This is a story about child soldiers in Uganda, in Africa, and about Kony Joseph. It's fictional, but based on a true account. Despite ...

Tanita and I wish you all a wonderful holiday weekend full of book binges and marathon reading sessions. (I'm hoping to fit in a few mys...

Fans of Patricia McKillip, Juliet Marillier, Brenna Yovanoff, of Holly Black's plot twists, and of a good hedgehog tale will really enj...

Summary : Mortal Heart is the final book (SAD FACE) in Robin LaFevers' His Fair Assassin trilogy ( Book 1 reviewed here ; Book 2 review...

I'm still not quite back on a normal blogging schedule--I don't quite have the brain space for a review today (though the book cur...

I received this book courtesy of Full Fathom Five Digital and while normally I prefer digital books which have paper counterparts, I made an...

I just heard word in my inbox of a new upcoming event for all of us voracious readers. In case MotherReader's 48-Hour Book Challenge isn...

When I first saw that Beth Revis had self-published a new novel, I wondered why. After all, her ACROSS THE UNIVERSE series was three success...

Summary : In the interests of full disclosure (and a little bit of self-satisfied squee-ing), I met Karen Sandler in person at this year...

Featuring everyone's favorite place to write, "Le Cafe Snooty." I'm pretty sure it's reappeared in several of my car...

I take book recommendations from friends seriously, and when Charlotte said that THE IRON TRIAL was a fun book, I went ahead and snagged it...

Some of the most popular library titles are those with the "ripped from the headlines" topical premise. Remember rainbow parties? ...

I'm particularly guilty of absenteeism these days, at least as far as the blog is concerned, but I thought I'd tune in briefly just ...

Somehow, though I've been reading along faithfully, I never got around to reviewing the second in the Gail Carriger Finishing School ser...

Wow, a book review! What with all the ranting going around here lately, I'd almost forgotten that I do that. But, partially to blame ha...

Between the two of us, Tanita and I have done several posts with our notes and impressions from this year's KidLitCon in Sacramento. I...

The one and only Floating Head of Shannon Hale! It rocks! It talks! It silences its viewers! I didn't take as many notes as I should ...

This cover is really awesome. Summary : Protagonists whose past is hidden--even, sometimes, from themselves. It's something author S...