The lovely and talented Cassandra Clare is still holding onto the No. 1 spot this week with her latest, Clockwork Angel. Last week's bevy of newcomers is also represented. Given the recent rash of books involving angels -- fallen and otherwise -- I'm curious about Halo by Alexandra Adornetto. Anyone read it? How does it compare... Continue Reading →
We're pleased to announce the winner of our Guardians of Ga'Hoole Contest ... the winner will receive a copy of Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Capture (the first book in the series) and a combination travel pillow/reading light. The winner is ... Christi A. Congrats! Bummed you didn't win? Oh, but we have more contests in... Continue Reading →
We're pleased to announce the winner of our Guardians of Ga'Hoole Contest ... the winner will receive a copy of Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Capture (the first book in the series) and a combination travel pillow/reading light. The winner is ... Christi A. Congrats! Bummed you didn't win? Oh, but we have more contests in... Continue Reading →
It's time for another edition of The Saturday Post -- our look back at the week's biggest news in YA books. * Producers for The Hunger Games movie say it will likely be released in 2012. Details via Hunger Games Examiner. * More from The Hunger Games movie includes word that Gary Ross is in... Continue Reading →
It's time for another edition of The Saturday Post -- our look back at the week's biggest news in YA books. * Producers for The Hunger Games movie say it will likely be released in 2012. Details via Hunger Games Examiner. * More from The Hunger Games movie includes word that Gary Ross is in... Continue Reading →
Today closes out our week-long feature on poet Elka Cloke, whose new collection, Bitter Language is now in stores. And once again, Sara's outdone herself with three wallpapers featuring Elka Cloke's poems, "Thames River Song," which appears at the opening of Cassandra Clare's newest book, Clockwork Angel, and "Bitter Language," which appears in City of Ashes. A... Continue Reading →
Lenah in Infinite Days may detest Kate Chopin's classic, The Awakening, but thousands revere it as one of the first modern pieces of feminist literature. It would be easy to say Lenah thinks the book is "dreadful" simply because Rebecca Maizel, the author, dislikes it -- and that may be true -- but if we... Continue Reading →
Lenah in Infinite Days may detest Kate Chopin's classic, The Awakening, but thousands revere it as one of the first modern pieces of feminist literature. It would be easy to say Lenah thinks the book is "dreadful" simply because Rebecca Maizel, the author, dislikes it -- and that may be true -- but if we... Continue Reading →
Today, we're featuring another great YA author coming to Wordstock Festival in Portland, Oregon October 9-10th. Check out My Ultimate Sister Disaster by Jane Mendle: If there were a way to pick your family, fourteen-year old Franny might not pick her own. Her father is a hipster boutique owner who's constantly "friending" her on Facebook, her... Continue Reading →
Today, we're featuring another great YA author coming to Wordstock Festival in Portland, Oregon October 9-10th. Check out My Ultimate Sister Disaster by Jane Mendle: If there were a way to pick your family, fourteen-year old Franny might not pick her own. Her father is a hipster boutique owner who's constantly "friending" her on Facebook, her... Continue Reading →
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