Title: Evermore Author: Alyson Noel Genre: Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: April 1, 2010 eBook: 438 KB Where’d I Get It: purchased via Amazon Synopsis (From Goodreads): Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras, hear people’s thoughts, and know a person’s life story by […]
Archives for September 2010
Speaking up for “Speak”
September 19, 2010 by ·
Author Laurie Halse Anderson wrote about a sensitive subject and her book is now under fire from a man spouting ridiculous nonsense. Books. Should. Not. Be. Banned. We have the right to read whatever we choose. We have the right to allow our children to read whatever we choose. ————————————————————————————————- No one (well, no one […]
In My Mailbox & etc.
September 18, 2010 by ·
Over the last two weeks I’ve received some lovely books through the mail. So, I thought I’d take a moment to post a public thank you here, and spotlight what arrived. The first to arrive was an ARC of Random by Craig Robertson. This was sent to me from Simon & Schuster UK and is […]
Smart Chicks Kick It Tour
September 18, 2010 by ·
I am going. Tonight. To the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour. If this text has not adequately conveyed the extreme excitement I am feeling, let me just say this… I am extremely and totally excited beyond what is probably rational for an adult going to a Young Adult author signing to be. But there you […]
Book Blogger Hop – Sep 17-20, 2010
September 16, 2010 by ·
This week’s theme is: In honor of Book Blogger Appreciation Week, let’s take time this week to honor our favorite book bloggers and why we love them! Well, that’s a tough one! I have so very many “favorites” at this point that it’s nearly impossible to pinpoint just one or two. That said, though, there’s […]
I’m beginning to -really- love the library.
September 16, 2010 by ·
I’ve developed this obsession (go figure) with library books. Before two weeks ago, it had been -years- since I was a regular patron at a local library. There wasn’t a reason, really, other than I simply did not have time to read all that much. Oh, and my city (Gulfport, MS…boy do I miss it!) […]
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
September 16, 2010 by ·
Title: Wondrous Strange Author: Lesley Livingston Genre: Young Adult Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: September 22, 2009 Paperback: 352 pages Where’d I Get It: Library Synopsis (From Goodreads): 17 year-old Kelley Winslow doesn’t believe in Faeries. Not unless they’re the kind that you find in a theatre, spouting Shakespeare—the kind that Kelley so desperately wishes she […]
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
September 15, 2010 by ·
Title: Shiver Author: Maggie Stiefvater Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks Publication Date: June 1, 2010 Paperback: 400 pages Where’d I Get It: Library Synopsis (From Goodreads): the cold. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—watches back. He feels deeply familiar to her, but she […]
