Saturday, February 19, 2011 “Gossip From the Girls Room” by Rose Cooper “Gossip from the Girls’ Room fills readers in on all there is to learn about middle school life at Middlebrooke, where Sofia has her very own blog and discusses all the juicy gossip that comes out of the Girls’ room; read along to […]
Sunday, February 13, 2011 “Cloaked in Red” by Vivian Vande Velde “Cloaked in Red” is a collection of small stories, re-telling -with different elements, characters, and details- the story of “Little Red Riding Hood”. The book opens with the author jestingly pointing out all of the problems with the original “Little Red Riding Hood” stories; […]
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 “Crystal Bones” by C. Aubrey Hall (The Faelin Chronicles, #1) April 2011 “Diello and Cynthe have always believed their parents’ rules are too cautious. The twins expect things to be different on their thirteenth birthday. Their mysterious Fae mother has promised them that today they’ll be given magical gifts, and they’re […]
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 “The Eiffel Tower’s Daughter” by Bethany Huang “The Eiffel Tower’s Daughter is a story about love, compassion, family, and life. A girl who has to face it all with no one to help her. She runs away from home the day after her divorced mother unknowingly marries a spy. Swanilde has […]
Sunday, May 30, 2010 Epic by Conor Kostick “Do you ever dream of dueling Central Allocations and winning?” “Always.” Naming a book Epic might seem a bit ambitious… at least, that’s what I thought before I started reading it. Because honestly, Epic really is epic. Epic is placed in the future so I think all […]
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines This is the American Title fight, so people are watching this one all over the globe. When a gladiator wins the American Title, this is his job: to look large, to be the largest man on Earth really. His name appears in novels, it’s […]
Monday, December 21, 2009 Backwater by Joan Bauer She peered at me some more. I wasn’t used to such scrutiny. “I suppose at this moment you think I’m the craziest woman you’ve ever met,” she said quietly. I looked at her standing there with birds on her arms and head. “Fiona’s crazier,’ I assured her. […]
Monday, June 29, 2009 Lily’s Ghosts by Laura Ruby I liked this book, lots! 🙂 It was good, I give it 4 stars! I liked that it was perfectally descriptive enough, with some comedy, romance, horror, drama, and mystery. The wide cast of characters were great. I think it was written very well and the […]
Thursday, July 30, 2009 Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Greetings Bookworms, Cat here to review an awesome book by called Inkheart! 🙂 Summary/Description: Meggie and her father live a simple, seemingly normal life filled with books. They both thoroughly enjoy them. Little does Meggie know that there is a reason her mother is gone and her […]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Wishing Moon by Michael O. Tunnell Aminah threw up her arms to shield herself from flying shards of brass, but she felt nothing. “Say whatso thou wantest!” a deep voice thundered. “Thy slave is between thy hands!” Aminah is one of the many orphaned beggars who live in the streets of […]