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Written by Ann Dee Ellis
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Friday, 20 March 2009 |
First of all, why do I always read articles like this?
Second, you all know the Lady Cavemen won the Utah state tourney, right?
I
know you know it--it was all over the news, the blogs, the billboards.
Heck, they were even escorted into town by fire trucks and other loud
cars. I know because I was there. Sitting in awesome seats that kept
making my nose bleed. It was worth it because these girls can play some
basketball.
Anyway, this week's Reader of the Week is one of
the stars of the team. Her name is Amy and she is seventeen and she is
a star three point shooter and she is quite nice once you get to know
her.
Actually she's nice even when you don't know her. For the most part.
I know Amy sort of because my sister is an assistant coach. Here's a picture of them together.
Cute.
Anyway,
Amy grew up in Utah and likes to play basketball (duh), go boating, and
do just about anything active. So, without further ado, here's Amy!
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Written by Ann Dee Ellis
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 |
You guys, don't worry about it but  Everything Is Fine
Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (March 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0316013641 ISBN-13: 978-0316013642
just got a starred review from Voya! Yay!
They said:
“What
makes it so extraordinary is the narrative device that Ellis employs to
searing effect. Mazzy’s voice is laserlike in its efficiency—no
frills, no bull, no guile.”
“A story so painful you want to read it with your eyes closed. It is a
stunning novel from the author of the critically-acclaimed THIS IS WHAT
I DID.”
AND
Barnes and Noble are featuring the book on their review blog!
I
am happy. So happy. Especially since my kitchen floor is sticky with
something I can't identify and my two year old has officially
confiscated my drivers license.
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Written by Ann Dee Ellis
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Monday, 09 March 2009 |
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Dear Day Light Savings,
I love you. I hate you. I am so confused.
Sincerely,
Ann Dee
P.S. Here's a reader of the week teaser: 
I know you can't wait for tomorrow. Or later today. Or in a few hours. I know it.
P.P.S.
Do you want to come to my official book release party? It's in April. I'll tell you more about it later.
Hugs.
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Written by Ann Dee Ellis
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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 |
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"We sleepwalk through most of our lives . . . and . . . every once
in a while something happens . . . outside ourselves that forces us to
pay attention in a new way, or something happens inside us that enables
us to pay attention in a new way. And we suddenly realize that the
world is so much richer, and more magnificent, and more wonderful than
we had felt for a long time. Not to sentimentalize . . . but I think
children live much more continuously in a state of awareness of the
miraculousness of existence." --Scott Russel Sanders quoted in the essay "The Inifnite Suggestiveness of Common Things" |
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Written by Ann Dee Ellis
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Monday, 02 March 2009 |
Hi.
My second book is officially out.
This makes me feel anxiety.
It also makes me feel happy.
Anxiously
happy to finally have a piece of me out there that I can't take back
and that I'm trying to learn to not to want to take back.
Is that a great sentence? I know. You totally want to read my book now.
Next.
On
Saturday I was like, Oh yeah. I am supposed to be getting in shape. I
then stretched on a sports bra and tight pants and ran around my
neighborhood.
It didn't feel good and it didn't feel like it used to feel.
I made it a mile and a half and decided that I needed to let my two year old come with me for the next half mile lap.
he had been standing in the window watching me the three times I'd come around.
So lap four, I held his hand and we ran together.
The whole time he was yelling, "I run fast!!!"
Until he'd see a rock. Then he'd stop and look at the rock.
Then I'd say, "Should we go home now?"
And
he'd stand up, grab my hand and start running again, resuming his "I
run fast" yell. It took us about forty five minutes to go around the
block. Fast.
I was thinking, what if we yelled what we were
doing the whole time we were doing it? Like "I'm eating doughnuts" or
"I'm watching reality TV."
Maybe we would stop doing things like eating doughnuts and watching reality TV. Should I try it?
See this video that holly showed me.
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