Tag: Tamora Pierce

So Many YA Books!

ByRachel February 2, 2010 5 Comments
The size of my reading que approaches unbelievable lengths this week. I'm still trying to finish PURE by Terra Elan McVoy--I started this one primarily out of curiosity, to see how an author would handle the Christian faith in a mainstream YA novel about sex and friendship. My search for further volumes of Tanith Lee's CLAIDI JOURNALS turned up empty. Oh, I found them at the library all right,...

Trekking Through the Rockies

ByRachel October 5, 2009 9 Comments
I just finished up my long trek to Colorado for the inaugural year of the Sirens conference, and boy oh boy was it a week of adventure! It was an exercise in socializing, networking, intellectualizing...and survival. The altitude alone took some endurance. Crammed into the car with my husband and parents (our luggage practically spring-loaded the trunk), we made the ear-popping climb to Vail, CO,...

Book Club Update

ByRachel September 3, 2009 0 Comments
Don't forget, tomorrow is the next meeting of the Up and Writing Book Club for Tamora Pierce's MELTING STONES. We'll discuss the first and second sections of the book, up to the end of chapter 11. If you haven't read that far, don't worry; the discussion will mostly center on the fist five or six chapters. RHDavis

MELTING STONES: Week 1

ByRachel August 23, 2009 2 Comments
Up and Writing Book Club MELTING STONES, Week 1: Chapters 1-6 (p 1-85) Welcome to Up and Writing's first book club meeting. Let's jump right in, shall we? I'll start the conversation off with a few thoughts: First, I'd just like to say I really enjoyed this book. The first six chapters are enough to let the reader know that this won't be a run-of-the-mill YA fantasy. We've got a teen...