I have just started reading My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison and already I’m a little bit in love and it’s mostly because of this:
As you requested, we sent Memoir Elves to the mortal Savannah Delano’s home. Madame Bellwings, Memoir Elf Coordinator, was not at all pleased with this request, because elves who write memoirs [...]
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In Love Already
Perfect Chemistry
by Simone Elkeles
Meet two seemingly very different people: Brittany Ellis, co-head of the pom squad and fabulously wealthy, and Alejandro “Alex” Fuentes, resident bad boy gang member from the “wrong” side of town. When they are paired together as chemistry partners, it’s hate at first sight. They both believe they are too different to ever [...]
Cybils Finalists Announced
Ack, I almost forgot to post about this! The finalists for each Cybils category were announce on January 1st. The finalists for the Young Adult Fiction category are:
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
I Know it’s Over by C. K. Kelly Martin
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
Ten [...]
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Darkside
by Beth Fantaskey
Jessica knows that she was adopted and that her name at birth was Antanasia, but what she doesn’t know is that she is actually a vampire and that she was betrothed to another young vampire when she was only a baby. Her betrothed, Lucius Vladescu, has come to collect his bride and bring [...]
Top Picks of 2008
So, I’m a bit behind on this seeing how it is now 4 days into the new year, but here are my top reads in 2008. Not all were new to 2008, in fact one is a 1983 Newbery honor book, but this year was the first time I read them and they made an [...]
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2009 Printz Winner and Honors
Today the 2009 ALA Youth Media Awards were announced including the Printz winner and honors. Since the winner and one of the honors is up for a Cybil in the Young Adult Fiction category, of which I’m a judge, I must remain mum on my feelings regarding these titles so I thought that I would [...]
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