Today is a very special day… Leigh Bardugo’s birthday!! Leigh is the author of one of my very favorite reads last year (and really of all time!), Shadow and Bone. It’s also a New York Times best seller, but clearly being one of my favs is more important 🙂 Also, I’ve met Leigh a number of… Read more »
eleanor & park Author: Rainbow RowellPublisher: St. Martin’s GriffinPublication Date: Feb. 26, 2013Pages: 320Source: e-galley for reviewAbout the Book: “Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it’s like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it’s like to be young and in love with a book.”—John Green, The New York Times Book ReviewBono met his wife in… Read more »
Waiting on Wednesday Loki’s Wolves by K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr Release Date: May 7, 2013 Published by: Atom In Viking times, Norse myths predicted the end of the world, an event called Ragnarok that only the gods can stop. When this apocalypse happens, the gods must battle the monsters—wolves the size of the sun,… Read more »
The Raven Boys Author: Maggie StiefvaterPublisher: ScholasticPublication Date: Sept. 18. 2012Pages: 409Series: The Raven Cycle, book oneSource: Purchased hardcover and ebookAbout the Book: “There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.Every… Read more »
So, at the school where I work we have a 20 minute advisory period every day. Each month we focus on a character trait and complete activities and discussions that enforce that trait. Twice a year we take a month and offer fun “courses” the students can sign up for. There are a number of… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a feature run by the lovely crew at The Broke and The Bookish Top Ten Books I Recommend the Most As a librarian I recommend books to my students every day. However, the books that I recommend to twelve and thirteen year olds are different from those I recommend in general. Also,… Read more »
In My Mailbox In my Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. The idea of In My Mailbox is to bring books to the attention of blog readers and to encourage interaction with other blogs. This week was a crazy book week. So many great titles!!! Also, I too have succumbed to Julep so there… Read more »
Eve Author: Anna CareyPublisher: Harper TeenPublication Date: October 4, 2011Pages: 318Series: Eve, book oneSource: Purchased hardcover and audiobookRead By: Tavia GilbertAudiobook Publisher: Harper AudioLength: 6 hours, 30 minutesAbout the Book: Where do you go when nowhere is safe?Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth’s population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded… Read more »
Waiting on Wednesday Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo Release Date: June 4, 2013 Published by: Henry Holt and Co. Darkness never dies.Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as… Read more »
I am so incredibly pleased to be the final stop on the blog tour for Mary Pearson’s Fox Forever, the conclusion to The Jenna Fox Chronicles. It is out today so be sure to order yourself a copy! The first book in the series, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, was one of the first books I ever reviewed way… Read more »
