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“If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
~C.S. Lewis
When I was in fifth grade I decided I was going to be an author. When I was fifteen, determined to get a job, I went to a bookstore. When I settled into a career I became a Young Adult Librarian.
I still carry a little spark of hope that someday my fifth grade dream will become reality. And that bookstore? I worked in it for nine years. The discount was a dangerous temptation; it kept me there longer than was probably wise. As for the library, a decade later and it remains a wholly fulfilling job.
“What you are is a complicated girl with simple needs. You need your books and time to read, and you need a few friends and you need someone—not to take care of you, but to care for you. If you have all those things, you’ll always be alright.”“Breakable You” by Brian Morton
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The original header image for Tempting Persephone – not my current one – can be found here: the spirit by ~Chaosgoettin on deviantART
Your site is very well done. I share your 5th grade spark of hope and love of reading. I’ll visit again.
Thank you! And I hope you do.
Glad you got Forget-Her-Nots! Love the C.S. Lewis quotation! Keep dreaming; it took me 8 years to get my novel right!
I’ve been waiting to dig in – closer to the release date. Can’t wait to read it!
Just stumbled upon your blog. I must say I am really enjoying your book reviews.
I am currently doing a YA challenge, and I was surfing around looking for some book recommendations. There are plenty here to choose from…
Thanks
Thank you, Nishita. Good luck on the challenge – there’s so much good stuff out there now!
Chelle! I never knew you had this blog! Why did I think Hailey was your niece?
Noticed your Twitter note about Georgette Heyer – well Sylvester is a Heyer book in which Richard Armitage is the reader for the audiobook – and he will be the reader for Venitia too — if that impacts your choice that is..since you had a blog about him thought I would let you know. check out a list of his voiceover/reader work at http://www.richardarmitageonline.com/index.html
Thank you for telling me!! I tracked it down and am totally loving it!
I like your blog!
Thanks! The feeling is mutual.
Um… I just realized I spelled my name wrong before. It’s one of those days…
You’re a YA librarian?
I’m reading an Australian YA book right now that you might like. ‘The Piper’s Son’ by Melina Marchetta (http://www.melinamarchetta.com.au/novelspipersson.html) I’ll have a review up soon.
I am, and love it. Thanks for letting me know about the book – heading your way now.
Where did the blog title, Tempting Persephone, come from?
I, too, am a librarian in a middle school in Atlanta. I have a book review site, though not as cool as your blog. It’s called Teen Tomes. teentomes.wiki.lovett.org
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I came up with it.
I love mythology, and Persephone is a particular favorite of mine. Books are one of my temptations, so I just combined the two.
Thanks for calling my blog cool. Made my day!
I’ll be checking out yours.
I just saw this page! I should’ve made a comment in this page when I found out about your blog. Sorry if I just made random comments in your posts. I added you in my watch list.
I really like your blog, the content and the layout and everything else.
I just found your blog. Very nice! I love the quotes you put on the about section! (I knew the CS Lewis one, but the other is completely new to me. Thanks for introducing me to it.)
A libriarian is a great accomplishment. The rest, I think, the author part, has more to do with unconscious reisstance than anything else. It can take a life time to over come that. Those books look really, really interesting. That’s something I could never do, conceive of a story line. I envy people who can do that. I think my big dream is to be the research lackie to a great author.
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Like your blog!
Matt
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Hiya, just stopping by to say I’ve nominated your awesome book blog for the Liebster Award! Keep up the good work: http://happyindulgence.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/liebster-blog-award/
Hello! I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. You can find more info here: http://starlightbookreviews.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/versatile-blogger-award/.