Last week I was emailed by Kelly, from YAnnabe, asking for my help in a Secret Blogger project. I’m always in for anything excititing! Her goal, and now the goal of nearly 40 other bloggers including myself, is to shed some light on the YA books that we love, that aren’t sitting on the Target [...]

Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink

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I feel rather special, as this book is being released in…oh -3mins, so I guess I’m early, haha. The Library called and I went to pick up four books this week, Michelle Zink’s Debut YA novel being one of them, I [...]

The Library called again, another book for me to pick up, yesterday I picked up three, and I renewed another, pretty soon my collection of books from the Library will  topple off my book shelf and kill me in my sleep. Fitting way to go, as I am a librarian :)
BUT before I can dive [...]

So that Blog every day in April thing, not really working for me I guess. But I am READING at least one blog every day in April, that’s another way to look at the situation, don’t you agree? Yes, I am pushing it. My big order of Library books is in, so you should expect [...]

After finishing this book I read the author’s notes and noticed she mentioned being inspired by Robin McKinley, and Patricia C. Wrede, and it really shows. If you enjoy the works of McKinley and Wrede you will surely enjoy this book. It has some of the light-hearted fun of “Dealing with Dragons” in the relations [...]

Yes, I know I am late on the Lovely Bones reading band wagon, as this was all the rage when I was in college. But I did finally get to it, and found I enjoyed it, I was in a crying mood, you know sometimes, against your better judgment you have a strong desire to [...]

I love anything by Shannon Hale, while this is not my favorite (that was would “Goose Girl”) it did not disapoint. I love how soothing her writing style is, not to say her books are not exciting, this one had a hint of magic (less than any of her other books really)but there were wars, [...]

Read in December, 2008

review:
I’m going to agree with the readers who said this book had a great concept, but fell flat with the writing style. A few reviews ago, someone said that the third person narrative made the story “detached” which might have been intentional, we are viewing the story the same way Janie [...]