I know, I know – NYC trip; summer 2010 buying appointments; book fairs; book talks; event planning; oh yeah and then there’s my actual home life. I have had to jam so many books into my days that I do not actually have time to stop and review them, which completely sucks.
I can tell you [...]

I am really happy to say that a blurb I submitted was picked for the Summer ‘09 Indie Next List, a preview of which you can read here. The book is THE RED BLAZER GIRLS (my review), and my blurb reads:
The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil
(Knopf [...]

It can only mean that they didn’t get very many submissions this time, but hey – I’ve got three blurbs that made the Spring 2009 Children’s Indie Next List! (I’ve only made it twice before total.)
Mine are FLYGIRL, BONES OF FAERIE, and CALVIN COCONUT: TROUBLE MAGNET.  If you missed my reviews of these awesome books, [...]

…featuring me!
The preview of the Fall 2008 Children’s Indie Next List (formerly the Booksense Picks) is up here and features my brief review of Robin McKinley’s upcoming book Chalice.
This is the second time I’ve made the list (the first was for Maureen Johnson’s Girl At Sea) and I am just as excited – no, more [...]