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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:40:21 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Agentarilly Blonde:
Carlie said, "Confessions of an Unemployed Librarian is no more! I have rejoined the ranks of the working. But not as a librarian.I've started work as an assistant at the Jane Rotrosen Agency. Publishing, as many know, has been a longtime interest of mine, and I..." more
Friday, August 6, 2010 4:32:53 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi:
Carlie said, "Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown, May 2010) is amazing. No two ways about it. It's also taken the #1 spot as the scariest book I've read this year.What it's about: Nailer Lopez is employed as a ship breaker on a light crew. All day,..." more
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 3:02:43 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Been there, read that, bought the t-shirt:
Carlie said, ""Let's go to Hot Topic," I said to Liz B. as we wandered the Willowbrook Mall on Sunday. I don't buy clothes there because I'm simply not cool enough to wear them, but I do love their stationery and accessories. We agreed that if nothing else, we..." more
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:59:44 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled This is not a review of The Handmaid's Tale:
Carlie said, "There were going to be reviews this week, and my thoughts on Ellen Wittlinger's wonderful editorial in this month's Horn Book, but instead I have been selected for the great honor of hosting some sort of disgusting virus for an indeterminate amount..." more
Saturday, July 3, 2010 7:08:57 AM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Mimi's Dada Catifesto by Shelley Jackson:
Carlie said, "I wish this book had been around when I first read Rats Saw God. I mean, not that there's ever a bad time to go back and read Rats Saw God, but since I knew very little about dadaism then, this would have helped immensely. And made me smile, to..." more
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:11:10 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'brien:
Carlie said, "I read Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien because Melissa Rabey told me to, and the only thing I trust more than her taste in clothes is her taste in books. Once again, Melissa proves she can pick a winner, something both trendy and stylish.The..." more
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:14:03 AM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling:
Carlie said, "When I think of the delightful Maryrose Wood, the first book that always comes to mind is Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love, which I love to recommend when I'm asked about romances appropriate for middle schoolers. So it's hard for me, in a..." more
Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:58:04 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled The Duff by Kody Keplinger:
Carlie said, "You know it's been a good BEA when weeks later, you're still unearthing yourself from the galleys. I'm hoping to get out some reviews of at least a few of my BEA haul, but we'll see.First up: The Duff by Kody Keplinger (Poppy, September 2010). I..." more
Sunday, June 13, 2010 12:29:18 AM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Rush, big time:
Carlie said, "A lot of people, now that I'm a confident, outgoing, stylish adult with a killer shoe collection and a makeup box to put Carmindy to shame, believe that I must have been popular in high school. Truth be told, I was neither super popular nor super..." more
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 7:49:08 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled In a dark, dark Furnace...:
Carlie said, "Still alive, just working on a lot of projects that I prefer not to discuss at this time. But!It's going to be a long, dark rest of 2010 until Solitary: Escape From Furnace 2 comes out in December. To tide you (and me) over, here's an Escape from..." more
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 9:42:25 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled 9781591585060:
Carlie said, "No, it's not a phone number. Nor is it the number of excuses I've made for not blogging lately (though it's probably pretty close). Before I reveal this number's importance, I'll rewind a little.Every now and again on this blog, or in comments to..." more
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:29:51 AM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled The Girls by Lori Lansens:
Carlie said, "The Girls by Lori Lansens is one of those books I kept moving down in my to-read pile. Not because it didn't look like a great book, but because I just had to read other books for other reasons. I had a little time to spare while visiting family,..." more
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:21:18 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled The Help: You need it:
Carlie said, "I know it probably makes me uncool to blog about a huge bestseller, but I was never one of the cool kids, anyway.The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a book that I might normally pass up. It's historical fiction, set in the early 1960s in Jackson,..." more
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:21:18 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled My pile of Kindle-ing:
Carlie said, "It happens to the best of us. We hear about a shiny new product, figure our lives are still okay without it, and go on with things. Then we get said product and wonder how we ever lived.Such is the case with my Kindle.(Disclaimer: Though I am an..." more
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:21:18 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled books are always a Hot Topic:
Carlie said, "Am I the last person in the world to know that Hot Topic is now carrying Percy Jackson and the Olympians merchandise? I probably am. But check this out:Bright orange Camp Half-Blood shirts!Trident shirt!Personally, I'm not much of a t-shirt..." more
Friday, December 4, 2009 12:52:15 AM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Holes Goes to Hell:
Carlie said, "Know how much I wanted to read this book? I bought it. (Alas, my local library system doesn't own it and I never got an advance copy.) Not only that, I paid retail for it. I don't remember the last time I paid retail for a book. I have to say,..." more
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:38:23 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Listen up: Tender Morsels:
Carlie said, "Now that I'm finally caught up on my Printz Honor books from last year, I will say this: Not only is the world of YA literature a better place because Margo Lanagan is in it, but I want to know what goes on in her head all day.<--- Australian..." more
Friday, October 23, 2009 3:08:46 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled I read bad books so you don't have to:
Carlie said, "For the past few weeks, I've had to cut back on blogging because I've been busy with, among other things, an internship at a well-known NYC literary agency. It's an agency where I'd love to work someday, and I love the intern work. Getting my first..." more
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:59:44 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Listen up: Carter Finally Gets It:
Carlie said, "Brilliance Audio has this cool new program where they send out review copies of their audiobooks, and when I got the box of Fall 2009 titles, I didn't know what to listen to first. With the help of my to-read list and a recommendation from my good..." more
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:48:48 AM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Refresh, Refresh: The waiting is the hardest part:
Carlie said, "I don't review a lot of graphic novels because my knowledge of art can generously be described as "lacking," but when I heard about Danica Novgorodoff's graphic retelling of Benjamin Percy's short story "Refresh, Refresh," I knew it was one I wanted..." more
Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:45:54 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled A fabulous Orlando vacation:
Carlie said, "Completely off the topic of book reviews, has anyone else wondered lately what's become of everyone's favorite blond elf-boy, Orlando Bloom? For about 5 years there he was everywhere, from Extras:to invading the daily comic strip FoxTrot in the..." more
Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:33:49 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Kissed by the Devil:
Carlie said, "It wasn't supposed to work.When I heard about The Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda (Hyperion, 2009) during Book Expo, I had my doubts. A book about a girl Templar? I'd already read three Templar books this year and none of them were terribly..." more
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:18:39 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled The Librarilly Blonde Authorcrush Series, Part 2: Tim Tharp:
Carlie said, "Welcome to the second in an indeterminate number of installments in the Librarilly Blonde Authorcrush Series. What constitutes an authorcrush? See this post.Today's honoree: Tim TharpThe attraction: Southern settings and first-person narration..." more
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:57:35 PM
Carlie Webber wrote a blog post titled Peer pressure potato peel pie:
Carlie said, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial, 2008) is a book I only read because of peer pressure. Everywhere I went, it seemed that people were talking about it. It's not the sort of book I seek..." more
Sunday, September 26, 2010 4:51:56 PM
Carlie Webber updated the biography on her profile page