Interview with Linda Aksomitis, Author of Longhorns and Outlaws

Please welcome Linda Aksomitis to talk about her new middle grade western, Longhorns and Outlaws.  If you didn’t catch my book review, check it out and then come back here to learn more.  Linda’s got the most interesting life and it was great to get to know her!

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Longhorns and Outlaws by Linda Aksomitis

I’m on tour today with Linda Aksomitis’s newest book, Longhorns and Outlaws, a great historical fiction western middle grade novel.
Recent immigrants from the Netherlands, Lucas is just getting used to living in a new country, when his parents and little sister die in the 1900 Galveston Hurricane and he’s left orphaned.  His older brother Gil, [...]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney

Finally!  I was so disheartened when I was number 250 something on hold at the library for The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney.  At that rate it would be months before my turn.  That goes to show you how popular The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is.  It [...]

Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott

Need a fun, lighthearted feel good book to curl up with? Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott is that book.  Something, Maybe is nothing like the only other book I’ve read by Scott: Living Dead Girl.  Which I think is a mark of a truly talented writer.  Whereas Living Dead Girl is dark, gritty, and downright [...]

The 13th Reality: The Hunt for Dark Infinity by James Dashner

The 13th Reality: The Hunt for Dark Infinity by James Dashner is the sequel to The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters.   I’ve talked about James a bunch here on my blog when I reviewed The Journal of Curious Letters and interviewed him about the series.  Most recently, James was kind enough to come [...]