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 [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]
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 [...]
Always My Brother by Jean Reagan and illustrated by Phyllis Pollema-Cahill is a very touching book and fills a need for books written for grieving children. In this lovingly written story, Becky and her brother John do everything together. Like running barefoot in the snow, playing soccer, and making her laugh with his knock-knock jokes [...]