The Vespertine Author: Saundra Mitchell Coming March 2011 from Harcourt Children’s Books Review from uncorrected proof courtesy of NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. About the book:(from press kit) The summer of 1889 is the one between childhood and womanhood for Amelia van den Broek-and thankfully, she’s not spending it at home in rural Maine. She’s… Read more »
So… remember that post I wrote a few weeks ago about how stealing isn’t cool? No? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Don’t worry… you can read it here. In the post I said that I purchased signed copies of books by the authors that I mentioned and would be giving them away. Well, all the… 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 December 1, 2010 Red Glove by Holly Black Release Date: April 2011 Published by: Margaret K. McElderry The cons get twistier and the stakes get higher in… Read more »
Top Ten Characters I wish I could be BFFs with! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish I’m disappointed in me with this list! It was so easy to think of fictional crushes a few weeks ago. The hard part was narrowing it down. However, when trying to… 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. As I’ve mentioned I was at the ALAN workshop last Sunday through Tuesday. I shipped home FOUR… Read more »
I intended to blog more while I was here at the ALAN (The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) workshop. Really, I did. But honestly? I can’t remember ever being this tired. The workshop was amazing. So many fabulous authors. I shipped more than one box of books home! This means that I’ll be holding multiple… Read more »
Oh. My. Stars. I’ve been here for ONE event and it has already been worth my time/money/extra hours waitressing at a chain restaurant that thinks the words “gourmet” and “burgers” belong in the same phrase! Tonight was the ALAN Reception. It was sponsored by many publishing groups and it was amazing. Here are my highlights…… Read more »
Simone Elkeles I stumbled upon Simone Elkeles’ books shortly after Perfect Chemistry was released. I was browsing the book store and the cover appealed to me. It was on sale so I decided to check it out. I’m very glad that I did! I really enjoyed the story. It takes place in the Chicago area,… Read more »
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. It’s a weekly meme that allowsbloggers to talk about what upcoming book they’re most looking forward to reading. Waiting on Wednesday November 17, 2010 Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer Release Date: July 2011 Published by: Philomel Betrayal, loss, pain, fear. How many trials can love endure and… Read more »
Top Ten Villains, Criminals, Degenerates Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish The characters we love to hate! As I was writing this I realized that there are not a lot of strictly villainous characters in YA. Most that I could think of have another side to them…. Read more »
