I spent a great Saturday afternoon in March at the first round NCAA women’s basketball tournament games. What great fun getting to experience a small part of the tournament with my family. I love basketball and realized I need to get to some of the basketball related reads on my to-be-read list. These include Boost [...]
Fabulous February Reads: Read the Prinz winner, Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whale. I was sufficiently impressed. Listened to the audio version of The Apothecary by Maile Meloy. Good narration, exciting story. A nice post WWII era alternative history with fantasy sprinkled into the mix. Read The Fault in Our Stars by John [...]
I’m off to a quick start on a new year of reading. I logged 17 titles in January. I read YA, picture books, non-fiction, middle grade, fantasy, realistic fiction, and biography. Covered lots of ground this month! Reading highlights? Here they are: The Queen of Water by Laura Resau and María Virginia Farinango. A [...]
I attended ALA in June. While there, I picked up a dozen or so ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies). I just got around to reading one that I was very excited about when I picked it up back during the summer. Boy21 by Mathew Quick is the story of two boys who have both faced tragedies [...]
I am feeling really good about my reading at this moment! The 2012 Morris Debut Author Finalists were announced by YALSA today. And I am happy to say that I read and loved three of titles, and read parts of another (but didn’t like it, so, I didn’t finish it). So, there is only one [...]
So many books to read. . . so little time left in the year to read them! Didn’t get as many historical fiction challenge books read as I would have liked. Still need to read more 2011 debut authors. And what about all of those Newbery, Coretta Scott King, and Printz contenders I have yet [...]
My Summer reading top 10 for 2011(no particular order) Legend by Marie Lu Divergent by Veronica Roth Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber The Red Umbrella by Christina Gonzalez Fablehaven (1-3) by Brandon Mull The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens Enclave [...]
Just returned from ALA in New Orleans! Thrilled to have snagged some great ARCs. Already reading my autographed copy of Forever by Maggie Stiefvater. Also had the great pleasure of meeting and getting books signed by two of my other favorite authors: Rita Williams-Garcia and Frances O’Roark Dowell. Once again ALA exhibits rock! See my [...]
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It’s the Spring of 1904 and Maggie a 16-year-old Newport girl is ready to plan her society debut. Though troubled by the recent disappearance and presumed death of her mother, Maggie is ready to move on and take her place in society. Her father however, has other plans. He announces to Maggie that they will [...]
