Shelley Workinger's Blog – February 2012 Archive (5)

Ugly to Start With - John Michael Cummings

Jason Stevens, our 13-year-old protagonist, doesn’t eat much in this story, although that’s hardly surprising since his family’s home is the dilapidated one in town that of the more…

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Added by Shelley Workinger on February 24, 2012 at 8:21am — No Comments

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie

“I’ve never seen anyone so poor in my life! Do you know what he takes with his liquor? Pebbles! I swear it’s true, on the head of my mother. He dips them in salty water, puts them in his mouth, rolls them around and spits them out again. He says this dish is called ‘jade…

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Added by Shelley Workinger on February 10, 2012 at 7:07pm — No Comments

Follower Love GIVEAWAY Hop!

This hop, organized by Happy Endings and I Am A Reader, Not A Writer, features

almost 300 (!) participating blogs offering book-related giveaways!…

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Added by Shelley Workinger on February 7, 2012 at 7:30am — No Comments

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk - Sid Fleischman

Ventriloquist Freddie the Great finally finds himself living up to his title when he’s suddenly possessed by a Jewish spirit  known as dybbuk – “a scrappy demon who glows as if spray-painted by moonlight.” Avrom (the dybbuk) assures the Freddie that he’s as “harmless as a slice of rye bread,” which of course makes me wonder, How harmless is rye bread? Can it in any way be used as a weapon? A poison?

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Added by Shelley Workinger on February 3, 2012 at 2:55pm — No Comments

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