Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Again Not Really a Review – But Rather Me Geeking Out On Release Day!) & Where You Can Win a Copy with Much Swag

Today is the day!!  Catching Fire is in a bookstore near you!  How exciting!  I feel like there should be confetti and much fanfare.  I was fortunate enough to read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins nearly three months ago and it is the book that I, nor anybody else, can stop talking about.  This and [...]

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (a preview of sorts)

Do you know how many people will not be able to resist making a pun of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and say that the book is catching fire?  Well, include me in that bunch because it’s true.  I’m not writing up a full review because with the book still not coming out for another [...]

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 [...]

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is without a shadow of a doubt the geekiest book I’ve read this year.  Set in the very near future 17 year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong time when terrorists attack the Bay Bridge in San Fransisco.  The Department of Homeland institutes [...]

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson is set in the very near future and seventeen year old Jenna has just woken from a year long coma.  Her parents tell her that she suffered a terrible accident.  But yet, she’s now perfect and whole.  But even though she’s perfect in every way, she [...]