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Madeleine L’Engle Favorites
Semicolon —
Authority: 133
Favorite adult novel by Madeleine L’Engle: The Love Letters Second favorite adult novel: The Severed Wasp Third favorite adult novel: Certain Women. Semicolon review here. Favorite Young Adult novel: The Small Rain . Semicolon review here . Favorite of the Time Quartet books: A Swiftly Tilting Planet ...15 hours ago -
After by Amy Efaw
Semicolon —
Authority: 133
I read this one because my eighteen year old brought it home from the library and read it, then recommended it to Brown Bear Daughter, who is almost fifteen. Then I found out it was about a girl who abandons the unexpected baby to whom she gives birth in the beginning of the novel. Then I saw that it was recently ...5 days ago -
Bad Review Monday (Reprint)
R.W. Ridley —
Authority: 423
One bad review dont spoil the whole bunch, now! (Originally posted on June 5, 2008) I just popped on over to Amazon and noticed I got a new review for The Pure. I was excited to see that it is a one star review. I haven’t gotten one yet, and I wondered how I would react. I’m actually very ...5 days ago -
TRAILER TIME: PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF
Hollywood Outbreak —
Authority: 600
A new trailer for THE LIGHTNING THEIF from the PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS series has just hit the web. Fan of the books or not, this looks like it’s going to be a biggie for star LOGAN LERMAN.6 days ago -
Cicada Summer
Book Dads —
Authority: 497
Poor Lily has never been quite right since the accident. Unable to read or even speak, she’s become all but invisible to most of the townsfolk except for her father and Fern the kindly shopkeeper. But Lily is hiding a dark secret. She really can speak, and even read – she’s read all of the Nancy Drew books ...1 week ago -
Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater
Linus's Blanket —
Authority: 493
As a young girl, Grace Brisbane is attacked and dragged from her tire swing by a pack of wolves. Though she is bitten, she is saved from from serious injury and death when a wolf with odd yellow eyes steps in to save her from the others. Over the next six years Grace avidly follows “her wolf” and he returns the ...1 week ago -
Black Mirror, by Nancy Werlin
Linus's Blanket —
Authority: 493
Frances and her brother Daniel are scholarship students at the prestigious Pettengill School. Both have gladly escaped their deteriorating home life with their broken father, crotchety grandmother and memories of their absentee mother, who has left the family to find herself in a Buddhist colony. Upon boarding ...1 week ago -
Hate List, by Jennifer Brown
Linus's Blanket —
Authority: 493
Valerie spends the summer hiding out from her friends and anyone else who knows her after her boyfriend Nick puts an effective end to the school year with a violent and deadly rampage, killing students and teachers from their shared “hate list” as well as innocent bystanders before ending his own life. Just as ...1 week ago -
On Reading YA
Both Eyes Book Blog —
Authority: 421
I read young adult books. Granted, I live with a young adult, and we read together, but I don’t need that excuse. Young adult books at their best can be better than their adult counterparts: they cover bigger issues, have more interesting plot lines and better drawn characters, and display more engaging ...1 week ago -
Family Reading Hour: “Feed”
Both Eyes Book Blog —
Authority: 421
What are those things that gang aft agley? That’s right, “the best laid plans of mice and men!” You’d think my ambitious plan to read with my new family for at least an hour a night would fall through, wouldn’t you? Well, ha! Because it’s been sixth months now and we’re still going strong. ...1 week ago -
Book review: ‘If I Stay’ by Gayle Forman
write meg! —
Authority: 124
Settle in for a heartbreaker. Once you hear the premise of Gayle Forman’s If I Stay , it doesn’t take long to realize this isn’t exactly going to be a feel-good read . . . but you’d be surprised how ultimately uplifting this tale can be. Seventeen-year-old Mia is out for a car ride with her parents and ...1 week ago -
Ash
Flamingo House Happenings —
Authority: 125
I’m a fairy tale fan. I’m also a modern day fairy tale fan. When I’m Here, I’m Queer, What the Hell Do I Read mentioned Ash I went immediately to my library website and reserved the book. Awesome. Not just a lesbian Cinderella but there are also fairies and huntresses. Best adaptation of Cinderella I’ve ...2 weeks ago -
Coming up on Vulpes Libris
Vulpes Libris —
Authority: 495
This week on Vulpes Libris, the Foxes are taking on big topics. From stages of life to life changing events to other lives altogether, we have challenges every day of the week. On Monday , Jackie looks at 1950’s suburbia in Richard Yates’ first novel, Revolutionary Road . On Tuesday , RosyB finds Somewhere ...2 weeks ago -
The Time Quake (Gideon Trilogy) by Linda Buckley-Archer
Collected Miscellany —
Authority: 124
It ain’t always easy being an “objective” book reviewer. I so often find that expectations and mood can have a big impact on my particular take on a book. So afterwords I try to think about why I reacted a certain way so I can offer useful evaluation for potential readers. I recently experienced this with the ...2 weeks ago -
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That Lesbian Mom Next Door —
Authority: 110
Nanowrimo Solo Sounds like someone in Star Wars. But it actually describes my writer state this month. I am, as last year, attempting to write a novel in a month, part of National Novel Writing Month, which has thousands of participants annually. But I dont know any. Last year--when I technically "won" because I ...2 weeks ago -
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That Lesbian Mom Next Door —
Authority: 110
Ash by Malinda Lo I started crusing the Young Adult section of bookstores years ago, looking for new material for our daughters four hundred page a day habit. Then after she talked me into reading a few, I started looking for myself. And that Im writing YA, Im checking out the new releases all the time. Which is ...2 weeks ago -
Book Review, outside IN
The Book Chook —
Authority: 418
One of our strongest human needs is to fit in. This drives so much behaviour, particularly in our teenage years. Do you remember feeling that everyone else was cool, confident and charismatic, while you didn’t even fit inside your own skin? I don’t think things are any different for Generation X, Y or Z: ...3 weeks ago -
Guest Post with Tammar Stein, Author of Light Years
Mother Daughter Book Club Blog —
Authority: 124
Today I’m guest posting at Tammar Stein’s blog . My essay is about how reading with your daughter helps you stay closer to her as she grows. Tammar is the author of Light Years . Here’s the publisher’s description of Light Years : “ He went to school to learn how to kill me. The Israeli girl who ...3 weeks ago -
The Wyrm King (Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles) by Holly Block and Tony DiTerlizzi
Collected Miscellany —
Authority: 124
This has turned into YA fiction week here at CM. So we might as well keep things going with another illustrated chapter book. The Wyrm King is the final book in the Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles which appropriately enough followed The Spiderwick Chronicles . Here is a video trailer to pique your interest: ...3 weeks ago -
Review – The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin'? —
Authority: 456
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson 265 pages Published April 29, 2008 Fiction, young adult You can hear me blather on about The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson OR you can take my word for it that you should just drop everything and go read this book. I’d seen this book around and I was ...3 weeks ago
