Last week's laundry list of newbies is hanging in there again on this week's New York Times best sellers lists. Back for week two are Rick Riordan's The Red Pyramid; Aprilynne Pike's Spells; and Masterpiece by Elise Broach. CHAPTER BOOKS This Week Weeks on List 1 THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) Ancient... Continue Reading →
Today, we continue our countdown to Linger with our first of two staff reviews. A quick reminder: today is the last day to enter our contest for an ARC of Linger. The deadline is midnight (PST) tonight. Would it be ridiculously silly of me to say that Linger by Maggie Stiefvater is one of those... Continue Reading →
Everyone seems to know who she is except Mina. Now you can be in the know, too. Sometimes called Countess Dracula, the Blood Countess or the Infamous Lady, the legend of Elizabeth Bathory is mentioned several times in both Sucks to be Me and Still Sucks to be Me as the crazy lady who murdered... Continue Reading →
A couple months ago, we brought you essay prompt/discussion ideas about the lack of present and/or competent parents in YA literature. The prompts included the following: * Is this just a coincidence, or is the physical absence of a strong parental figure key to these supernatural stories? * In each case, the parent’s absense gives the... Continue Reading →
Let me just state for the record that I am total nerd fan when it comes to Stephen Chbosky's controversial coming-of-age story The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It ranks right up there with Cather in the Rye among my personal collection of "most epic novels that have shaped my life." Now, the book is... Continue Reading →
Let me just state for the record that I am total nerd fan when it comes to Stephen Chbosky's controversial coming-of-age story The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It ranks right up there with Cather in the Rye among my personal collection of "most epic novels that have shaped my life." Now, the book is... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, we brought you our review of Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin & Lisa Brown. Today, we're excited to bring you our exclusive interview with Adele & Lisa! Special thanks to both of them for answering all our questions, and to Paul at Sourcebooks for setting up the interview. There is so much supernatural... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, we brought you our review of Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin & Lisa Brown. Today, we're excited to bring you our exclusive interview with Adele & Lisa! Special thanks to both of them for answering all our questions, and to Paul at Sourcebooks for setting up the interview. There is so much supernatural... Continue Reading →
Today in honor of our May Book of the Month, Kimberly Pauley's Sucks to Be Me series, we're featuring some of our other favorite fanged ones -- with some vampire-themed desktop wallpapers. We've got one for modern vampires, one for vampire heart throbs, one for kid-friendly vampires, and another for versions of Dracula through the... Continue Reading →
Today in honor of our May Book of the Month, Kimberly Pauley's Sucks to Be Me series, we're featuring some of our other favorite fanged ones -- with some vampire-themed desktop wallpapers. We've got one for modern vampires, one for vampire heart throbs, one for kid-friendly vampires, and another for versions of Dracula through the... Continue Reading →
Novel Novice 