My Thoughts: I know that this book isn’t new but I had to blog about it anyway! I read it in November and absolutely loved it!! It gives you so much to think about and discuss! I’ve passed it around to a number of teachers and students that I work with and they’ve really enjoyed… Read more »
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
My Thoughts: You have to love a book that starts out by disproving the adage “You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friends nose.” John Green and David Levithan tell this story in alternating chapters. All of the odd chapters are told by John Green’s Will… Read more »
Eva Ibbotson
Okay, I admit it, I like these books. The reason this is difficult for me to admit is that I am not a huge fan of romance. Actually, maybe it’s just the connotation that I think of when I hear that a book is a “romance.” But, as I said, I like these. I like… Read more »
Keturah and Lord Death
My Thoughts: I randomly picked this book up at the bookstore yesterday. I vaguely remember hearing about it as a National Book Award finalist but that’s it. The cover is what really caught my attention. I really didn’t have any expectations going in to it. This is the story of a sixteen-year-old girl named Keturah…. Read more »
“Faerie” Tales
Once upon a time… I was certain that I wouldn’t like books about “faeries.” In fact, aside from The Chronicles of Narnia, I was pretty sure that the genre of fantasy was not for me. Ironically it was the Golden Compass and Harry Potter that changed my mind. I had to read both books for a YA… Read more »
Along for the Ride
My Thoughts: Can I just start off by saying how much I love Sarah Dessen? Her books are fun and yet still have some depth to them. There are always waiting lists for her books in my LMC. This means that I have pretty high expectations of her new releases. Along for the Ride did… Read more »
I’m working on it AND Manga!!!
So, I haven’t been blogging as regularly as I’d like. I could use excuses like summer school, family stuff, etc… but it really comes down to me being a bit lazy AND being to involved in reading to write. Hmmmmm, this won’t do at all. I’ll work on it 🙂 What I really wanted to… Read more »
Marcelo in the Real World
My Thoughts: I received a free copy of this book from a giveaway I entered at goodreads. Thought I’d share the review here as well. Marcelo is not what his father would call “normal,” but he is okay with that. He is happy with his life and looking forward to his senior year at Paterson… Read more »
Fire
My Thoughts: I’ll admit, I was a bit hesitant about this book. Graceling was one of my favorites of the year and although I was excited about this book I was a bit leery because it was a prequel. I don’t always like those, especially when the only character that appears in both is not… Read more »
Catching Fire
My review oh. my. stars. Now I have to wait for the third?!?! I couldn’t even wait a few more months to read this one!!! Since I read an ARC I don’t want to give anything away. I’ll just say this…. ….the beginning felt a bit rushed to me. There was a lot going on… Read more »