If you loved our April Book of the Month, Wither by Lauren DeStefano, then chances are you can't wait until the second book in this trilogy comes out. Sadly, you've still got about another year to wait. Fortunately, we've found the perfect solution to tide you over until then ... Lauren's short stories! Yes, on... Continue Reading →
You know how there's always that one book you read as a teen that becomes the book by which you judge all others? For me, that book was Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger -- and though I have loved many, many books, there has only been a small handful of titles that made... Continue Reading →
You know how there's always that one book you read as a teen that becomes the book by which you judge all others? For me, that book was Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger -- and though I have loved many, many books, there has only been a small handful of titles that made... Continue Reading →
All this week, we're featuring Abandon by Meg Cabot -- the first book in her brand-new paranormal trilogy. We LOVE this book (and its roots in Greek mythology & Dante), and we LOVE Meg, too. So we were delighted when our friends at Scholastic helped us set up today's exclusive interview with the best-selling author.... Continue Reading →
All this week, we're featuring Abandon by Meg Cabot -- the first book in her brand-new paranormal trilogy. We LOVE this book (and its roots in Greek mythology & Dante), and we LOVE Meg, too. So we were delighted when our friends at Scholastic helped us set up today's exclusive interview with the best-selling author.... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Dumped with relatives in a small Minnesota town for the summer, Sadie Lester is relying on her mountain bike to save her from total boredom. Then she meets Allie, a spiky-haired off-road mountain biker who's training for a major race. Allie leads Sadie and Joe, a cute fellow cyclist, up and down Mount Kato,... Continue Reading →
We continue our look at "Classroom Connections" for Wither by Lauren DeStefano today, with T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men -- which is quoted at the opening of the book: This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper The poem, written in 1925, is considered to be largely a... Continue Reading →
We continue our look at "Classroom Connections" for Wither by Lauren DeStefano today, with T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men -- which is quoted at the opening of the book: This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper The poem, written in 1925, is considered to be largely a... Continue Reading →
I confess, it was the gorgeous cover that first attracted me to Meg Cabot's Abandon, the first in a new trilogy, but it was the concept -- a modernized retelling of the Persephone story -- that really had me intrigued. When I finally cracked open the pages of this book, I was not disappointed. Not... Continue Reading →
I confess, it was the gorgeous cover that first attracted me to Meg Cabot's Abandon, the first in a new trilogy, but it was the concept -- a modernized retelling of the Persephone story -- that really had me intrigued. When I finally cracked open the pages of this book, I was not disappointed. Not... Continue Reading →
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