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 February 16, 2011 Illusions by Aprilynne Pike Release Date: May 3, 2011 Published by: Harper Teen Laurel hasn’t seen Tamani since she begged him to let her go… Read more »
Demonglass Author: Rachel Hawkins Publisher: Hyperion Publication Date: March 1, 2011 Pages: 368 I received this book as part of Different Area Codes Book Tours. ***WARNING*** If you haven’t read Hex Hall yet this summary and some of my review may be a bit spoiler-ish. It can’t really be helped with the second book in… Read more »
Top Ten Favorite Love Stories in Books Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish I think a number of my favorite love stories are similar to my favorite fictional crushes from my first ever Top Ten Tuesday. 1. The Tree and The Little Boy from The Giving Tree… Read more »
As a middle school librarian I spend a part of every day talking about and recommending books to teens (sidenote: How cool is it that I get PAID to do this?!?!) It’s Wednesday and I’ve already talked to 7 classes in addition to the teens that come in to the LMC on their own. Since… 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 February 9, 2011 The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong Release Date: April 12, 2011 Published by: Harper Teen Strange things are happening in Maya’s tiny Vancouver Island town. First,… Read more »
Top Ten Characters I’d Name my Children After Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish I’m not so sure on this weeks top ten list. I don’t have children but if I ever do I tend to like names with family meanings. That being said, the following are… Read more »
The Splendor FallsAuthor: Rosemary Clement-MoorePublisher: Delacorte PressPublication Date: September 2009Pages: 513About the Book: Sylvie Davis is a ballerina who can’t dance. A broken leg ended her career, but Sylvie’s pain runs deeper. What broke her heart was her father’s death, and what’s breaking her spirit is her mother’s remarriage—a union that’s only driven an even deeper wedge… Read more »
THE PACKERS WON THE SUPER BOWL!!!!Can you tell this makes me very VERY happy?!?!? As a Wisconsin girl I was raised to love the Pack. I’m just so pleased for them. Could Aaron Rodgers be any more adorable? I think not! In celebration of the Packers’ win I’m giving away two books by Wisconsin authors…. 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. Book titles link to goodreads. Author names link to their website/blog. It’s Super Bowl Sunday! GO PACKERS!!! Willow… Read more »
So, apparently that blog I thought I had scheduled that disappeared? Yeah, it had contest winners in it and I forgot!! So, without further ado…. the winners of my six prize packs! NOTE: They have already been emailed! Prize Pack One: WINNER: Sarah B. Prize Pack Two: WINNER: Cindy from Cindy’s Love of Books Prize… Read more »
