Win SHADOWS by Ilsa J. Bick!
Tomorrow Ilsa J. Bick's end-of-the-world story continues on. The sequel to ASHES, SHADOWS, drops like it's about to get eaten. Now if you're a good reader you should be salivating at the face for...
View ArticleAuthor Bites - Sean Beaudoin on All Things Rotting
Sean sure knows how to rock out with his cocks out. He's made this chicken funky since I started reading his epic mind-fuckery years ago. His most recent incarnation of a literary acid trip, THE...
View ArticleNot In My School (18)
Not In My School is a weekly feature that throws out one YA lit cliche a week to compare to my own high school days. Because we all know how accurate those fictional nuances are . . .Weird character...
View ArticleDistant Waves by Suzanne Weyn
Published April 15, 2009.Author website.Four sisters and their mother make their way from a spiritualist town in New York to London, becoming acquainted with journalist W. T. Stead, scientist Nikola...
View ArticleTwo More Reading Challenges COMPLETED!
The Off the Shelf and Titanic 100th Anniversary Reading Challenges are both completed! Woohoo! How accomplished do I feel right now? The only challenge I have left is my Goodreads goal that I set...
View ArticleFreaky Friday :|: 174
Freaky Friday is a weekly post highlighting YA horror published between 1980 and 1999, originally inspired by Sharon's (Loves Books and Cats) Flashback Friday.Title: Zodiac Chillers - In Leo's...
View Article80s Awesomeness! ~ 174
80s Awesomeness! is an original concoction of my insanity need to live in the 80s. The flashback started here and posts weekly on Saturdays, highlighting the best of 80s fashion, music, movies and...
View ArticleThings I've Learned from Books + 167
Posted weekly, you get, for absolutely free, a bit of knowledge learned from the books I read. I just couldn't keep this wealth of information to myself. That would be cruel. It will keep your gray...
View ArticleAdded to the Pile + 124
Two more books wending their way into my pile this week.From Tor -IRONSKIN by Tina ConnollyJane Eliot wears an iron mask.It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War...
View ArticleDumpster Diving, Not A Fan
There's no problem with dumpster diving if you find a shiny CD and clean it up. There IS a problem with dumpster diving if you find a moldy couch that lots of people have clearly loved and just leave...
View ArticleThe Curiosities: A Collection of Stories by Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton...
Published August 1, 2012.ThreeAuthorWebsites.From acclaimed YA authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff comes The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories. - A vampire locked in a cage...
View ArticleI'm Pretty Sure I'm Not Being Boycotted by the Internets
svilen001You may or may not have noticed that, if you click on my stat counter at the bottom of my site, you'll see some rather screwy numbers. Namely none at all. My counter was working fine until a...
View ArticleAugust and September TBR Pile Update
Moving cross-country has a tendency of rattling things up a bit. My one month of being an Arizona resident comes up on Thursday and I'm still trying to settle into some kind of routine. The prospect...
View ArticleNot In My School (19)
Not In My School is a weekly feature that throws out one YA lit cliche a week to compare to my own high school days. Because we all know how accurate those fictional nuances are . . .christgrWriters...
View ArticleYAckers Review - Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Published September 11, 2012.Author website.Kami Glass loves someone she’s never met . . . a boy she’s talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn’t silent about her imaginary friend during...
View ArticleFreaky Friday :|: 175
Freaky Friday is a weekly post highlighting YA horror published between 1980 and 1999, originally inspired by Sharon's (Loves Books and Cats) Flashback Friday.Title: Watcher in the DarkAuthor: Beverly...
View Article80s Awesomeness! ~ 175
80s Awesomeness! is an original concoction of my insanity need to live in the 80s. The flashback started here and posts weekly on Saturdays, highlighting the best of 80s fashion, music, movies and...
View ArticleThings I've Learned from Books + 168
Posted weekly, you get, for absolutely free, a bit of knowledge learned from the books I read. I just couldn't keep this wealth of information to myself. That would be cruel. It will keep your gray...
View ArticleAdded to the Pile + 125
Technically I only received one book this week that's getting added to my pile. The other, BLOOD FOREVER by Mari Mancusi, was graciously sent to me, signed, by the author for reading and /or...
View ArticleWORD's Got Strength
Today I'm over at WORD for Teens talking about strong characters and why showing me their strength will always win over telling me about it. I can tell you about my purple dinosaur pet but if only I...
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