Category Archives: teen

Low Red Moon – Ivy Devlin

Rating: 3 stars Shelf: Now Reading To start, the book was just another Twilight knock off. I don’t think it would too difficult to come up with something other than: new boy/girl, new school, instant connection, one of them tries … Continue reading

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Twenty Boy Summer – Sarah Ockler

Rating: 3 stars Shelf: Now Reading I started out hating this book and ended up loving it, I thought giving it three stars was the only proper thing to do. The beginning moved so slowly, I almost put it down … Continue reading

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The Sky is Everywhere – Jandy Nelson

Rating: 3 stars Shelf: Now Reading Not as emotional as I thought it would be and very, very juvenile (for a teen novel). Still, it seemed to be a fairly accurate account of grief, even if it is a boy … Continue reading

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Prophecy of the Sisters

Rating: 4 stars Shelf: Now Reading “Though some of the dialogue was a bit off-putting (the story takes places in the 1800s and the author takes major liberty with the word “whatever”: ‘Whatever do you mean?’ or ‘Whatever are you … Continue reading

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The Eternal Ones – Kristen Miller

Rating: 3 stars Shelf: Now Reading While some of her New York details seemed a little off (I’ve never seen anyone hand out yellow tickets for the cab line outside Penn Station), it was Kristen Miller’s detail of Snope City … Continue reading

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Interesting Tweets from Bologna Book Fair 2010: Thursday, March 26th Edition

I believe many of the more enthusiastic #BBF10 tweeters have left the fair already. Still, the fair keeps on through today. We’ll see what we can glean from those stragglers: missdaisyfrost: Big book at Bologna #bbf10. today is prequel (set … Continue reading

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Interesting Tweets from Bologna Book Fair 2010: Thursday, March 25th Edition

Thanks to all those who have been re-tweeting the link to my blog. I really appreciate your enthusiasm for my #BBF10 posts! usbornemktg: http://twitpic.com/1ars0k – The wall where illustrators can pin up their work and contacts is looking pretty full … Continue reading

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Interesting Tweets from Bologna Book Fair 2010: Wednesday, March 24th Edtion

You guys have been tearing it up twitter style today! Amazing! Makes me feel like I’m in Italy, with you. Think I’ll take a little prosecco at my desk. (Just kidding, boss) AudryT: Hurrah! RT @barrygoldblatt: Oh, have I mentioned … Continue reading

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Interesting Tweets from Bologna Book Fair 2010: Tuesday, March 23 Edition

While I’m stuck at my desk in New York, busy fixing last minute problems (see: I booked one appointment for the CEO of my company and gave him the wrong booth number!) for my co-workers that got to go — … Continue reading

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Ypulse Guest Blog Post on Wintergirls

Yesterday’s Ypulse post, The Advantage to Penguin’s ‘Point of View’, (which is really excellent!) reminded me that I’ve yet to post the review that I wrote for them defending Laurie Halse Anderson’s Wintergirls ages ago on here. (Ypulse is a … Continue reading

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