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Book Review: Dare You To (Pushing the Limits 2) by Katie McGarry
Book Reviews, Contemporary Fiction, Dare You To, Katie McGarry, Pushing the Limits
|Dare You To ISBN: 9780373210633 ” I dare you . . .” So much of life seems to start with a simple dare. Ryan Stone and his friends are spending the evening daring each other to collect phone numbers when Beth walks in. Beth looks hard, and there is no way that Ryan will get […]
Book Review: Holy Spokes: a biking bible for everyone by Rob Coppolillo (with a TPiB)
Bikes, Book Reviews, Cycling, Health and Fitness, Holy Spokes, Nonfiction, Teen Issues, Teen Nonfiction
|It’s January, which means your TV is being flooded with weight loss ads and 1 out of every 1 person it seems is making a resolution to lose weight and get in shape. Cycling is a great way to do that. When The Mr. and I were dating, we spent a lot of time – […]
Legend by Marie Lu was a pretty unconventional choice of reads for me in the sense that it has some pretty strong romantic undertones (you know… actual human feelings.) But I needed to pull the car out of the ditch and read something with some emotional depth rather than just for a good story. Fortunately […]
TPiB: The Fairy Garden (inspired by Return to Me by Justina Chen)
Book Reviews, Fairies, Justina Chen, Programming, Return to Me, TPIB
|If you have visited a nursery lately, you have probably seen container gardens put together in whimsical ways and called “fairy gardens”. There are tons of places in stores and online that sell items to make your own, but they are not cheap. I have been wanting to make one for a while now and […]
Graphic Novel Review: Once Upon a Time Machine, reviewed by Karen D
Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Graphic Novels, Once Upon a Time Machine
|Once Upon a Time Machine edited by Andrew Carl, Chris Stevens, and Jason Rodriguez NetGalley Graphic Novel Anthology Oct. 2012 Book Jacket Summary Fairy tales have fueled our dreams and fired our imaginations for centuries. Step inside a time machine built by a collection of today’s finest storytellers, and enter a range of futures where […]
Book Review: October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Leslea Newman
A Song for Matthew Shepard, Book Reviews, GLBTQ, Matthew Shepard, Nonfiction, October Mourning, Poetry
|I first heard about October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard from Terri Lessene at the 2012 YALSA YA Literature Symposium, who described it by saying: “it introduces Matthew Shepard to a generation too young to remember him.” My heart sank when I heard that. Matthew Shepard’s story was pivotal for me and many of my […]
Tonight we’re going to party likes it’s 1962! When you find that your boyfriend is cheating on you with a cyber wife, there is only one thing you can do – swear off all technology and return to a time where life was simpler. That’s right, Mallory is Going Vintage. Back to the 1960s, 1962, […]
Book Review: Sparks by S.J. Adams
Book Reviews, Contemporary Fiction, GLBTQ Fiction, SJ Adams, Sparks
|Ten Commandments of the Holy Church of Blue Matters of the heart come first. Especially someone else’s heart. Be thou not an asshole. This is the point to all religion. Everything else is just commentary. But exceptions can be made for people who deserve it. Goest thou on holy quests- do amazing things. Silly, helpful, […]
Some children are born to monsters, and 19-year-old Ryan Burke is one of those boys. He grew up on a farm under the thumb of a monster wearing the mask of a man, a man that he called father. As his father’s violence grew, Ryan shrank. Until one morning, his father tells him his mother […]
While in Anaheim at ALA ’12, I had the pleasure of being introduced to Daniel Ehrenhaft and Meredith Barnes who were more than eager to tell me about the new endeavor of SOHO Press, an imprint dedicated to YA mysteries! I was more than intrigued and after a lovely champagne toast and kickoff, I knew […]
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