It is with some sorrow that I say goodbye to the Darkwood tour. I am still not back in form since the death of my father two weeks ago and I feel like I didn’t get the full benefit of the tour. I wanted to interview the author. I believe she’s a professor. I think I read that she teaches creative writing at Stanford. (Am I imagining that? I went looking for that info and I couldn’t find it again.) I would have liked to have asked her why she made some of the decisions she made and I would have liked to have discussed some of her delicious characters with her. But the best-laid plans of mice and men go oft awry.
So I have to let this one go, feeling a bit unfinished. I hope Ms. Breen will give us a chance to tour future books.
Several posts came in, yesterday:
- I put a review at All About Children’s Books
- Becky posted her review at Becky’s Book Reviews
- April talked about fairytales at Cafe of Dreams
- Noel and Robbie converse about the book at Never Jam Today
- Some safety tips from Through a Child’s Eyes
Technorati is still down–they are having major issues, obviously.
And this was a sleepy summer tour. We had just nine blogs posting, but we still came in with 24 posts. These posts included 7 reviews:
- Never Jam Today
- A Patchwork of Books
- Cafe of Dreams
- Hyperbole
- My Utopia
- Through a Child’s Eyes
- All About Children’s Books
3 interviews:
and 1 fun discussion:
Thanks to all you bloggers for your thoughts on this fun and fast-paced story. And thanks especially to M.E. Breen and Bloomsbury for allowing us to look at and discuss Darkwood!
1 response so far ↓
1 M.E. Breen // Jun 25, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I’m sorry the tour is ending, too. My thanks to you and all the other bloggers who contributed — it was a lot of fun, and didn’t involve squishing my running shoes into a carry-on bag or starving on the plane because I forgot to pack a lunch, again. I can answer at least a few of your questions now, in the world’s most mini interview:
I’m not a professor. I was in a PhD program in English Lit, but I wrote Darkwood instead of my dissertation and they don’t give out degrees for that.
I do teach creative writing classes at Stanford through their Continuing Studies Program. The students are terrific.
I also want to say how sorry I am about your dad. My dad died last year, and I know how strange and sad and huge that loss is.
Thanks again, and all the best,
M.E.
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