Maureen Johnson has a longish post on her blog about book banning. Specifically one of hers. This subject just baffles me. I am so diametrically opposed to the very idea of book banning that I can’t even talk {or write} coherently about it.
This particular challenge is coming right on the heels of me having [...]

There were numerous sightings, but up until today it had been a mere whisper {okay, maybe a roar} on the dedicated websites and fan blogs…The special edition of New Moon.
I made fruitless searches to Target, Borders, and then, today, I was browsing around B&N and there it was. My heart sang. My hands trembled. And [...]

Last night I finished Pullman’s The Golden Compass. To be honest, I struggled with it a bit. And I felt bad about struggling with it. See, it’s my best friend’s favorite book; she has wonderful memories tied up in the book, and I…well, I wasn’t loving it. Not nearly. I haven’t had the opportunity to [...]

B&N’s throughout my state held a “book fair” yesterday in support of local libraries and their summer reading programs. So, of course, I had to go in and do my part. Three books came home with me:

The Sea of Monsters ~ Rick Riordan {I’ve already read this, but I want to own the series, so [...]

“I have learned many things in my long life, and of this I am sure: it’s easier to avoid calamity, my darling, if you never let anyone into your house.”
The Secret Twin by Denise Gosliner Orenstein
The Secret Twin crossed my desk today; I ended up flipping through it and my eye caught on that quote. [...]

A bunch of books came in for me today. Several of them are either advanced copies of young adult novels or freshly published ones. Two non-fiction titles even made their way into my pile today! Huh.
Um, first up is a novel in verse: The Wolf by Steven Herrick. When I requested it, I had absolutely [...]

The weather here in New England was certainly gloomy; usually the perfect time to stay in and read, and while I did do some of that, I also had to work and so on. I even missed my Monday Blood Ties post! {I’ll get to that in a sec.}
First, however…I finally finished John Green’s Looking [...]

Yesterday saw me at Borders, searching the floor for a copy of Prom Nights from Hell.
You know how Borders allows customers to search a computer for store inventory? Well, they’ve gotten cutesy on us. I looked up the aforementioned book and this is what the computer said: Likely in Store.
Likely in Store. Okay. Helpful. And, [...]

As stated a couple of posts ago, I recently cracked open John Green’s Looking for Alaska. In that same post, I mentioned the fact that his obsession with a zit – as related on his video blog – was, oddly enough, distracting me from the novel. At that moment, I decided to add his blog [...]

I loved last night’s episode of Blood Ties. {And was remarkably upset when I found that iTunes had yet to make it available for purchase.}
It was well worth throwing over Harry {Dresden, that is} for the night! And while I don’t have anything remarkable to say about it – except for, perhaps, pointing out [...]