Top Ten Characters I’d Want as Family Members Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Okay, for the record… I wouldn’t trade my family members on for these! I adore them 🙂 1. Matthew Cuthbert from Anne of Green Gables as grandfather or bachelor uncle: Sweetest. Man. Ever. Enough said.2…. Read more »
And now to announce the two winners of The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta! Thanks to all who commented and entered. Also, a HUGE thank you to Candlewick Press for giving away and mailing the books!!! Without further ado the winners are… Shabbygeek from that cover girl and Ashley from Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing… Read more »
Angelfire Author: Courtney Allison Moulton Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: February 15, 2011 Pages: 453 Source: Netgalley and purchased final copy Challenge: Debut Author Challenge About the Book: This debut, the first novel in a trilogy, is achingly romantic, terrifying, and filled with blistering action. When seventeen-year-old Ellie starts seeing reapers – monstrous creatures who devour humans… 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. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Vampire Kisses Series… Read more »
Jane Austen… MARVEL style? Author: Nancy Butler (both novels) Illustrator: Hugo Petrus (Pride & Prejudice), Sonny Liew (Sense & Sensibility) As I’ve admitted before I’m a bit of a Jane Austen FREAK! I love her books, the movies, the retellings/continuations, etc… So you can imagine how intrigued I was when I saw the Marvel edition… Read more »
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. It’s a weekly meme to talk about what upcoming book we’re most looking forward to reading Waiting on Wednesday March 9, 2011 Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore Release Date: July 12, 2011 Published by: Delacorte Books Amy Goodnight’s family is far from normal. She comes from a… Read more »
Miles from OrdinaryAuthor: Carol Lynch WilliamsPublisher: St. Martin’s PressPublication Date: March 15, 2011Pages: 197Source: Received from publisherAbout the book: Thirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother’s ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she seems so much… Read more »
Top Ten Dynamic Duos Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish When I first started thinking about this weeks top ten all I could come up with were superheroes and comic book characters (Batman & Robin, Calvin & Hobbs, Snoopy & Charlie, etc…) I can come up with a… Read more »
Melina Marchetta Interviewand book giveaway I’m incredibly honored to have the fabulous Melina Marchetta here on the blog today. Her most recent US release, The Piper’s Son, is set to hit stores tomorrow. It is a companion of sorts to Saving Francesca. I really loved this book. You can see me rave about it here…. Read more »
