My Thoughts: Wow, I liked this book way more than I anticipated. I mean, it’s not like I was expecting it to be bad… I wouldn’t have read it if that was the case! I guess I just didn’t have many expectations. The Carnival at Bray drew me in and kept me involved throughout the entire… Read more »
Today I welcome Isabel Quintero, author of Gabi, A Girl in Pieces. I absolutely loved getting to know Gabi and seeing the world through her eyes! Thanks to Isabel Quintero for today’s guest post. About the Book: Gabi Hernandez chronicles her last year in high school in her diary: college applications, Cindy’s pregnancy, Sebastian’s coming out,… Read more »
For today’s Morris Week post I have a guest post from Len Vlahos, author of The Scar Boys. I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it! Thanks so much to Len Vlahos for today’s post! About the Book: A severely burned teenager. A guitar. Punk rock. The chords of a rock ‘n’ roll road trip in a coming-of-age… Read more »
My Thoughts: The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim is set in a modern day where dragons exists. All other modern day dragon stories I’ve read cast dragons as misunderstood. Not so The Story of Owen! It’s more like a ballad of olde in it’s style and treatment of dragons.Dragons are a pestilence and dragon hunters,… Read more »
My Thoughts: I read this one before the Morris finalists were announced. It was the November pick for the Forever Young Adult Book Club, but I had been meaning to read it before that anyway. I started reading it via audiobook but ended up reading a physical copy instead. The narration was good; the problem was timing…. Read more »
It’s that time of year!!! Time for the American Library Association’s Midwinter meeting. Do you know what this means?!?! It means it’s book award season!! Being the certified book nerd (and librarian!) that I am, I get super excited about this time of year. One of the awards that is announced is the William C…. Read more »
