Breaking News: ALA Announces 2009 Youth Media Awards Including Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz

I’ve haven’t been this excited for award season before!  Since the inception of this blog, I’ve been reading a lot more books that were published this past year.  Although, I haven’t read nearly all the books getting Newbery buzz, I was curious to see how some of my favorites would do.  So without further ado [...]

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

At the age of 14, in The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, Frankie is more or less forgettable.  She is attending a prestigious and competitive boarding school, the same school where her older sister and father attended.  But no matter how hard she tries, nobody seems to take notice of her.  Now [...]

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak is the first Laurie Halse Anderson book that I’ve read and it certainly won’t be the last.  I loved the way in which Speak was written.  I’m not exactly sure how to describe it.  It’s very minimalistic.  Short and to the point.  It was refreshing to discover a very stylized book, at least a [...]

I Am The Messenger by Marcus Zusak

Having just discovered Marcus Zusak this year having The Book Thief (review here) I was eager to read more of him. And it seemed like everybody that was reading The Book Thief was reading his I Am the Messenger. So I thought why not? What can I tell you about I Am the [...]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Where do I even start on this one? The Book Thief by Markus Zusak was our neighborhood book club selection, we haven’t yet met to discuss it, but I couldn’t wait to write about it. First off, I could not believe that The Book Thief is considered a young adult book. I [...]