Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Necessary Parties by Barbara Dana My parents never used to be concerned about other people’s opinions. I personally think it’s a poor idea to do something, or not do something, because of what someone else will think. No matter what you do there’s always going to be somebody, somewhere, thinking you’re […]
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 “Hex Hall” by Rachel Hawkins “On her 12th birthday, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. Three bumpy years later, after a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, she’s exiled to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters. By the end of her first […]
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 “It’s a Mall World After All” by Janette Rallison Chapter two of my dissertation: “You Can Meet All Sorts of Interesting People at the Mall.” Don’t talk to them though, as this just encourages them to talk back to you. Talking leads to trouble. Most wars, divorces, and political elections happen […]
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 […]
Saturday, February 26, 2011 Interview: Emily Howse, Author of “Zitface” Hello Everyone! I’m back with the latest (and probably last for a while) interruption in the normal routine of book reviews! A few days ago author of “Zitface” (which I just reviewed here) contacted me, and offered to do an interview with me for the […]
Friday, August 6, 2010 The Missing Girl by Norma Fox Mazer Now you see that he’s carrying a hammer. He takes a nail out of his pocket and hammers it into the window frame. He takes another nail out of his pocket and hammers it in above the first nail. More nails. More hammering. You […]
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford Ghost Boy: Nighty-night, Robot Girl.Robot Girl: Nighty-night.Ghost Boy is a liar, liar liar liar, I thought drowsily as I drifted off to sleep. He does too want a friend. Even if she is a little stiff. That night I dreamed of bridges […]
Thursday, November 18, 2010 Write Naked by Peter Gould She has to think for a minute, whether to tell me or not. Then she does. “You’re in it.”“In what?”“In my tracking journal. You’re an entry.”Oh, great. She was stalking me.Victor is a pretty regular sixteen year old, just trying to live “under the radar.” He […]
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 […]
Friday, February 13, 2009 Magyk by Angie Sage Magyk by Angie Sage (Book One of the Septumus Heap trilogy)I’ve read this book before, and the second, however I forgot what happened in both, and really wanted to finish the series- so, what was I going to do? Well, most people would probably look up the […]