Upcoming Local Utah Bookish Events – And Save the Date for Book Bloggers Winter Social!

Live in Utah?  I know a lot of my readers are.
There are a lot of great upcoming events in the Utah area and I wanted to spread the word about them (particularly the Utah Book Bloggers upcoming social).
February 6th, 1pm – Authorpalooza at Barnes and Noble South Towne Marketplace

I don’t see an official author list [...]

Calamity Jack by Shannon and Dean Hale, Illustrated by Nathan Hale

What happens when you take the infamous Shannon Hale, pair her up again with her husband Dean, and illustrator Nathan Hale (no relation), the retelling of a famous fairy tale, a feisty heroine, a bit of steampunk and wrap it all up in a graphic novel?  Calamity Jack!  A companion novel to Rapunzel’s Revengee (my [...]

Calamity Jack Launch Party with Shannon, Dean and Nathan Hale

On Saturday I met up with Suey from It’s All About Books and Heather from Fire and Ice for the Calamity Jack launch party hosted by The Kings English Bookshop.  Oh how I wish all of you could be so lucky to have Shannon Hale live in your hometown.  She is one class act and [...]

Why I Love Twitter

I had wanted to post this last week but I barely downloaded photos off of my camera.  Before Thanksgiving I was reading The Dark Divine By Bree Despain, a Young Adult paranormal romance which I enjoyed (review to come).  In the book , Grace, our main character makes a caramel apple pie.
Yum!! It sounded delicious!  [...]

Interview with Jean Reagan, Author of Always My Brother

I’m thrilled to interview Jean Reagan, a local Utah author whom I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with in person a couple of times.  I swear if I make it up to the Teton National Park I must have Jean Reagan as my guide.  I’ve just reviewed Jean’s picture book Always My Brother which was [...]