I did not want to read this book for two reasons.
1. It’s about a girl named Molly whose baseball-fiend dad is killed in a car accident. (My daughter’s name is Molly and my husband is a baseball fanatic.)
2. I really, really, really, really, really don’t like baseball and don’t usually like books that feature sports [...]
Filed under: March 2009, Random House, galley review, middle-grade, teen | Comment (0)
Okay. Before I talk about THE SEASON, which I very much enjoyed, I need to say something. Possibly might turn into a rant. Maybe not.
THE LUXE started it all – this Regency teen romance thing. Well, if you want to be truly factual then I think you need to acknowledge first SORCERY AND CECILIA and [...]
Filed under: March 2009, Scholastic, galley review, teen | Comments (6)
This is really hard to describe – not in a bad way, just in a “wow, I’d really have to think before I handsold this because I wouldn’t want to get it wrong” way. It’s blurbed by Melissa Marr, and those girls are SORT of who it’s for. Sort of. I just described this to [...]
Filed under: March 2009, Random House, galley review, teen | Comment (1)
This book is a lot of fun; great for fans of Ally Carter’s I’D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU BUT THEN I’D HAVE TO KILL YOU. I don’t think that zombies are going to be the next big thing like all the publishers are seeming to, but I do think that this zombie book might [...]
Filed under: March 2009, Penguin, galley review, teen | Comment (1)
Scott O’Dell award-winning author Graham Salisbury turns his hand to elementary level humor and absolutely succeeds. This is the first book in a series about a 4th grader named Calvin who lives in Hawaii with his mother and younger sister (his father, an island one hit wonder, now lives in Vegas where he makes his [...]
Filed under: March 2009, elementary, galley review | Comment (1)