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 [...]
Archives for October 2009
National Book Award Finalists, 2009
The finalists have been announced. Here’s the list of finalists for Young People’s Literature:
Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hoose
Stitches by David Small
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
I’m a bit surprised. At least last year there were a few that [...]
Cybils 2009: Have you voted yet?
We’re over half way through the voting window. Have you nominated your favorite book from October 08-October 09? If you haven’t, what are you waiting for?! You only have until October 15. It’s easy. Click here, fill out the form, and voila.
As I mentioned, I am a judge on the graphic novel panel this year [...]
Library Loot: October 1-13
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: Fallen
Fallen by Lauren Kate
There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.
Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are [...]
Review: The Splendor Falls
by Rosemary Clement-Moore
After a devastating leg injury ends her promising career as a principle ballerina and some poor choices at her mother’s wedding get her in hot water, Sylvie Davis’ life is in an upheaval. While her mother and her mother’s new husband are away on an extended honeymoon, Sylvie is shipped off to spend [...]
Gigantic “To Do” List: Reading and Reviewing
I’m feeling overwhelmed by my “required” reading and reviewing piles. In order to help myself stay on track, I decided to write a trusty list.
To be reviewed:
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (a satisfying ending)
Homicide Related: A Ryan Dooley Mystery by Norah McClintock (even better than the first!)
The Museum of Mary Child by Cassandra Golds [...]
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Comments: My Thoughts Exactly
Liz B. from A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy pretty much summed up my own thoughts on comments. I especially agreed with the following:
I cannot comment on blogs at work, so to the extent I do comment, it’s after work hours or a day off (or, perhaps, during lunch or a break).
You know [...]
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