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Author Talk: Louis Sachar, author of Small Steps

Jan 10, 2006

January 2006

Louis Sachar's SMALL STEPS chronicles life after Camp Green Lake for Theodore "Armpit" Johnson, one of the former occupants of Tent D from the Newbery Award-winning book HOLES.

What book (you can name up to 3) did you buy in spite of reviews that were less than stellar?

January 6, 2006, 10 responses

January 06, 2006

Happy New Year! Yesterday I was telling a colleague that a lot of time has been spent this past week saying "Happy New Year and how was your vacation?" Probably enough to have had time to read an entire book. This week demands those niceties. Those people who know me know that emails from me rarely have warm fuzzy openers. They just have questions or rambling thoughts or answers. This week I found myself slowing down to add the above line. I am hoping that there are a few more Happy New Years left and then I can go back to being good old dash the note me! Not that I mean anything less by this sentiment.

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January 2006

Happy New Year! I hope you had a terrific holiday. I spent a chunk of Christmas week on the Outer Banks knitting and reading --- often simultaneously. I like this way to multi-task! One quick note: I noticed that when I am reading "the exciting parts" I pick up stitches. I have learned to put down the knitting when I am at those points. At one point I had added TEN extra stitches to a twenty stitch wide scarf!

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Once your group has read an author and enjoyed his or her work, are you more apt to select another title by this author for discussion?

January 1, 2006, 541 voters

December 2005

The Christmas holiday is one of my favorite times of year. I love the goodwill that I feel in the air. I love reaching out to family and friends. I love the connections that come from touching the hearts of people who have meant so much to me all year.

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December 2005

Happy holidays, or as I am calling it, Happy Holidaze! Here comes school vacation and all kinds of holiday celebrations.

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December 2005

Happy holidays, or as I am calling it, Happy Holidaze! Here comes school vacation and all kinds of holiday celebrations.

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What book (you can name up to 3) did you buy in spite of reviews that were less than stellar?

December 16, 2005

Interview: Alan Lee, author of The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

Dec 16, 2005

December 16, 2005

Artist and conceptual designer Alan Lee played a major role in bringing Middle Earth to life in Peter Jackson's big screen adaptations of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In his latest endeavor, THE LORD OF THE RINGS SKETCHBOOK, he recounts his experiences on this monumental project and details how his ideas progressed from their original concepts to finished art. Bookreporter.com's contributing writer Stephen Hubbard interviewed Lee about his interest in art and architecture, and how he combined his knowledge of these subjects with historical background information and his own imagination in his renderings of Tolkien's famous settings.