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The weekly web ramble (6/6)
Posted on June 6, 2014 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Games of Thrones, sex, and HBO: where did it all go wrong? – Why libraries are more important than people tend to […] -
Vicky Alvear Shecter’s UNDER of 2013: Under-exposed History
Posted on December 31, 2013 | 1 CommentVicky Alvear Shecter, author of Cleopatra’s Moon, Anubis Speaks, and the upcoming Curses and Smoke, returns to the Over/Under this year to remind us all that there’s far more to ancient […] -
Vicky Alvear Shecter’s Over/Under of 2012
Posted on January 1, 2013 | 1 CommentBeing the unabashed history nerd that I am, of course I had to rope Vicky Alvear Shecter (author of the wonderful Cleopatra’s Moon, and a docent at the Michael C. […] -
The weekly web ramble (8/24)
Posted on August 24, 2012 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – A blogger on how writing a negative review led to death threats <– AUTHOR TALK – N.K. Jemisin explains why she […] -
The weekly web ramble (6/8)
Posted on June 8, 2012 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Via The New Yorker, Ray Badbury shares the inspiration behind his story, The Fire Balloons – Walter Dean Myer‘s keynote address from SLJ’s 2012 […] -
The weekly web ramble (3/30)
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – For those who ever wondered how HBO can afford to make Game of Thrones – And here are 9 clips from season […] -
Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter – Review
Posted on August 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: “The Luxe” meets the ancient world in the extraordinary story of Cleopatra’s daughter. Selene has grown up in a palace on the Nile with her parents, Cleopatra & […] -
The weekly web ramble (8/5)
Posted on August 5, 2011 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle. WEB OF INTEREST –> – So it turns out Agatha Christie loved to surf – Agent Mary Kole shares her thoughts on first lines – Marie Lu lists the […] -
The weekly web ramble (7/29)
Posted on July 29, 2011 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Here’s a look back at a 2007 article where Stephen King reflects on the Harry Potter phenomenon – GalleyCat has […]