
May 27, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Tomorrow, May 28th, Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia by Jenny Torres Sanchez is released (Running Kids Press). This was one of the best books I have read so far in 2013. In fact, it was for me a 5 star book. Jenny has agreed to do a Twitter chat with us […]
April 1, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The Excerpt (the beginning paragraphs): “The old man across the street is dead. I don’t know who figured it out or how, but I think he’d been dead for days when they found him. School has been out for three weeks. I estimate that would have been the last time I saw him. Alive. […]
March 8, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
On Sunday, March 10th, author K. A. Holt will be visiting my library as part of our Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels visit. If you live in or around the Grand Prairie area, please consider stopping by and supporting libraries and authors. Today, author K. A. Holt shares a guest post with us to talk about […]
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January 7, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting debut ya author Jenny Torres Sanchez at ALA Midwinter and introducing you all to The Downside of Being Charlie. Today I am honored to share the cover of her second novel, Death, Dickinson and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia. Synopsis: Frenchie Garcia can’t come to grips […]
September 1, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
It was author Jenny Torres Sanchez that introduced me to the marvelous writings of A. S. King, so I thought I would let her review Ask the Passengers for us today. Besides, you probably already know that I love the book. So here is another point of view. Stay tuned at the end and enter […]
May 18, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
On Tuesday, May 22nd, a little book is being born called The Downside of Being Charlie. Charlie is a rare gem of a novel because it tells the story of a boy who doesn’t often find himself in teen lit. He is not swoony, he is not a raging bad boy oozing layers of angsty […]
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