Mel’s Blog

I haven't been sleeping very well. Actually, I don't tend to sleep well. It tends to take a while for me to fall asleep, and then once I do, I [...]

I lost my new favourite purple hat and a piece of my luggage on the way to Vermont.  I'm feeling a little too sad about the loss of the hat [...]

With school starting on Sunday, I realized that I will have to do what I can to organize my reading. (Hence the fun little widget on the right hand side.) [...]

Last week my friend Kate was talking about a book that she really loved. As she spoke, she expressed that it was it was significant if she remembered a book [...]

My friend whispered to me across the way, "Mel! Mel! Come and take a look at this!" I skipped over (yes, skipped as it was the first time in many [...]

You all know of my love and possible obsession with L.M. Montgomery. This is no secret. It is also no secret that I was incredibly excited about the new edition [...]

Last week, I blogged about Boy Book Crushes and how one of the bigger plot devices in YA is the love interest. I suggested that there was an archetype of [...]

I am in Montreal for the weekend visiting my brother Joel and some old friends. Among my brother's many talents, he is also an actor.  For the next two weeks [...]

I've been reading Erin Blackmore's The Heroine's Bookshelf: Life Lessons From Jame Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder. If you haven't heard about it or picked it up yet, I highly [...]

I got some news yesterday. It was devastating. I pondered whether or not to even write about it on my blog. But, anyone who has read this blog has witnessed [...]

This article in Thursday's New York Times has been making the rounds among book peeps: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/us/08picture.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=general&src=meIn the article, Julie Bosman discusses why picture books sales are declining in the U.S. [...]

I wanted to share Laurie Halse Anderson's blog post this morning in which she discusses a new way of looking at Historical Fiction as Historical Thrillers. That woman continues to [...]