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BOOK REVIEW: DEFIANCE by C.J. REDWINE

Posted on December 14, 2012 2 Comments

DEFIANCE will hold a special place in my heart since it was the first thing I ever bought on my NOOK Color (and, realizing that I am a MAC girl at heart, it is saying something that I even GOT a NOOK . . .). Aside from being my first purchase, however, it is a […]

Burning the Candle at both ends . . . with a blowtorch!

Posted on December 10, 2012 Leave a Comment

So, I have not fallen off the face of the earth (at least, I don’t think so. Sometimes I question my sanity and hence, my reality). Anywho, life has been BUSY. Driving the beast, shuffling kids, juggling boobs – I mean, breastfeeding questions – and, as always, writing. Journalism assignments keep me busy as does […]

BOOK REVIEW: SHADOW AND BONE

Posted on October 9, 2012 4 Comments

SHADOW AND BONE by LEIGH BARDUGO When I was a child, my grandmother used to make the most decadent, velvet smooth chocolate sauce in the world. I remember pouring it generously over vanilla bean ice cream and watching it turn the snowy mounds into a river of milky goodness. The best part was always dragging […]

BOOK REVIEW: FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS (YA Dystopian)

Posted on September 15, 2012 5 Comments

FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS by DIANA PETERFREUND ENGLISH TEACHERS TAKE HEED! This book should – no, MUST – be on the classroom reading list. I’d say it is best for the 8th grade and up crowd due to size, but on a reading level, it is not at all difficult. I’d dare say this […]

BOOK REVIEW: GREAT AUNT SOPHIA’S LESSONS FOR BOMBSHELLS (ADULT FICTION)

Posted on September 9, 2012 4 Comments

GREAT AUNT SOPHIA’S LESSONS FOR BOMBSHELLS by LISA CACH I simply couldn’t put this down – read it cover to cover in one day. Lisa Cach is riotous. While it is entirely possible I understand the feminist humor in this because I am a fellow graduate of the oldest all women’s college in the country […]

Book Review: UNDER THE NEVER SKY (YA Dystopian)

Posted on September 6, 2012 6 Comments

UNDER THE NEVER SKY BY VERONICA ROSSI Oh man – I got sucked into this one fast. First of all, I am not really a big dystopian reader (DESPITE the fact that most of the books I have been reading lately of the YA genre fall into that category). In Rossi’s novel, I found many […]

Book Review: THE SELECTION (YA Dystopian Romance)

Posted on September 5, 2012 5 Comments

BEWARE – A few spoilers. Not many though! THE SELECTION by Kiera Class: Right out of the box, I will say it: Absolutely worth reading. I will follow this with a warning however: It ain’t finished. Call me crazy, but I was told over and over again that any one book in a series must […]

Writing the Critical First Kiss

Posted on August 4, 2012 10 Comments

When it comes to definitive moments in film and literature, the first kiss is a daunting mountain to scale. For a director or actor, the first kiss must convey the chemistry and memorability of the people they portray. The success of such a critical moment on film is often owed to that sought after, golden […]

Should YA authors be YA readers?

Posted on July 27, 2012 4 Comments

Time magazine columnist, Joel Stein, argued that adult readers should act like, well, ADULTS and not be reading YA novels. Stein states that, “The only thing more embarrassing than catching a guy on the plane looking at pornography on his computer is seeing a guy on the plane reading “The Hunger Games.” Or a Twilight […]

Digital Campfires and Tweeted S’mores

Posted on July 22, 2012 4 Comments

I suspect camping is quite different now-a-days then it was even five years ago. Granted, I have only been REALLY camping for the past two years (anti-roughing it with my Jayco X20E trailer), but when we go, our electronic devices and laptops come with us. Is such techno-heavy camping a good thing? Dare I say […]