by Jamie Chavez | Jan 17, 2013 | Miscellany, The Arts & Media
As I was writing my recent post on the words and phrases and concepts William Shakespeare contributed to Western culture, I started considering how interesting life is when one knows such things. I mean, do you smile when I write “I’d rather be right than be...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 7, 2013 | Books You Might Like
Every January I post a list of every book mentioned in posts from the previous year. In the past these have been titles I’d read and enjoyed and would recommend—an answer to the what-should-I-read-next question. This year you’ll find books like Fifty Shades of Grey on...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 5, 2013 | The Book Biz
In one of those strange little twists of fate, the week I wrote the post about my Dream Job (you may have read it last week), I stumbled on this blog post from an Actual In-House Editor, Jordan Hamessley London at Grosset and Dunlap. I did the Happy Dance, and set it...
by Jamie Chavez | Dec 29, 2012 | Books You Might Like
I admit it: I am fascinated by lists of things, and this infographic is no exception. It’s a list of YA books set in specific states—all fifty of them. (That’s what the headline says: the fact is there are some middle grade fiction and chapter books on this list; it’s...
by Jamie Chavez | Dec 15, 2012 | Books You Might Like
By now you know my first choice in any gift-giving situation is almost always going to be a book. Even for nonreaders (picture books for toddlers, say; coffee-table books for, you know, those who are capable but choose not to). I’ve written quite a bit about this, and...
