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I have to be honest: part of me didn’t want to share my SLJ BoB picks because I didn’t want to let everyone know just how badly I do with predicting what people will or won’t like. Here are my picks; or, rather, what I think other people will pick. Round 1 Amelia Lost v […]
Will you be at PLA next week? If you are there on Wednesday, please come to Book Buzz Junior! From the PLA website: “Wednesday, March 14 8:30–10:00 AM Pennsylvania Convention Center–Grand Ballroom B “Book Buzz with Nancy Pearl” has long been a conference favorite, so we decided to make it even better for the next […]
Frankenstein chapter by chapter reading, continued. Confused? Read my introduction post; chapters I to III; chapters IV to VII; chapters I to IV; chapters V to IX; chapters I to IV. Chapter V Victor and his father are heading home, and Victor confesses his guilt for the deaths of William, Justine, and Henry. His father […]
My ereader is still pretty new; it was an early Christmas present to myself. I signed up for NetGalley, carefully filled out my profile, and included my review policy of not reviewing every book I request. I requested a few titles; one of them was reviewed here, The Kitchen Counter Cooking School. Here is my […]
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga. Little, Brown & Co. 2012. Reviewed from ARC from publisher. The Plot: You may have heard about Jasper Dent’s father. Billy Dent? The Artist? Green Jack. Yes, THAT Billy Dent. The serial killer. What’s Jazz up to now? He was, what, thirteen when his father was arrested? So now he’s […]
From the YALSA Website: Philosophy and Purpose: YALSA believes that access to library collections which reflect young adult interests and needs is essential and that multimedia formats are necessary to accommodate varied interests. The Fabulous Films for Young Adults List is tangible evidence of YALSA’s recognition of the belief that moving images play an important […]
Froi of the Exiles (The Lumatere Chronicles) by Melina Marchetta (Candlewick Press, 2012). Companion to Finnikin of the Rock (Candlewick Press, 2010) (my review). Reviewed from ARC from publisher. The Plot: Froi has spent the last three years making Lumatere his home. He is loyal to those who have befriended him: the royal family, the guards, the returned […]
As I mentioned in February, YALSA changed how people could access the awards and booklists on their website: Changes to the YALSA Website. To recap, at the time, if one went to the YALSA website to look for information about awards and booklists, one had to either login as a YALSA member or fill out […]
Frankenstein chapter by chapter reading, continued. Confused? Read my introduction post; chapters I to III; chapters IV to VII; chapters I to IV; chapters V to IX. Volume III Chapter I Victor, having agreed to Bride of Frankenstein, is now back in Geneva. He’s being Victor, in that he is avoiding what he agreed to […]
Solitary: Escape From Furnace 2 by Alexander Gordon Smith. Sequel to Lockdown. Farrar Straus Giroux. 2010. The Plot: At the end of Lockdown, Alex and his friends escaped the underground prison, Furnace, by blowing up a wall and throwing themselves into an underground river. Alex knew it wouldn’t be easy to escape Furnace. What he […]
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