#virginia euwer wolff

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Best book I ever read!

I Saw You Reading by Virginia Euwer Wolff

Our buses idled at the red light, I looked through my window and yours, inches apart, at the cover of the book you wouldn’t look up from. It’s exactly the cover on my book. The one in my lap. Best book I ever read!

I jumped. I hit the window with my fist, others noticed and tried to help, in a moment 7 or 8 of us were banging on windows, shouting. “Hey, you! With the book! You! Hey! Look up! Hey! You! Look! The book! In your hands! Hey, you! You! Look!” You turned a page.

The light turned green, our buses slowly sighed and lifted off, yours turned right, ours ambled straight ahead, I’m still in chapter 9. You would have liked me, I know you would have. I know it.

[mygrowingcollection]

Virginia Euwer Wolff

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Virginia Euwer Wolff's groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, who is determined to go to college—she just needs the money to get there. When she answers a babysitting ad, LaVaughn meets Jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mother with two kids by different fathers. As she helps Jolly make lemonade out of the lemons her life has given her, LaVaughn learns some lessons outside the classroom.

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Inktober 2019

Day 27 - Coat

Allegra Leah Shapiro, the main character from "The Mozart Season" by Virginia Euwer Wolff - I highly recommend it!

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My March & April Reads

Writers & Lovers, Lily King - I haven't loved a book this much since Normal People. Not to be dramatic, but it's perfect and I'm probably going to read it once a year.

So We Can Glow, Leesa Cross-Smith - I recommended this collection in an earlier post: Did Leesa Cross-Smith have a vision that the world would desperately need stories like hers right now? Bite-size, lyrical, delicious, with story titles like “Tim Riggins Wouldve Smoked” and “Girlheart Cake with Glitter Frosting.” It's a treat! And I will take this opportunity to once again recommend her previous book, Whiskey & Ribbons.

Love Lettering, Kate Clayborn - A delicious pandemic distraction, and it taught me about the hand-lettering business (clients are annoying in every industry!) and people who hate New York (I can't relate). A personal bonus: Love Lettering is set in my neighborhood, and I really loved/was devastated by all the descriptions of the small businesses that I miss so much right now.

Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino - Fiction is my life’s greatest love, so I consider it a triumph that I read an entire essay collection. My favorite essays were the one about literary heroines (shocker), the one about University of Virginia, and the one about the Houston mega-church. 

Godshot, Chelsea Bieker - Surprising, sad and intense, full of sparkly capes and unforgettable characters. The ending made me cry! Netflix should turn this into a movie asap.

Beach Read, Emily Henry - This book is so great, my god. Hot? Extremely. Funny? Laugh out loud. All-consuming? Hmmm....what quarantine, I have no idea what the news is going on about, Beach Read is my only reality. A trusted friend (what up Kerry) enthusiastically recommended it, but I wasn't prepared to be so blown away by its humor, clever plot, and incredibly appealing (yet believable) love interest. Do not miss this one, it's a gem!

The Switch, Beth O’Leary - Grab this one when you need a story that's funny, charming, and optimistic. Yes, there's romance, but The Switch is more a sweet celebration of family and friendship. I believe it comes out in the US in August, so read O’Leary’s first novel, The Flatshare (absolutely wonderful) while you’re waiting.

The Mozart Season, Virginia Euwer Wolff - A bit of childhood nostalgia, I probably read this 50 times in middle school. Let me tell you, it really holds up! What an incredible writer and a beautiful, intricate story. I finished it last night and spent all morning listening to the music the protagonist plays throughout the story. I also spent some time researching Mozart. Fun fact: dude was really into scatological humor. Anyway, read this masterpiece and rock out to Mozart.

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“A good book is never finished—it goes on whispering to you from the wall.”

-Virginia Euwer Wolff

[book-worm18]

Side note 1:

I read this book but forgot to post about it, so here it is! It was so good and surprisingly, it had a fortunate ending for all characters that, at the same time, wasn’t too cheerful. It was realistic and depressing at times, but was still able to keep its hopeful theme by the conclusion of the story.

Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff

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I Saw You Reading

Our buses idled at the red light,   I looked through my window and yours,   inches apart,   at the cover of the book you wouldn't look up from.   It's exactly the cover on my book.   The one in my lap. Best book I ever read!   I jumped.   I hit the window with my fist,   others noticed and tried to help,   in a moment 7 or 8 of us were banging on windows,   shouting. "Hey, you! With the book! You! Hey! Look up!   Hey! You! Look! The book! In your hands! Hey, you!      You! Look!"   You turned a page.   The light turned green,   our buses slowly sighed and lifted off,   yours turned right, ours ambled straight ahead,   I'm still in chapter 9.   You would have liked me,   I know you would have. I know it.

-Virginia Euwer Wolff

(one of my very, very favorites.)

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Husband, waiting for me spots the book “Make Lemonade” on my shelf & points to it --

Husband: Is that a book about peeing?

Me (looks up quickly, horrified): What? *angry* No! *icy stare* That book won some hefty awards! That author is an award-winner.

Husband: I’m just kidding. Gawd! We kid about everything!

Me: Not about award-winning books or authors.

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Inspirational Quote By Virginia Euwer Wolff “Rise to the occassion which is life!” - Virginia Euwer Wolff

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Feeling nostalgic? Pick up a book that will transport you to the 90's!

Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Make Lemonade series by Virginia Euwer Wolff

This is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey

The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal

The Face on the Milk Carton series by Caroline B. Cooney

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

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comfort tag 🍯

I was tagged by @ladyzayinwonderland to share my favorite comfort things. Thanks for the thought, lovely!

comfort food: ah, the casseroles of my childhood. Noodles prepared in various chinese varieties (haven’t had proper beef noodles or sesame noodles in ages). Or velveeta shells mac and cheese with sweet corn, go figure. 

comfort clothes: Elephant billowy pants, hiking pants, soft t-shirts, my oversized thrift-store soft leather jacket, and the oversized chunky turtleneck that is somehow never too hot but somehow warm enough to wear out as a single layer in sub-freezing temperatures

comfort item: My dangle-charm ring. I like to twist it.

comfort character: Meg Murry, Frodo Baggins, Ninth Doctor, Allegra Shapiro (from Virginia Euwer Wolff’s The Mozart Season), Max McDaniels (Henry Neff’s The Tapestry series), Severus Snape, Data (Star Trek TNG)

comfort song: Star of Eärendil, Susan Boyle’s version of Proud, Before it’s Over from Dogfight, Kingdom Dance from Tangled, and Grieg’s Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Open the Door for Three’s version of Carrig River

comfort youtuber: Caitlin Doughty’s Ask a Mortician, Lindybeige, Jill Bearup, and How to ADHD!

comfort video game: nonono all videogames are the opposite of comforting>.<

comfort film: Little Women 2019(!), Emma 2020, Disney’s Mulan, Treasure Planet, Lilo and Stitch (which I had to wait ‘til college to finally see!)

comfort show: Doctor Who (Ninth Doctor’s run and the OG 1960s team), Star Trek Next Generation

comfort stim: heh, so unfortunately most of my stim-like stuff qualifies as BFRB (body-focused repetitive behaviors, like nail-biting and skin picking) and I’m looking for less harmful alternatives. I guess when I’m really happy I bounce on my toes!

comfort activity: writing meta, knitting+an eyes-and-ears activity, sitting outside and staring closely at plants

tagging: @brightbeautifulthings, @alwaysdramatizing, @phoenixrisesoncemore, @forever-food-and-fandoms, if you’re interested!

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Fav quote of the day:

"A good book is never finished - it goes on whispering to you from the wall"

-Virginia Euwer Wolff

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may I ask, what are some of your favourite books? are there any books you think are brilliant and everyone should read them in their lifetime? please give me some recommendations

i’m gonna kick myself ten minutes from now for missing some key books in my personal canon, but here’s a list off the top of my head (slanted toward YA because i am who i am, and almost all with outstanding female characters... harry, call me):

Gospel (Wilton Barnhardt) The Mozart Season (Virginia Euwer Wolff) Things Seen and Unseen (Nora Gallagher) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) Empire Falls (Richard Russo) Carry On (Rainbow Rowell) The Keeping Days (Norma Johnston) The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks (e. lockhart) Dairy Queen (Catherine Gilbert Murdock) The Basic Eight (Daniel Handler)