Julianna-Baggott

REVIEW: Pure by Julianna Baggott

REVIEW: Pure by Julianna Baggott

Dear Ms. Baggott, With the buzz over The Hunger Games trilogy, YA dystopian novels are hotter than ever right now – even an infrequent YA reader like myself knows that. I’ll admit to being party to the general enthusiasm. I like dystopian novels in general (at least in theory; in practice I’m careful about which ones I(…)

What Jennie’s Been Reading

What Jennie’s Been Reading

I haven’t been finishing books that quickly lately; first the holidays interfered and then work interfered. I read and reviewed The Lost Book of Mala R. and Lily. Here’s a rundown of what else I’ve been reading: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins: I started this on the recommendation of a friend; it’s her favorite book. I’m about halfway through, and…it’s(…)

The Napkin Project

One of the boys I dated in law school was also in a band. Sometimes they would drink. . . Okay, they would drink alot, but sometimes when they did, they would each take a turn at writing a song lyric on a napkin. Esquire magazine engaged in a napkin project wherein they sent 200(…)