2007

Voices

1 Comment / 2007, Fiction, Sci Fi and Fantasy /

I haven’t read many Ursula K Le Guin books, the Catwing series is pretty much all I can remember reading (And I am a very big Catwings fan, and so are the three big kids. The small kids never showed much interest.) I kept seeing Voices at Amazon and on various book blogs so I reserved it at the library. I didn’t know it was the sequel to something. I hate reading books out of order but TW said it wouldn’t matter, so I read it. And I liked it.


Another story where the bad dudes don’t recognize the accomplishments and worth of women. Another story where books are feared by the bad guys and worshipped by the good guys. It was good. Good enough for me to head over to my library website and reserve the first one.

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Allegra Maud Goldman

2007, Favorites, Fiction /

I was reading Bookburger a few weeks ago and I saw Allegra Maud Goldman mentioned as a book Laura Ruby had liked as a teenager. I’ve read a lot of YA and this was not a book I recognized, so I reserved it through the ILL system. OMG awesome.


This is one of the BEST YA books I’ve read in a long time. One of the best “coming of age” type stories about girls growing up in the shadow of male privilege, pre WWII. Much of Allegra Maud Goldman still speaks to what it’s like to grow up a girl today. Which is really too bad, isn’t it?


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