Who is your favorite new-to-you author so far this year? I have read so many new, fantastic authors this year, I don’t think I can choose just one. I love what I read from Kay Cassidy (The Cinderella Society), Alexandra Bracken (Brightly Woven), Jennifer Echols (Forget You), and Josh Farrar […]
Final Grade: 96/A 256 pagesYA ContemporaryAvailable NowReview copy purchasedRecommend to students: A resounding YES! BLURB: You’d never guess it now, but Annabelle Cabrera used to be a rock star. And not like her mom or dad called her a “total rock star” after she won a spelling bee or something. […]
This Halloween (Oct. 17-31, 2010), I’m taking part in a fantastic blog tour: The Crossroads. I’m super-excited about it, especially considering the awesome authors who are participating in it. As one of the blogs hosting this (Judith Graves is the big Kahuna on this one–yay Judith!), I’ve got to come […]
I’m joining the challenge! Timeline: July 1, 2010 – August 31, 2010 Levels: Remember swim classes? Thus our reading challenge levels!* Tadpole – Read 4 books in this challenge.* Minnow – Read 8 books in this challenge.* Dolphin – Read 12 books in this challenge.* Shark – Read 16+ books […]
Final Grade: 95/A 304 pagesYA Contemporary RomanceAvailable nowReview copy purchasedRecommend to students: Yes, with reservations (Content: sex, language) BLURB: WHY CAN’T YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU FORGET…AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER? There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four-year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s […]
Final Grade: 94/A 354 pagesYA FantasyAvailable nowReview copy purchased BLURB: When Wayland North brings rain to a region that’s been dry for over ten years, he’s promised anything he’d like as a reward. He chooses the village elder’s daughter, sixteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabel, who is a skilled weaver and has an […]
Final Grade: 93/A- 322 pagesYA ContemporaryAvailable NowReview copy purchased WIN THIS BOOK! (Contest rules at the bottom of this post) BLURB (via Amazon): Sixteen-year-old Jess Parker survives by staying invisible. After nine schools in ten years, she’s come to terms with life as a perpetual new girl, neither popular nor […]
The books I’m currently reading are: The Carb Lover’s Diet–I’m a carb addict and I’m trying to get healthy so I’m all about this book. I should have time to try the recipes within the next few days and, hopefully, they’re as good as they look in the pictures (plus, […]
When I was younger, I remember summertime was rerun time. There was NOTHING good on TV, unless they were rerunning an episode of a show you missed. We spent our summers playing Star Wars outside (which usually degraded into a game of Ghost in the Graveyard because all the girls […]
BLURB: After a close encounter with the front end of a school bus, Alona Dare goes from Homecoming Queen to Queen of the Dead. Now she’s stuck as a spirit (DON’T call her a ghost) in the land of the living with no sign of the big, bright light to […]