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Meof50days
Meof50days rated it 9 years ago
Ann Angel has assembled a collection of short stories about "secret selves" from a variety of YA authors, from established ones like Chris Lynch and Ellen Witlinger, to debut authors. Some of the secrets are obvious ones teens would face, like their sexual activities or their outsider quirks. A few ...
Blogging Between the Lines
Blogging Between the Lines rated it 10 years ago
Poor storytelling, too much message-sending, bland characters, unbelievable and predictable settings and situations, unreadable short stories that no teen will find appealing. Sorry, I did not enjoy this at all and I don't think teens will either.
Rashika, The Book Owl
Rashika, The Book Owl rated it 10 years ago
I went into this expecting it to be a cute little read, and it was that, but at the same time, it was so relateable. That sounds funny coming from an almost adult but as a kid who had been a third wheel to her friends and sometimes still is, I found an instant way to connect with the main character....
liblb
liblb rated it 10 years ago
Walker, a teenager grieving his brother's death, gets a visit from Jesus after praying for help. He and his mother, who live above the nursing home she runs, have been struggling to deal with Noah's death. This modern day Jesus spends some time with Walker and helps him come to terms with his loss. ...
Bookivorous
Bookivorous rated it 10 years ago
Title: Sex World Who wrote it? Poet Ron Koertge, author of The Ogre's Wife and many other great works Plot in a box: On the one hand, it's a collection of flash fiction, so there is no plot. On the other hand, it's a collection of flash fiction, so there are like 50 plots. Invent a new t...
I'll think of a damn title later
I'll think of a damn title later rated it 11 years ago
Fairy tales and fables are fascinating, and authors are often tempted to put a different spin on them, or use them to enhance an otherwise dull plot (cough, cough, The Red Queen Dies, cough cough). Ron Koertge reimagines the fairy tales by telling the stories from other viewpoints, adding bits of...
LitReactor
LitReactor rated it 11 years ago
Title: The Ogre's Wife Who wrote it? Ron Koertge, a poet in his 70s who you would swear was just an emotionally intelligent 25-year-old. Plot in a box: Some poetry collections have plots, but not this one. It's just 80 pages of awesome. Invent a new title for this book: So You Were Con...
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 11 years ago
Jesus comes to Coaltown to comfort a grieving teen. Slim but funny and poignant. Raises some big ideas worthy of pondering. A savior that sports Chuck Taylor high tops is alright with me.
Sesana
Sesana rated it 12 years ago
Really uneven. The idea seems to have been to do a series of fairy tale retellings, in free verse. I like that idea, it's why I picked the book up. But the execution varies wildly. Some of the poems are essentially straight retellings, but from a different point of view. The Cinderella poem that ope...
Read and Reviewed
Read and Reviewed rated it 12 years ago
I'm not going to do an official review of this at all, but here are my basic thoughts. As is typical with any collection of stories, some of these were good, others not so much. What some of them also were was REALLY strange, and not always in a good way. The Bluebeard, Bearskin, and Beauty and the ...
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