Top Ten Tuesday is sponsored by The Broke and The Bookish. The ten authors that I can’t believe I’ve only read 1 book by are: Andrew Smith – I just learned about this author with all the fuss being made over Grasshopper Jungle this year. Now I must read all his books! And get them for […]
First I will say thanks to Random House books for Young Readers and Edelweiss for allowing me to read an e-galley of this title. This was a good book about a young person in what would most likely be called a cult situation. In a way reminded me of the book The Chosen One by […]
I loved Rot and Ruin when I read it a year ago to help pick it for the current Gateway Award nominees. So last summer when I was at BEA and I got to meet Jonathan Maberry, I got the 2nd book, Dust and Decay, autographed by him. I had planned to get to it […]
I got this book thanks to Netgalley and Random House Children’s Books. It’s been a while since I read the first one, Suck it Up. That I read for a possible book on the Gateway or Truman book list a couple years ago. I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t one of my top picks that […]
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi My rating: 5 of 5 stars First, I have to say, WOW!! Why didn’t I read this when I first got the ARC at the bookstore where I work back in October? How stupid am I? This book was sooooo good. I think I waited because at first I was […]
The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book. It is not really historical fiction, but it goes back and does get into some history and it is a ghost type story as well. In a way it reminds me just a little bit of […]
The Last Summer Of The Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is one of the books I read to help with selecting next year’s Gateway Award nominees. I did really enjoy it. Didn’t think I would, again, like many of the titles on the list this year, it […]
Wow, I can’t believe how long it has been since I blogged! School is so busy, 3 jobs are crazy! I also am thinking I may not be able to read the nominees for next year’s Gateway. I am going to get a friend, and maybe some students to help me. But I’m getting an […]
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had been wanting to read this book for a long time. The whole zombie book trend has really hooked me I think. And this book did not disappoint. In fact, you’ll notice I gave it 5 stars, and lately, even books that […]
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver My rating: 4 of 5 stars So, as I started this book, I really didn’t think I was going to like it because the main character, Sam, is just so unlikable. And I know that was the whole point of it, but still, I just didn’t think I’d ever […]