I think time travel books are really starting to grow on me, in that I actively seek them out. Mira’s Diary: Lost In Paris by Marissa Moss first caught my attention at BEA 2012 when I went to the Young Adult And Middle Grade Author Buzz panel. I thought the concept seemed cool because I like reading […]
Dracula Bram Stoker Audiobook Review
October 5, 2012
‘I vant to suck your blood’ does not actually appear in the book Dracula by Bram Stoker. Sad, I know. But you guys, despite all my pop culture influenced ideas pertaining to Dracula, it was a pretty damn good classic vampire book. For real, this is the book that started it ALL. I bought my copy […]
All The Right Stuff Walter Dean Myers Book Review
October 4, 2012
The thing that I love best about reading a book by Walter Dean Myers is that I get a different story every time. While I may not always love that story or find it to be the best ever, I like that Myers is not a one note author. All The Right Stuff is no different, it was […]
Skylark Meagan Spooner Book Review
October 3, 2012
What is it about domes that I find SO appealing? Seriously, you guys, set a book in a dome and maybe have some people escape, and I am SO there, and I say that with the caveat that I was not entirely in love with The Simpsons Movie which also takes place in a dome, so […]
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland Catherynne M. Valente Book Review
October 2, 2012
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland And Led The Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente introduces new characters, brings back old ones and manages to be a rather unique story attesting to the quality of middle grade fantasy literature coming out.
Catherynne M. Valente on ‘Looking Glass Girls’
October 2, 2012
Friends, in between each bloggiesta task this weekend, I had the pleasure of reading The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland And Led The Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente. I loved the brief moments of whimsy it gave me between moments of hard work. To me, Valente’s books about the intrepid young September have staying power, and […]