As our June Book of the Month feature on Sea by Heidi R. Kling continues, we're delighted to present part 3 in our exclusive interview with the author -- and these are our goofy FLASH QUESTIONS! Once again a big thanks to Heidi for answering all our questions! If you could trade places with one... Continue Reading →
I hate to be a downer here, but there's nothing really warm and fuzzy about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is pivotal to Heidi R. Kling's Sea. However, it's definitely worth learning about because it can happen to anyone -- just think of Sept. 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina and the Columbine High School shootings. Sienna's trauma... Continue Reading →
I hate to be a downer here, but there's nothing really warm and fuzzy about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is pivotal to Heidi R. Kling's Sea. However, it's definitely worth learning about because it can happen to anyone -- just think of Sept. 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina and the Columbine High School shootings. Sienna's trauma... Continue Reading →
Happy Father's Day! Did you get your dad a book? Here's this week's top books according to The New York Times (and no, Stephenie Meyer's The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is not on the lists. IDK.) CHAPTER BOOKS This Week  Weeks on List 1 THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) Ancient gods (this... Continue Reading →
We've chosen the three winners of our latest giveaway. Each will receive a copy of Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick: Tigarrd Tammy Dana A. Check your e-mail for information about claiming your prize. Didn't win? Don't worry -- we've got FOUR more book giveaways going on this month, plus our Sea Writing Contest. Here are... Continue Reading →
We've chosen the three winners of our latest giveaway. Each will receive a copy of Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick: Tigarrd Tammy Dana A. Check your e-mail for information about claiming your prize. Didn't win? Don't worry -- we've got FOUR more book giveaways going on this month, plus our Sea Writing Contest. Here are... Continue Reading →
As we continue our 30 Days of Eclipse countdown at our sister site Novel Novice Twilight, we continue to bring you a look at other books to enjoy while you wait for the movie. Today, we're featuring Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld -- and thanks to Simon & Schuster, we're giving away 3 copies of Leviathan.... Continue Reading →
As we continue our 30 Days of Eclipse countdown at our sister site Novel Novice Twilight, we continue to bring you a look at other books to enjoy while you wait for the movie. Today, we're featuring Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld -- and thanks to Simon & Schuster, we're giving away 3 copies of Leviathan.... Continue Reading →
The cliché goes that "Seeing is believing." This especially holds true for something as unimaginable as a catastrophe like the tsunami that struck Indonesia in 2004. Heidi R. Kling does a magnificent job of describing the aftermath of the giant wave in her book Sea, where readers experience the horror through Deni and the children at the pesantren. But... Continue Reading →
The cliché goes that "Seeing is believing." This especially holds true for something as unimaginable as a catastrophe like the tsunami that struck Indonesia in 2004. Heidi R. Kling does a magnificent job of describing the aftermath of the giant wave in her book Sea, where readers experience the horror through Deni and the children at the pesantren. But... Continue Reading →
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