Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories by Deborah Ellis

After discovering Deborah Ellis after reading The Breadwinner series, I soon realized that I wanted to read everything that she’s written.  I’ve got a ways to go.  This prolific author has more than a dozen books under her belt.  Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories is one of her newest books published this past fall.
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is one of those breakout novels that if you haven’t heard of it yet then you are missing out.  It’s seriously worthy of all the buzz that it’s getting.  I borrowed The Hunger Games from Steph at The Children’s Literature Book Club and three weeks later it was still [...]

Video Chat: Talking About Signed Books (A Show and Tell)

Welcome to the fifth edition of the Maw Books Video Chat!  Today’s vlog is totally inspired by Chris from Stuff As Dreams Are Made Of!  Thanks Chris for the inspiration.  It was much needed!
Today, I show off all the signed books in my house.  Do you have a lot of signed books?  Does having a [...]

More on Meeting Laurie Halse Anderson and a Signed Wintergirls Giveaway!

So after Wednesday’s reading and signing with Jodi Picoult (you are entered in my giveaway for seven signed books aren’t you?), The King’s English Bookshop, my local independent bookstore turned right around and hosted Laurie Halse Anderson who was on book tour for her new young adult novel Wintergirls.  The evening was simply amazing and [...]

New York Times Bestsellers – March 29th

The New York Times Bestseller List
March 29th, 2009
Hardcover Fiction

HANDLE WITH CARE, by Jodi Picoult.  A woman whose daughter has a dangerous birth defect must decide whether to sue her obstetrician, an old friend.
CORSAIR, by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon search for a missing secretary of state [...]