MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2013
Publisher Annotation: When the world is breaking all someone wants is safety. A virus that had once been contained has returned, and soon no place will be left untouched by its destruction. But when eighteen-year-old Cheyenne wakes up in Elysian Fields-a subdivision cut off from the world and its monster-creating virus-she is thrilled to have […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. : ABC I am the self-acknowledged comic groupie of our blog. I will admit it. I will be, if not at the midnight premiere of a comic/graphic novel movie, I hit opening weekend. I am in awe of the whole Marvel universe movie-wise right now, because of the huge amount of planning they […]
Her pen is her superpower, A. S. King I told you yesterday, this week is heroes and villains week. So let me introduce you to one of my heroes: author A. S. King. King is a phenomenal writer. And she wrote a book that changed me; made me really exam what I thought about an […]
Good Reads List of YA with Witches
The first time I ever worked in a library was the 8th grade. That was the year it all fell apart. I had just been fitted for my back brace (I was diagnosed with Scoliosis in the 7th grade) and I couldn’t do PE. So they had to stick me somewhere. That somewhere turned out […]
Croak by Gina Damico Tired and desperate from a wide variety of behavior issues, Lex’s parent send her for some rehabilitation with dear old uncle Mort – who, it turns out, is a grim reaper. It turns out, some of Lex’s problem behaviors may mean she is the perfect teen for the job. Something Deadly […]
This week at TLTThree word book talks – with contest! See some of the resulting booktalks here Victoria Scott gives us her take on the state of Teen Fiction. Walking Dead story time Horrifying Reads for October with Kearsten Some people think enthusiastic teen girls and science enthusiasts are mutually exclusive groups. They would be […]
This week we thought we would have some fun and gave you a challenge: Describe your favorite book in just 3 words. It was harder than I thought it would be, but oh so much fun. The challenge was delightful, as were your entries. Here is a recap . . . Jellicoe Road: Mind-blowing. Stunning. […]
Reaper Review: The Wrap-Up List by Steven Arntson
Book Reviews, Death, Reapers, Steven Arntson, The Wrap Up List
|“Dear Gabriela, You’ve been chosen for departure. How about next Wednesday? That gives you a week. Save a dance for me.– Hercule” Some people die, others simply depart. They are escorted by death from this life into the afterlife. The process is pretty straightforward: they send you a notice, you write a wrap-up list, and […]
Reaper Review: Something Deadly This Way Comes by Kim Harrison
Book Reviews, grim reaper, Kim Harrison, Something Deadly This Way Comes
|The memory of fire trucks that existed only in the future seemed to haze over my sight as I looked across the busy road to the three-story apartment complex. Having watched-no, lived- Tammy and Johnny dying in a fire had more than shaken me. It had rocked me to my core. I’d thought that I’d […]
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