Member: boeflak

Noticed you liked Clockwork Orange, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also about a group of violent kids (and also a bit dark). I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the book before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 8:58 am (EST) on Sep 14, 2009

Thanks for accepting the friend request :-)

Have a great day

posted by mariaretz at 8:02 am (EST) on Mar 23, 2008

Re: Spong.

1. Where is pony? :)
2. Yes, good on “Agatha Yarnell.” You may have noticed that she now has attained actual existence (well, at least a virtual one) as a tag (!) on Amazon, and in at least one message on beliefnet, as in, “Yarnell's life sentence has, by the way, been overturned by a Texas appeals court.”

posted by oakesspalding at 6:31 pm (EST) on Jan 12, 2008

Hi, Kate -
Saw your comment re: "Tom's Midnight Garden", and your request for any additional recommendations for your 7-year-old. I read "Tom" to my four-year-old and she adored it. I first read it when I was 12, and much of its magic is that Tom is right in that twilight period where he's not quite a child but not yet a grown-up. I think a precocious 7-year-old might like it a lot, particular if the child has a somewhat sensitive side - no dragons or spaceships or atomic ray guns here! Even if he reads it now, I'd urge him to re-read it about the time he first starts to notice girls.

I didn't learn to read until I was about seven, and I doubt your child would be interested in "Peanuts the Pony" or "I Can Read!" so I don't have a great sense of what a typical 7-year-old boy would like (assuming such a thing as "typical" exists), but my wife reviews children's books and I've asked her to give me a few recommendations when she's free. I'll forward those soonest.

BTW - Sounds like we've pursued parallel paths in our careers - journalism into PR. We also have the Bay Area in common. I was raised in San Jose and San Bruno, though not in a McMansion!

posted by boeflak at 10:44 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2007

I am looking for books for my 7-year old boy and loved your review of Tom's Midnight Garden. Very helpful for those of us who are working to "grow lovers of reading!" Thanks. Got any more you loved this much? :-)

posted by moretoastplease at 8:54 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2007

Welcome to Books Compared. I hope you'll join the discussion, and perhaps contribute a comparison of your own some time. Your journalism background certainly gives you a perspective we can all benefit from!

posted by margad at 1:06 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2007

Sorry it took me so long to reply. I am indeed a big fan of Tom's Midnight Garden. I read that book once a month for several years. I kept hoping that eventually I would wake up and it would have happened to me.

posted by rbtanger at 6:27 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2007