December 2009

In a few hours, 2009 disappears into the rearview mirror. Honestly? I'm gonna miss it. Solid year. But first, I'm handing out awards. French literature gets the spotlight first...

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This story became so universal everyone knows it. Even me, and I barely read kid lit. Disney made it famous in the fifties. But I'd never actually read it. Big mistake...

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Guess what showed up under my tree yesterday? A tag. The Christmas tag cooked up by Lou and passed to me by Fashion, who I can't refuse anything. So here goes...

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Cuné flagged this first, then Fashion jumped in. But it took my bookstore stacking ten copies in the window before I caved. Going in, the subject didn't exactly grab me...

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Got this one through Suzanne at Chez les filles. Learned Maya Angelou was a heavyweight in civil rights struggles. Worked alongside Martin Luther King. Fought in the US, then South Africa...

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One tag chases another. This time Keisha's asking me to spill seven secrets. Not easy—I've already revealed a ton on this blog. But let's try...

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I did it. Read my first English novel. Full disclosure: I tried before with British classics. Always crashed. So this time I tackled contemporary American fiction...

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This year Disney decided to spotlight Charles Dickens in their traditional Christmas film by adapting a classic. From the first frames, the director hammers this reference home...

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Despite what the title suggests, this isn't about soccer. This novel tells the story of a painting—The Eleven—painted in 1794 by François-Elie Corentin, depicting the Committee...

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Summer camp in the States. A cheerleader camp. Kristy and her best friend Desiree spend a week there and meet Kristi (with an i) who hates the whole camp concept: sleeping bags, campfires, mosquitos, bad hair...

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