Yesterday, I was thrilled to interview Ingrid Law who just received a 2009 Newbery Honor for her debut novel Savvy. Savvy is such a fun, whimsical book with a lot of heart and I really enjoyed it. I’m thrilled to pass on another copy of Savvy to one of my blog readers (I’m just super [...]
Back in January, I reviewed Savvy by Ingrid Law. I’ve found that in the four months since I read Savvy, I have grown to be more fond of it, which is a good thing. I mentioned in my book review that it was getting Newbery buzz and I was then thrilled when Savvy won a [...]
As many of you know, I flew down to Los Angeles over the weekend to not only attend the LA Times Festival of Books but to also meet some amazing bloggers! I had a BLAST and hope to share my experience with you in a series of blog posts and at least one video. Tons [...]
Sorry for the delay in announcing the winners of my two most recent giveaways. Long story short: lots of entries to be tallied and I decided I wasn’t going to stay up till the wee hours of the morning to do it. And then the read-a-thon happened and obviously it put me into a bit [...]
Ah, it is over. My only question is this: do we have a date for the next 24 Hour Read-a-thon?! I really, really thought I’d totally stay awake! But I totally passed out for at least an hour and half sometime after midnight and then fell asleep again sometime after 4am. Being my first read-a-thon [...]