After many weeks of pondering and percolation, I’m ready to let my readers and fans know about my new website called the YA Fiction Academy. http://www.yafictionacademy.com Come and see what I’ve been thinking about and let me know if you’d like to recommend any titles to my genres!
In my heart of hearts I love books. I love reading them, writing them and anything to do with books feels meaningful to me. That is why I’m going to share this little secret I have about the future and what I hope might be one day. I would like to start a reading academy […]
Just starting the next title for our YA fiction book club about Elizabth, a 15 year old girl who moves from her home in NY city to England to live with her cousins. Published in 2004 I think this one is going to be very funny, judging by this line in the first few pages, […]
I feel like setting off fireworks, standing under confetti, or at least popping a bottle of champagne….but seeing as I have NONE of these on hand, I can only say hooray! And thanks for stopping in once in a while to see what’s going on in my world. Happy 100, baby!
Join me dear readers for a romp through childrens’ fiction in French! I’m excited, scared silly and very intimidated by reading in this beautiful language BUT these are the reasons why I do it I love looking up words in my French dictionary I love seeing a word I’ve looked up and 20x later knowing […]
I had quite a proud moment today when I finished the last page of the funny little novel that broke my heart a little. I have never sat down to read a full length novel in French before, just because it seemed like something I’d never be able to complete. I surprised and delighted myself […]
Hi readers, thought you might like to see how that summer’s been going for me so far! The kids have been off school for 7 weeks and with the teacher’s strike in British Columbia it just might be another 7 weeks til they go back (or even longer). So this is how I feel about […]
Rarely have I been so charmed and delighted to read a novel (first published in the 1960s) about a 15 year old boy who comes to London and meets with treachery, ship wrecks and a plot to bring down the King of England in the 1800s. Read my full review in the YA Book Club page.
So a final note about my 8 3/4 year old son finishing reading my first book. These are actual quotes from him. I finished your book, Mum. I liked the chambers and the keys. When can we get the other one on there? (meaning my second story on his Kobo ereader) This YA fiction author […]
I was so thrilled to find this title in my library’s system for me to download as an ebook. I so clearly remember loving this author, Joan Aiken, as a girl. She’s the one of authors that made me go to the library with my Dad and come home with armfuls of books. My Dad […]
J.E. Reddington 