Reading is a very important part of our lives. We are well known at our library, review books for various authors and publishers, and then pick up some more books in our spare time. I'd like to share with you some great reading challenges for children and young adults coming up in 2012. An Illustrated... Continue Reading →
Tara Hudson's new novel, Hereafter, promised to deliver an enticingly unique young adult book, different from the rest of the watered down love stories on the market. Unfortunately, it didn't deliver. Amelia, a ghost who doesn't remember anything except her first name and parts of her death, wanders around aimlessly, as do the first 50... Continue Reading →
Percy Jackson fans will not be disappointed with Rick Riordan's The Lost Hero. The first series creatively wove a modern young adult fiction tale with Greek mythology. My children waited with excitement for each book to be released. Riordan topped himself with this first book of the second series. Rather than merely continuing with the... Continue Reading →
I wasn't going to sign up for The Story Siren's 2011 Debut Author Challenge. Granted, it sounded like fun and would easily fit with some of the other reading challenges we are doing. However, we constantly have a list of books waiting to be read, and my children already have quite a list for us... Continue Reading →
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