roasting vegetables and baking bread, and looking forward to all the autumn releases. Bliss. Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer wrote a funny and strange epistolary novel called Sorcery and Cecelia<\/i> that I reviewed awhile back<\/a>. I didn’t enjoy the sequel as much, but look forward to checking out The Mislaid Magician<\/i>, which is being released November 1. Also, the Pratchett Countdown has begun… The UK release of Wintersmith<\/a><\/i> is September 28.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a> knows that kids choose books …by their covers. And the favorite covers now? Pink<\/strong>, or monsters. You’ve got to admit, there’s something exciting about monsters on a cover… or a pink cheetah skin pattern. Another round up of some great new releases for the middle grade\/YA and a few pop-up books, too. If you can’t judge a book by its cover, how about by it’s title? New today is St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves<\/a>, which sounds like a funny one. It’s narrated mostly by children, but it’s not necessarily written for<\/i> them, according to author Karen Russell<\/a>. Do take a moment and read her most excellent interview — listening to a new writer talk about her book gives me a lot of smiles!<\/p>\n

History is now being used (gasp!) to “shed light on a baffling present.” The NY Times<\/a> this morning suggests that history is now being taught differently in schools around the nation, and American history is no longer being looked at as a simple package deal: the story of a country. Instead, the country is being looked at within the context of a larger world. Well… from a mind-numbing tragedy finally comes the tiniest seeds of something positive…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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