Thank You, Carl!

For my birthday this year, Carl sent me some wonderful gifts: a book called Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan, a beautiful blank book from Paperblanks with a copy of one of my poems in the front, and two beautiful postcards by Anne-Julie Aubry (one of my favorite artists!). Wasn't that really nice of him?!! I've started writing in the journal, but I haven't read the book yet. It sounds very good, though, and I can't wait to get to it! Thank you so much, Carl!!! I will be sending you a Thank-you card soon!

birthday books

As you can see, I got a lot of books for my birthday. Here's a list of everything and who got me what:

from Jean:

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card

The Poet's Notebook (a poetry journal full of quotes)


from my grandparents:

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card


from my mom and dad:

Physik by Angie Sage

Back to the Divide by Elizabeth Kay

Dragons: The Greatest Stories by varied authors

Un Lun Dun by China Mieville

The Valley of Secrets by Charmian Hussey

The Hand Of The Devil by Dean Vincent Carter

I'd Tell You That I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter

Best Dog Stories by varied authors

The World of King Arthur and His Court by Kevin Crossley Holland


what I bought with my birthday money:

Icefire by Chris D'Lacey

Finding Redbird by Sharon Creech

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner

A Great And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Leonardo's Shadow by Christopher Grey

I also got an Amazon gift certificate from my Uncle Tony and Aunt Amy that I haven't used yet.

Thank you everyone!!!

Now I am off to add some of these to my challenge lists!