Comments on: Random Word of Mouth

By: C. Lee McKenzie

C. Lee McKenzie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:28:11 +0000

Today’s RAP (I love that acronym)is:

My friend L.K. Madigan is soon to have her debut novel, Flash Burnout, appear on bookshelves. You can also pre-order at Amazon and be among the first to read her poignant, funny, and very excellent young adult book.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:12:30 +0000

I always share my friend’s books with my students at the Institute of Children’s Literature. The latest recommendation was about Dori Butler’s TRADING PLACES WITH TANK TALBOTT. One of my students wanted to address the effect of tragedy on a family.

By: Sydney Salter

Sydney Salter — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:12:48 +0000

I highly recommend Jennifer Brown’s HATE LIST–fantastic read for teens, parents, and especially teachers.

By: Jennifer Morris

Jennifer Morris — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:32:49 +0000

Ack! You caught me! :) I blogged about my illustrator friend Jannie Ho’s new rubber stamp line instead of a book http://jemorris.blogspot.com

By: Darcy Pattison

Darcy Pattison — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:03:49 +0000

Martha, sounds like a great book. Now I’ll have to look for it.

Madelyn, what a funny coincidence that you ran into her again. Cool.

Jean, you’re sneaky to rope in your mom! Sounds like she’s game for it.

Patricia, you can’t go wrong recommending Deborah’s boks.

C.Lee, thanks for posting a nice piece about ASH.

I talked to the children’s librarian here in Little Rock about Alan Gratz’s contemporary Shakespeare stories. She was glad to have another resource on Shakespeare. (www.alangratz.com See his books, Something’s Rotten and Something’s Wicked.)

By: C. Lee McKenzie

C. Lee McKenzie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:09:08 +0000

I posted about Malinda Lo’s debut novel, Ash, and gave the time and place for her book signing launch in San Francisco.

http://writegame.blogspot.com/

By: Patricia Newman

Patricia Newman — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:30:51 +0000

I twittered about Deborah Hopkinson’s ABE LINCOLN CROSSES A CREEK and pointed to her profile on my website where readers can find out more about her with a link to her website. Deb is a master with pb historical fiction/nf!

By: Jean Reidy

Jean Reidy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:35:57 +0000

My mom buys loads and loads of books, for her 6 children, her 20 grandchildren and her 20 great-grandchildren. Books have been her presents of choice for all. Today I told her about my crit buddie, Judith Snyder’s children’s book WHAT DO YOU SEE? coming out this fall with Odyssey Books. I also showed her how to get on Judith’s website.

By: Joyce Ray

Joyce Ray — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:26:44 +0000

I just finished LOST by Jacqueline Davies, a terrific historical novel set in early twentieth century New York. Couldn’t put it down! Today I told my daughter and 5th grade granddaughter and brought it to my librarian. Let’s see, this week I have dental and hair appointments – lots of opportunities for random publicity!

By: Madelyn Rosenberg

Madelyn Rosenberg — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:30:03 +0000

For my word-of-mouth I had planned to contact an old acquaintance, L, about Sara Lewis Holmes’ new book, Operation Yes, which is about a special group of students and their teacher at a school on a military base. L’s family is military and always on the move. The last time I talked to her was a year ago, June, when she and her kids packed up and followed her husband to Ohio. We always used to talk about books when we saw each other, and I’d mentioned Sara’s book back then as one to watch out for. Since the book is now out, I decided to look up L and let her know. Super early this morning, I scanned my address book, searching for her e-mail. No luck. Then I took my kids to the first day of school. There, in the lobby, was L! She’d just moved back to Virginia. Word-of-mouth mission accomplished in person!