It’s that time of year! That’s right, the Cybils awards are are kicking into high gear. I’m happy to announce that I am going to be a final round judge for the graphic novels category this year. I’m excited to get started and I’m hoping for a good group of GNs to choose from. A [...]
Archives for September 2009
Library Loot: September 16-30
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
Waiting on Wednesday: Hush, Hush
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Romance was not part of Nora Grey’s plan. She’s never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how hard her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch comes along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Patch draws Nora [...]
Library Loot: September 9-15
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
Graphic Novel Round Up, Part 1
Recently I’ve read several graphic novels. I’m not great at writing full-length, in depth reviews for them as I do for novels, so I thought I would do a compilation post, despite there being no real theme between them. Here it goes:
Rapunzel’s Revenge
by Shannon and Dean Hale
Illustrated by Nathan Hale (no relation)
A girl-power retelling of [...]
Review: Tripping
by Heather Waldorf
Rainey is excited about her summer away on an educational tour of Western Canada called WESTEX. She and five other teens will hike, camp, and learn about survival and Canadian history for eight weeks. Rainy is looking to get away from her father and his new wife for awhile. Looking to leave the [...]
Waiting on Wednesday: Soulless
Soulless: The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger
Soulless, book the first in the Parasol Protectorate Series, is a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of vampires, dirigibles, and tea.
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. [...]
Library Loot: September 2-8
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
Library Habits Meme
I was going to work on my Library Loot for this week but I forgot they’re doing catalog maintenance so I’m not able to access my account and I’m dependent upon that info to complete my loot roundup. It is probably a pretty sad thing that I cannot just look at the books on my [...]
Mini-Review: Dead Is…
Dead is the New Black and Dead is a State of Mind
by Marlene Perez
Cute, light, easy-on-the-brain supernatural books. Daisy is a “norm” in a family of psychics. Her father was also a norm but he disappeared and no one is sure if he’s dead of alive. Daisy believes he abandoned them but the rest of [...]
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