A decent amount of reading for July and August and a not-so-decent amount of actual reviewing. The good news? I may have broken through my writing block! I actually have reviews written and waiting to be published! Who’da thunk?!
My favorite read from July and August? The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Amazing!
Fiction
In the Woods [...]
Dork Diaries: Tales for a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Rachel Renee Russell is a very fun sequel to the cute Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life. If you recall my review of the first book, I loved it. I thought it was so much fun and highly recommended it for tween girls and [...]
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott’s opening chapter is a mere four lines:
I liked him first, but it doesn’t matter.
I still like him.
That doesn’t matter either.
Or at least, it’s not supposed to.
Those four lines set up the entire book perfectly. Ah . . . to be the third wheel. It’s bad enough to be [...]
So first things first to get it out of the way. Yes, Bifocal by Deborah Ellis & Eric Walters has an awful cover. But on the other hand, it’s co-written by Deborah Ellis. That’s enough for me to look past the cover. Unfortunately, if kids aren’t familiar with how awesome Deborah Ellis, will kids pick [...]
Just a last minute reminder that the bi-annual Utah book blogger social is tonight, Saturday, August 28th, at 6pm at the Riverfront Park East at 10991 S. River Front Pkwy in Sandy. The social is an open invitation, so although we may not have connected by email but you are a book blogger, author, aspiring [...]