Yep, that's what you get from me today, because it is the last week of school and my upcoming weekend will be filled with GRADING FUN as...

Summary : I want my epic fantasy to sweep me away but, at the same time, tantalize me with hints that this is a world that COULD be, a wor...

Click to embiggen. Happy Weekend! Enjoy The Forever Girls , a little tale by graphic novelist and cartoonist (& Melissa Wiley's ...

I've read two adventures lately which I can only describe as "cinematic." There's so much chaotic action, I can easily im...

Welcome to another edition of In Tandem , the read-and-review blog series where both A.F. and I give our on-the-spot commentary as we read ...

If you haven't been over to the Cybils blog in a while, you're missing out--there's been regularly posted content, including boo...

It's a truth acknowledged universally &tc. that I am not the artsy person in this blogging duo. A.F. - she draws, she's Cybil...

Since I recently received my very first real-life, official, honest-to-god blurb request, I've been thinking a lot about it. Working on ...

I'm always intrigued when authors I've read in adult fiction turn their attention to the YA realm. I've only read one other Este...

Roz Chast's Poetry Month poster - request it here ! I like to do the occasional link roundup, and since it's National Poetry Mon...

Happy Thursday and welcome back to In Tandem , the read-and-review blog series where both Tanita and I give our opinions, back and forth, co...

Awhile back we met Hazel and Daisy in Murder Most Unladylike - or, in clunky American titling, MURDER IS BAD MANNERS (I have a horrible su...

It's lovely having a personal connection to poetry - and a poet. We've all known (for a given value of communicated-on-the-internet-...

April is National Poetry Month, and this year marks the first I really, truly feel like I'm putting my best foot forward and getting inv...

I am ALL about the mysteries, and it's kind of all over the board - adult fiction, YA fiction, and now MG. I heard about this mystery se...

Summary : Happy book birthday—two days ago—to Nova Ren Suma's latest YA offering, The Walls Around Us ! This title shares a lot with I...