I checked out a copy of this book from the library. Reader Gut Reaction : I wish I'd read this one sooner, and I wish I'd had a ch...

Just a few random bits of news and links for a weekend morning... ...If you saw our earlier post or any of the other kidlitosphere blog po...

Well, gosh! It's been awhile. There's been a bit of chat here in the years since grad school, on everything from book evaluation vs....

In case you hadn't heard already, Oregon author L.K. Madigan has passed away, losing her battle with pancreatic cancer. I posted about i...

As announced by the SFWA Awards folk, it's the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy * Ship Breaker, Paolo...

I picked up a review copy of this book at ALA Midwinter. Chasing AllieCat is now available in paperback. Reader Gut Reaction :What impres...

I don't always post thoughts about writing as much as I really should--I often leave those for my personal blog , reasoning that it'...

"You never would have guessed what I had been through; where I had been. I didn't look “crazy”-I never had. I looked like any other...

I picked up an advance review copy of this book at ALA Midwinter. Mad Love is now available in hardcover. Reader Gut Reaction : I have to...

You know how, when you're little, you sit and imagine the kind of house you'll have? And you know how you have those whimsical ideas...

Today marks the start of a new Toon Thursday series...it may seem a bit similar to Common Species of the Literary World, but...it's just...

Greetings! In case you haven't been pointed that direction for your reading and commenting pleasure, the Brown Bookshelf is doing their...

I purchased a copy of this book. Reader Gut Reaction : There's an immediacy to this story, and a clarity of detail, that made it easy ...

Requiescat in pace , Brian Redwall, whom this afternoon the BBC is reporting died , at age 71, of a heart attack. I was never able to get in...

Long before I reached these green and soggy isles, I was a big Aardman fan. We watched all manner of Wallace & Gromit movies, loved the ...

Erm, no, I'm not talking about the entire world of kids lit moving, perhaps winging its way to some new utopian planet where everyone r...

That cwazy wabbit... Xin Nian Kuai Le! Gung Hay Fat Choi, bunny people. Peace and serenity and joy to you, this year of the Rabbit. Gong Xi ...

I received a review copy of this book from the author. Reader Gut Reaction : When one of the quotations kicking off a book is by Lisa Simp...

That's right, it's time for your semi-monthly edition of Toon Thursday. This one's got a little heavy reading, but I promise it...

Ah, I love blog-wandering. Thank you, awesome people, for having linkage in your margins. I do find the most awesome things sometimes... I d...