CarrieK | November 30, 2009
Title: Life As We Knew It
Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Genre: YA dystopian fiction
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from the library
First line: Lisa is pregnant.
Life As We Knew It is the first book in Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Moon series, and is another book I picked up because of all the chat about [...]
CarrieK | November 30, 2009
Monday’s Movie is a weekly meme hosted by Sheri at A Novel Menagerie. Click over to check out all the great reviews, and add your own.
Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is no longer working as the night guard at the Museum of Natural History. His career as an inventor has taken off, and he is now [...]
CarrieK | November 29, 2009
I know there are probably a number of you who are the super-prepared type (or brave enough to face Black Friday crowds) and already have your Christmas shopping done. But some of you are more like me, and haven’t even started. I thought that I’d post some favorites from this year for those of you [...]
CarrieK | November 28, 2009
Today was a good day – I finished two books, and as a result completed four reading challenges!
I finished Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer, which meant I completed the YA-Dystopian Reading Challenge and DystopYA Reading Challenge.
I also finished Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich, which was my 135th book for [...]
CarrieK | November 28, 2009
I was recently contacted by a gentleman from CSN Bookcases. He asked if I would like to review one of these on my blog:
Um, yes, please! One can never have too many bookcases, right? My husband is especially excited that I might be able to get some of the stacks of books off the floor [...]
CarrieK | November 28, 2009
Author links:
~ Natasha at Maw Books has a guest post by Bonny Becker, author of several children’s picture books.
~ Nick Hornby on literary fiction.
~ Kathy at Bermudaonion has an interview with Ann Pearlman, author of The Christmas Cookie Club.
Discussion starters:
~ My Friend Amy: It Isn’t What You Read – It’s How You Read.
~ Both Eyes [...]
CarrieK | November 27, 2009
Title: The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Author: Mary E. Pearson
Genre: YA science fiction
Publisher: Square Fish
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from my own library
First line: I used to be someone.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox is the latest YA title getting rave reviews on multiple blogs – it was Amy’s review, and some conversations with [...]
CarrieK | November 26, 2009
A List of Praises
Anne Porter
Give praise with psalms that tell the trees to sing,
Give praise with Gospel choirs in storefront churches,
Mad with the joy of the Sabbath,
Give praise with the babble of infants, who wake with the sun,
Give praise with children chanting their skip-rope rhymes,
A poetry not in books, a vagrant mischievous poetry
living wild on [...]