Clockwork Prince Author: Cassandra ClarePublisher: Simon & SchusterPublication Date: December 6, 2011Pages: 497Series: The Infernal Devices, book twoSource: ARC from publisherAbout the Book: In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head… Read more »

Top Ten Tuesday is a feature run by the lovely crew at The Broke and The Bookish Top Ten Books Childhood Favorites I think it will come as no surprise that I loved books as a child. My grandmother was a teacher for years. The adults in my life read to me and bought me books…. Read more »

Nightspell Author: Leah CypessPublisher: Greenwillow BooksPublication Date: May 12, 2011Pages: 336Series: Companion to MistwoodSource: PurchasedAbout the Book: Here be ghosts, the maps said, and that was all. In this haunted kingdom, ghosts linger—not just in the deepest forests or the darkest caverns, but alongside the living, as part of a twisted palace court that revels all night… 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. Today was a day of awesome! My sister and her kids came over to make Christmas cookies. I… Read more »

I’m not one to do a lot of readathons but this one is sponsored by my friend Liza and is going to be a lot of fun! I am hosting one of the mini-challenges so you should totally enter! I suggest heading over to Liza’s blog and linking up to join the readathon. You’ll be… Read more »

Today I have the lovely Leah Cypess on the blog for the Nightspell blog tour! I really enjoyed Leah’s first novel Mistwood as well as Nightspell. I love the unique worlds she creates! In today’s post Leah shares the author’s perspective on reviews. She gives us her own thoughts as well as links to some awesome posts by others. Enjoy!  Top… Read more »

The Springsweet Author: Saundra MitchellPublisher: Harcourt Children’s BooksPublication Date: April 17, 2012Pages: 288Series: Companion to The VespertineSource: ARC from author About the Book: It’s a long way from Baltimore to Oklahoma Territory. But Zora Stewart will go any distance to put the tragic events of her sixteenth summer behind her. So this city girl heads to the tiny frontier town… 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 November 30, 2011 Bitterblue by Kristen Cashore Release Date: May 1, 2012 Published by: Dial Bitterblue is a companion book to both Graceling and Fire and takes… Read more »

Sass & Serendipity Author: Jennifer ZieglerPublisher: Delacorte Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: July 12, 2011Pages: 384Source: PurchasedAbout the Book: For Daphne, the glass is always half full, a situation is better managed with a dab of lip gloss, and the boy of her dreams—the one she’s read about in all of her novels—is waiting for her just… Read more »

It’s Christmas time again! I love this time of year. It’s especially great to do holiday activities with my nieces and nephew. On Saturday we went to a Christmas Tree farm and cut down trees. It was rainy and wet but oh so fun! On Sunday I had my sister’s three kids over. They helped… Read more »