The June Round Up!

June was a pretty big month for me. I went to Book Expo , my blog turned eight years old , I posted about the merits (or lack thereof) of...

"The Miseducation of Cameron Post," by Emily M. Danforth

The Protagonist: Cameron Post. When her parents die on the same day she kisses a girl, she subconsciously wonders if she somehow caused the...

"The Wild Marquis," by Miranda Neville

The Chick: Juliana Merton. A bookseller whose business tanked once when her husband died and her customers decided a woman couldn't poss...

Film Review: Pixar's "Brave"

Pixar's Brave is an excellent example of a movie that improved in my mind as I reviewed it. My first reaction after watching this movie...

The Weekly Wanting (10)

Happy Sunday, everybody! Nothing much happened this week, other than I finally set a deadline to finish the first draft of my YA novel tenta...

"American Gods," by Neil Gaiman

The Protagonist: Shadow. When he's released from prison mere days after his wife's sudden death, he impulsively accepts a job from ...

"Throne of Jade," by Naomi Novik

The Protagonist: Captain William Laurence. He recently helped win a significant victory for Britain and her allies with the help of Temerair...

Eight Years! Count 'em, eight!

It's true. My blog is now old enough to enter the second grade (*sniff*). Blogs grow up so fast! During that time, I graduated high scho...

The Weekly Wanting (9)

Sorry for forgetting to do a Wanting post last week, I was still recovering from my Book Expo America adventure. While I do want all of thes...

"Motherland," by Amy Sohn

The Primary Cast: Rebecca: A well-off Park Slope mother with a successful husband and two children - only one of whom's her husband'...

The Importance of Being Nice

One thing I noticed being discussed at BEA Book Blogger Convention this year was keynote speaker Jennifer Weiner's statement that blogge...

"Where It Began," by Ann Redisch Stampler

I thought I'd point out that this was my *first* eBook read - I purchased it for the Kobo my mother generously lent to me so that I coul...

And Now, the Obligatory BEA Swag Post!

Soooo.... I got a lot of books at Book Expo America. I really did try to only pick up books that I actually wanted or sounded interesting,...

BEA Day Three: And Now We Say Goodbye

For the last day of Book Expo, I started it out with breakfast with my blogger friends Ana and Katiebabs . The place Katiebabs had suggeste...