Always be a first rate version of yourself...: Erin Entrada Kelly

What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.

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Sunday, January 20, 2019

Forgotten

The Land of Forgotten Girls came out before Hello Universe, which won the Newbery last year. Last year Kelly published You Go First which I actually liked better than Universe. I also really liked TLOFG more than HU, but still these three are really great books. This one was good even though I really didn't like the main character. I could understand why she was so unlikable, having had a really raw deal all of her young life, but wow, she was just super not likable, which made her more real.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

REALLY good!

Middle grade fiction is SO good! You Go First is SO good! Erin Entrada Kelly won the Newbery for Hello, Universe which I really liked a lot, but I loved this one more! Very realistic and heart-felt. Great characters. The article in the NY Times is what pointed me to it. Good article. I wasn't too excited about HU winning the Newbery. I think last year there were so many better books, even though it was good. But I am going to keep reading Kelly's books because this one was even better!

Monday, April 3, 2017

Shorty

One of the main characters, Virgil, is short and the book is short, too! Hello, Universe is really good. A quick book, but not cheap or cheesy or fluff. It was jut a little too short, I think. But the characters were easy to like and I did care about them! Kaori is super funny, without meaning to be, so parts with her were probably the parts I loved the best.