The Anatomy of a Grammar Nerd

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Book Spotlight: Ninth City Burning

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This upcoming September, keep your eyes open for this red and orange cover! Ninth City Burning is the first in a new epic science fiction series from the debut novelist J. Patrick Black. As all best books are, it has a YA and mainstream crossover audience appeal. And if that doesn't whet your appetite enough already, below you'll find an excerpt and some additional info! Excerpt The Valentine War, Earth 500 Years Ago It starts with the world how it used to be, with countries and billions of people living everywhere. Back then there was no such thing as thelemity, and people built houses and machines sort of like they have in settlements today, but all of that changed when the Valentines came. The reason we call them the Valentines is that the day they first attacked, February 14 on the old Western Calendar, was called “Valentine’s Day”. We still don’t know what the Valentines call themselves, because we’ve never been able to talk to them. We don’t even know what they look like...
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Book Spotlight: Air

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Throwback Review: Eleanor & Park

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Throwback review from July 2013 - this is a memorable read. Eleanor & Park is a YA 1980s coming-of-age novel by Rainbow Rowell. It’s 1986 and Eleanor’s brilliantly red, curly hair makes her impossible to not see as she steps onto the school bus for the first time. It also makes her an excellent target when you combine it with her odd, eclectic assortment of clothing and the fact that she’s brand new. Unable to watch the horror show, Park offers her a seat by him – in urgent, angrily embarrassed undertones. And then everything changes. This is the moment that Eleanor and Park met their first love – each other. I really don’t want to give more details of Eleanor & Park than that. I didn’t have more, and oh what an experience this novel was!! I loved the slow burn to the romance – that it wasn’t attraction based but initially built on kindness, like interests, and sharing small, but significant, pieces of themselves. Startlingly authentic and genuine, I think it might be...
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