{"id":3851,"date":"2015-09-13T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T06:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2015-09-13T08:20:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T14:20:26","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-449-featuring-silvia-borando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3851","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #449: Featuring Silvia Borando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/9780763681067.int.2cuttinguse.jpg\"><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got a review over at <em>BookPage<\/em> of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silviaborando.it\/\">Silvia Borando&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>Black Cat, White Cat<\/em>, originally published in Italy last year. This English translation comes to us by way of Candlewick Press (August 2015). <\/p>\n<p>The review is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookpage.com\/reviews\/18656-silvia-borando-black-cat-white-cat#.VfTAZhFVhBc\">here<\/a><\/strong>, and below is a bit more art from the book. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy! <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/9780763681067.int.2large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/9780763681067.int.2small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/9780763681067.int.1large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/9780763681067.int.1small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/bcwccover.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><em>BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT. Text copyright \u00a9 2014 by TIWI s.r.l. English translation copyright \u00a9 2015 by Walker Books, Ltd. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA on behalf of Walker Books, London.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome. <\/p>\n<p><center><font size=3><strong>* * * Jules&#8217; Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><br \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>1)<\/strong><\/font> We took a short weekend trip to Tennessee&#8217;s aquarium in Chattanooga. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>2)<\/strong><\/font> Jellyfish are strangely comforting. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>3)<\/strong><\/font> As long as there&#8217;s a barrier between them and me. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>4)<\/strong><\/font> I&#8217;ve been watching Colbert on the <em>Late Show<\/em> all week, which is a commitment for me, because I don&#8217;t normally stop what I&#8217;m doing to tune into a network show. But it&#8217;s been entertaining, and I like how he&#8217;s consistently had guests who aren&#8217;t just celebrity actors. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>5)<\/strong><\/font> Showing the girls <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0088930\/\">Clue<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, circa 1985:<br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/92IkddsjtAA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<font size=4><strong>6)<\/strong><\/font> Playing <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graceland_(album)\">Graceland<\/a><\/strong><\/em> for my girls. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>7)<\/strong><\/font> I don&#8217;t have a seventh kick. The news is depressing to me. Trump, Kim Davis. Well, that&#8217;s enough. Plus, I&#8217;ve family and friends who are sick and struggling. Who has got some <em>REALLY<\/em> great kicks for me? Who&#8217;s got some beauty, some truth, some light? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I&#8217;ve got a review over at BookPage of Silvia Borando&#8217;s Black Cat, White Cat, originally published in Italy last year. This English translation comes to us by way of Candlewick Press (August 2015). The review is here, and below is a bit more art from the book. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seven-good-things-before-monday","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}