Oh My God. That was not how I was expecting City of Bones to end. So shocking. But overall the book was so good, I had to go out and buy the next book City of Ashes. I think the most impressive thing is that it has action, romance AND humor. It’s hard to get …
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Jennifer Crusie May Have Saved My Life
Or at least my sanity. Jennifer Crusie’s Tell Me Lies* came in from the library right before we left for vacation and I saved it for the trip home. Thank god! There was a snow thing going on in Minneapolis and we spent A LOT of time circling. If I hadn’t had something good to …
Book Release Conspiracy
Why is it that all of the books I REALLY want to read aren’t coming out until April and May??? Or, even worse, not until this summer. I’m going on vacation this week — I can’t wait for release dates! Books I would have bought IF they had been available: Lock and Key by Sarah …
Friday Six!!!
Yes, I am copying Sarah Dessen’s blog idea, but I think her Friday Five blog where she writes about five interesting things is totally fabulous. As I can’t compete with her entertainment-wise (she’s so funny!), I’m going with Six — quantity over quality. Friday Six! Woo Hoo! So here’s number 1) I can’t believe it …
Sunshine
I wrote this post for Madison Public Library nearly a month ago about needing sunshine and reading books that take place in warm climes. And, sadly, I could have written it today. Nasty cold gloomy weather! Now I’m reading Under the Tuscan Sun. Lots of sunshine and heat, plus it’s chock full with lovely descriptions. …
Seeing Me Naked
SEEING ME NAKED by Liza Palmer was SO funny! I don’t read a ton of adult books (who has time, when there are so many fabulous young adult books to read?), but this was definitely worth the trip over to the adult side. I laughed out loud. SEVERAL TIMES. The basic story is about thirty-something …
can’t stop thinking about
Can’t stop thinking about memoirs of a teenage amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin. There’s something about waking up in your own life but having it be completely unfamiliar to you that’s totally compelling. Like when Naomi comes home from the hospital (she’s been hit on the head and can’t remember the last four years of her …
Ghosty Teen Books
I’ve been on a ghost teen novel kick lately — they’re perfect fall reading, even though I ended up with more novels on the funny side than on the strictly spooky side. The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper is the most current one I read and it was so incredibly satisfying. Sparrow …
REPOSSESSED
I’ve officially recommended REPOSSESSED by A.M. Jenkins to about the 500th person over the age of fourteen. It’s incredibly funny, the voice is strong, and the main character is strangely beguiling — he is, after all, the bad guy — a fallen angel who takes over someone’s body while on a little break from hell. …
Patricia MacLachlan, Espresso Cookies, and Pumpkin Bread
Patricia MacLachlan was a great Charlotte Zolotow lecturer, telling stories I’m sure would make her children cringe but brought down the house (so to speak, this was an academic lecture no one threw confetti or anything — maybe I’ll bring some next year and see how it goes over) and welcomed everyone into her family, …
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