Kami Garcia

July 10, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Late Summer/ Fall 2013 Books Christie is Looking Forward To

One of the best things I like about conferences is getting ahold of ARCs. Yes, you can get eARCS but sometimes I just like paper. I may be techie but sometimes I’m old-fashioned. And I flew Southwest this past conference, so instead of the huge post office line, I checked ALL of my ARCs. Love […]

February 21, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Movie Discussion: Beautiful Creatures

So now, it’s been a whole week since Beautiful Creatures has come out to the big screen, and we here at Teen Librarian Toolbox have been very patient with you readers in waiting for you to see it. If you haven’t, then go see it, and then come back, because after the break, we’re going […]

November 21, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (reviewed by Christie G)

“I had an open mind, at least by Gatlin’s standards. I mean, I’d heard all the theories. I had sat through more than my share of Sunday school classes. And after my mom’s accident, Marian told me about a Buddhism class she took at Duke taught by a guy named Buddha Bob, who said paradise was a teardrop inside a teardrop […]