Generally I like books that take me on an emotional roller coaster, so they don’t tend to fall into a “happy” category. But this one […]
30 Day Book Challenge: Day 4 — Favorite Book of Your Favorite Series
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling This book is a crescendo. The Harry Potter series grew so large, in so many ways– the […]
30 Day Book Challenge: Day 3 — Your Favorite Series
The “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling I grew up with Harry Potter. I was 12 when I started reading the series; I was 17 when […]
30 Day Book Challenge: Day 2 — A Book That You’ve Read More Than Three Times
Girls in Pants by Ann Brashares “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” series is one of the best I’ve ever read, and my favorite is […]
30 Day Book Challenge: Day 1 — The Best Book You Read Last Year
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein I read a few really, really good books last year— but this one astonished me. I gave away copies […]
30 Day Book Challenge
I formally invite you to take the 30 day book challenge! For the month of September only, join me as I post an answer to […]
What We’ve Been Reading in the Youth Services Department: Children’s 2014
Juvenile Fiction: Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty Boys of Blur by N. D. Wilson Smile by Raina Telgemeier […]
What We’ve Been Reading in the Youth Services Department: YA 2014
Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Harder by Robin York Cinder by Marissa Meyer V is for Villain by Peter Moore Landline […]
Feel at Home This Summer: YA Books Set in Ohio
In the mood for some dystopian/suspenseful reading? For some reason, authors think Ohio is a center for strange happenings: The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee Found […]
A Gothic Review – Guest Post!
My colleague Kathy wrote an awesome review of the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray: A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far […]