Emerging, slitty-eyed and wrinkled into the light of midnight-plus-one, the year stares up at you, astounding in its ...newness. No missed d...

...Ring in the new, right? Well, in preparation for a New Year, with a New Agent (WOO!) and hopefully plenty of new writing successes for al...

Yaaaaaawn. After three and a half hours of argument and six hours of sleep (::my brain switched back on, and woke me up::) I'm back for...

One of the great joys of the Cybs is discovering that rare new book which hasn't gotten on everyone's radar yet. Other than a fab r...

May you rediscover wonder, and the joy of family and friends this year. Happy Holidays, and Joyful New Year.

In my next life, I obviously need to be from Australia or New Zealand, because they clearly have some of the best YA writers in the world t...

We're getting right down to the wire with our Cybils selection process. The Big Dance for SFF is on the 27th, wherein we stay up all ni...

A very happy holiday from me and Tanita and CitySmartGirl! My greetings (at the moment, anyway) come from Monterey, CA, which is spectacular...

Stories set in various unfamiliar areas - deserts, high mountains, flatland prairies - can be neat things to read, because the weather, ani...

Sometimes, reading along in my Cybs books, I find that the paranormal elements are slow to develop within a plot. That's jarring to some...

This book is a 2011 Cybils nominee for Graphic Novels. I've been meaning to review this book for quite a while, but I find it difficu...

In the category of Cybils Books That Mess With My Head comes the one with the Titanic and freakin' werewolves ( FATEFUL , by Claudia ...

O, Canada! Occasionally you bring us the most interesting new authors... Reader Gut Reaction : This novel is DYSTOPIAN. (* Occasionally, I f...

You see, last time I posted a Toon Thursday , I revisited a theme which seems to be a personal obsession--i.e., rejection. In one of the gre...

I'm a woman of lists, because I swear my brain leaks out of my ears, and I don't have the excuse that it does that in my sleep. Memo...

So, first, the apology...sorry I've been a bit quiet lately, though luckily, Tanita has been more than capably holding down the fort. As...

An Irish character named Teagan, which is my favorite Irish name? Check. High fantasy? Check. Strange new worlds? Check. Strong female chara...

An Irish character named Teagan, which is my favorite Irish name? Check. High fantasy? Check. Strange new worlds? Check. Strong female chara...

Reader Gut Reaction : This novel seemed mistitled, at first, and the cover seemed to have nothing to do with the plot. Flowers in a jar? Aw...

We don't have a lot of Cybils books by British authors, but I'm always a bit pleased when we do have them, because for once I can c...