19.09.2010
I was flipping through Daniel Pennac’s The Rights of the Reader this morning. And in doing so, I was exercising one of my rights—(#8) To Dip In. My relationship with books is complicated. I love books. I love reading. But sometimes I don’t. Read, that is. When I was little, I read everything. When I got [...]
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05.08.2010
There’s been some talk lately around the kid lit blogs about literary fiction versus commercial. Although nearly impossible to define—and let’s not forget how subjective that definition would be as well—literary fiction is perceived to be more quiet, lyrical, and character driven, where commercial fiction is plot driven. Fine. But is one better than the [...]
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